ALA101 - Advertising Principles and Practices
Unit details
Year: | 2024 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online Trimester 3: Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Cameron Jenyns Trimester 3: Cameron Jenyns |
Cohort rule: | Nil |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | ALAM101 |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour lecture per week and 1 x 2-hour seminar per week |
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including, 1 x 1-hour lecture per week (recordings provided), online learning tasks (2-hour per week equivalence) |
Content
This unit will introduce students to the theory and practice of contemporary advertising by exploring the industry's history and rapidly changing nature in the digital era. The social, ethical and regulatory contexts of advertising are established to encourage students to become reflective future producers or consumers of advertising messages. The strategic imperatives of advertising and notions of effectiveness are examined to build students' abilities to solve communication problems that are commonly faced by private, public and non-for-profit sector clients.
ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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ULO1 | Recognise and describe the changing nature of the advertising industry in the digital era | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO2 | Explain the social, regulatory and ethical dimensions of contemporary advertising practice | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO7: Teamwork |
ULO3 | Identify advertising research and planning processes | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO5: Problem solving |
ULO4 | Evaluate media channel suitability for prescribed target audiences | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1 - (Group of 3 - 4 students) - Presentation | 1200 words or equivalent | 30% | Week 5 |
Assessment 2 (Individual) - Creative Brief | 800 words or equivalent | 20% | Week 8 |
Assessment 3 - (Individual) - Planning Report | 2000 words | 50% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via ALA101
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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