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This course prepares you with a foundation in marketing and insight into cutting edge science and technology, in answer to the growing demand for expertise in all these areas. As an innovative marketing specialist in the emerging technologies sector you’ll help to design, research and successfully market new products and services.
The Marketing, Innovation and Technology degree will teach you how to bridge the phase between the invention of a technology and its emergence on the market, sometimes called the “innovation gap”. You’ll develop an entrepreneurial outlook, served by knowledge of web design, industrial design and communications, and an understanding of the processes involved in new product development. You’ll be introduced to a range of technologies including ICT, social media, emerging life sciences and biotechnology.
The programme is run by DCU Business School, together with the Faculty of Engineering and Computing and the Faculty of Science and Health.
The BSc in Marketing, Innovation and Technology degree prepares you for a career in the marketing of high technology products and services. You'll learn to anticipate and respond to consumers needs, and to develop and market new innovations in a way that makes sense in today's marketplace.
By the end of your four years you’ll have gained:
- An in-depth understanding of marketing techniques.
- A core grounding in science and technology.
- Knowledge of web design, communications and industrial design.
- An entrepreneurial outlook.
- An understanding of the processes involved in new product development.
Programme Academic Structure
Year 1 Core Modules:
Code | Title | Credit | Semester | Exam % | CA % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
EF113 | Introduction to Microeconomics | 5 | Semester 1 | 95 | 5 |
EF114 | Introduction to Macroeconomics | 5 | Semester 2 | 100 | 0 |
HR204 | Communication Skills | 5 | Semester 1 | 0 | 100 |
MG101 | Introduction to Marketing | 5 | Semester 1 | 60 | 40 |
MG114 | Marketing of High Tech Products & Innovations | 10 | Year long | 50 | 50 |
MG115 | Market Feasibility Research | 10 | Year long | 50 | 50 |
MG116 | Creativity & Discovery | 5 | Semester 2 | 0 | 100 |
MT118 | IT Skills & Software Tools for Managers | 5 | Semester 2 | 0 | 100 |
PS129 | Modern Technology 1: Eng. Trans.Elect. Pwr. | 5 | Semester 1 | 100 | 0 |
PS130 | Modern Technology 2: Elect.&Comms. | 5 | Semester 2 | 100 | 0 |
Year 2 Core Modules:
Code | Title | Credit | Semester | Exam % | CA % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AC115 | Management Accounting for Decision Making | 5 | Semester 1 | 100 | 0 |
AC116 | Financial Accounting for Decision Making | 5 | Semester 2 | 100 | 0 |
AC402 | Business and Professional Ethics | 5 | Semester 2 | 50 | 50 |
BE109 | Introduction to Biotechnology | 5 | Semester 2 | 0 | 100 |
BE209 | The Biotech Industry | 5 | Semester 1 | 30 | 70 |
MG211 | New Product Dev. & Innovation Studies | 5 | Semester 1 | 0 | 100 |
MG233 | Systems of Knowledge-Based Society | 5 | Semester 2 | 0 | 100 |
MG302 | International Marketing | 5 | Semester 1 | 60 | 40 |
MG308 | The Changing Consumer | 5 | Semester 1 | 80 | 20 |
MG325 | Sales and CRM | 5 | Semester 2 | 50 | 50 |
MG329 | Digital Marketing | 5 | Semester 2 | 0 | 100 |
MT211 | Distribution & Channel Mng. | 5 | Semester 1 | 0 | 100 |
Year 3 Core Modules:
Code | Title | Credit | Semester | Exam % | CA % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MG350 | Intra | 60 | Autumn Semester | 0 | 100 |
Year 4 Core Modules:
Code | Title | Credit | Semester | Exam % | CA % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CA468 | Digital World | 5 | Semester 1 | 50 | 50 |
EF327 | High-Technology Entrepreneurship | 10 | Year long | 0 | 100 |
MG328 | Marketing Management & Planning | 10 | Year long | 0 | 100 |
MG330 | Information Technology in Society | 5 | Semester 2 | 50 | 50 |
MG331 | Innovation, Marketing & New Tech. Foresights | 5 | Semester 2 | 0 | 100 |
MG333 | Marketing Communications | 5 | Semester 1 | 100 | 0 |
MT301 | Business Strategy | 10 | Year long | 50 | 50 |
MT314 | Project Management | 5 | Semester 1 | 60 | 40 |
MT319 | Advanced Spreadsheet Modelling for Business | 5 | Semester 2 | 30 | 70 |
Year 4 Optional Modules:
Code | Title | Credit | Semester | Exam % | CA % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MT400 | Business Summer School | 10 | Year long | 0 | 0 |
UM405 | Uaneen Non-Contributing Module | 5 | Year long | 0 | 100 |
General Entry Requirements
A minimum of six Leaving Certificate subjects at Grade 06/H7, to include the subjects English OR Irish AND the subject Mathematics. In addition, applicants must present at least two subjects at grade H5.
Leaving Certificate
In addition to the general entry requirements for admission to the university the following entry requirements apply: Minimum of O4 or H6 in Mathematics.
GCE A Level
In addition to the general entry requirements for admission to the university the following entry requirements apply: GCE A Level D or GCE AS Level C or GCSE C Mathematics.
International Applications
International candidates are expected to have educational qualifications of a standard equivalent to those outlined above. In addition, where such candidates are non-native speakers of the English language they must satisfy the university of their competency in the English language.
Applicants presenting Non-EU School Leaving Qualification
All qualifications will be taken into consideration in assessing these applications. Candidates are expected to:
- have taken school leaving examinations of a standard equivalent to the Irish Leaving Certificate or GCE A Level; and
- satisfy the general entry requirements and programme entry requirements outlined within the programme contents
- satisfy the English language requirements
Dublin City University is proud to award merit-based scholarships to high achieving students who enter the Faculty of Engineering and Computing and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences for the 2016/17 academic year. These scholarships are available to Indian applicants only and are based on academic merit to those who have a Full Offer.
The Faculties also award scholarships of €1,000 to high achievers entering Masters and Bachelor programmes who are ranked by academic achievement.