ALA203 - Integrated Brand Communication
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Deirdre Quinn-Allan Trimester 3: Deirdre Quinn-Allan |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ALR310 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | Trimester 2: 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week Trimester 3: 1 x 4.4-hour on-campus intensive (seminar) per trimester in weeks 1, 3, 6, 8, 10 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week (recordings provided) |
| 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. |
Content
Successful brands are capable of building build long-term relationships with consumers across a selection of paid, shared, earned, and owned media in addition to interpersonal forms of communication. This unit focuses on research and planning processes that reveal how advertising works in conjunction with other promotional functions. An integrated approach to understanding aligned fields such as digital media, social media, public relations, direct marketing, and sales promotion will enhance your ability to develop research-driven strategies that solve complex brand communication problems for organisations. Using both theory and industry models, you will identify and apply consumer insights that inform strategy-driven choices on media selection, message strategy, tactical recommendations, and evaluation techniques.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Use marketing communication theory to critically engage with professional practice and industry contexts | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO2 | Prepare a marketing communication plan to a professional standard | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
| ULO3 | Research and evaluate factors internal and external to the organisation to set objectives, and make decisions about marketing communication strategy and tactics | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO4 | Work effectively as a member of a planning team to locate, interpret and apply relevant marketing information to solve marketing communication problems | GLO7: Teamwork |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: (Group of 3-5 students) Team Participation Report | 800 words or equivalent (per student) | 20% | Week 4 |
| Assessment 2: (Group of 3-5 students) Research and Planning Report | 1200 words or equivalent | 30% | Week 6 |
| Assessment 3: Integrated Communication Plan | 2000 words or equivalent | 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
ALA203 Integrated Brand Communication has weekly study guide topics on the unit site. Links to readings and resources are located within the study guide topics. Commence each week’s topic via the study guide. Whilst many readings and resources can be found via the University Library link) you should not rely on this list as you may miss learning activities and resources central to assessment.
The texts and reading list for ALA203 can be found via the University Library.
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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