This programme is open to graduates from any discipline. Work experience is welcome but not necessary. Successful firms and organisations of the future require managers who can understand and manage international opportunities and challenges in an integrated yet culturally diverse business environment. This programme prepares students to meet these challenges and develop careers in marketing, purchasing, sales and media related jobs throughout the world. It is aimed at students who wish to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge for marketing in a global context. The programme offers an excellent academic framework as a starting point along with a strong emphasis on practical problem solving, but with a research-based academic approach. Graduates from this programme are expected to start their careers in marketing, sales and purchasing functions, as well as media-related and public relations jobs.

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Start of programme: September

Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time

Students must take 180 credits. These are composed of 120 taught credits comprising core and optional modules and a 60 credit dissertation.

Not all option modules are offered every year; please check your preferences with the Programme Convenor. Also note that where 15 credit modules are selected, these should be balanced between term 1 and term 2.

Dissertation

Students must undertake a Dissertation to the value of 60 credits.

Core Modules

Optional Elective Modules

Students should choose one 15 credit module from List A and one 15 credit module from List B.

List A

List B

Important notice

Teaching & Learning

Masters programmes (with the exception of two-year full-time MAs) consist of 180 credits, made up of taught modules of 30 or 15 credits, taught over 10 or 20 weeks, and a dissertation of 60 credits. The programme structure shows which modules are compulsory and which optional.

As a rough guide, 1 credit equals approximately 10 hours of work. Most of this will be independent study such as reading and research, preparing coursework, revising for examinations and so on. Also included is class time, for example lectures, seminars and other classes. 

At SOAS, most postgraduate modules have a one-hour lecture and a one-hour seminar every week, but this does vary. More information can be found on individual module pages.

Find out more on our approaches to teaching and learning page.

Tuition Fees

Full details of postgraduate tuition fees can be found on the Registry's Postgraduate Tuition Fees page.

This is a Band 4 tuition fee.

Fees for 2020/21 entrants. The fees below are per academic year. Fees go up each year, therefore, your tuition fee in your second & subsequent years of study will be higher. Our continuing students, on the same degree programme, are protected from annual increases higher than 5%.

Scholarships

For further details and information on external scholarships visit the Scholarships section

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