Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Public Relations and Marketing] From Manchester Metropolitan University

You will also develop management skills as you learn about campaign planning, strategy development and specialist PR areas, such as crisis management and lobbying. You will explore the growing importance of social media and the use of viral campaigns, learning how to use YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, mobile and email communications to best effect. Print, broadcast and niche media are examined to help you design campaigns that can reach a wide range of audiences.

The experienced staff will show you how to identify stories, generate content and develop PR campaigns that make the best use of different media. Interactive assignments enable you to develop your writing, marketing and media skills and develop transferable skills in teamwork. We also offer four year routes where you can spend your third year on an industrial placement or studying abroad.

The (Hons) Public Relations and Marketing programme is offered atÊManchester Metropolitan University.

Your career prospects after the course

With the explosion of the digital landscape, how we do business, shop and interact with both brands and spaces are evolving.

Gaining expertise in these creative areas can result in rewarding careers.

Manchester's second largest employment sector is the creative and digital media industries, so studying marketing and PR here means exposure to a melting pot of industry networks, agencies, entrepreneurs and digital marketing specialists.

A career in the creative industries can be extremely varied, as marketing, advertising and PR disciplines are a feature of every sector, with roles that can be either agencybased or in-house and specific skills that can be incredibly valuable to both.

Studying these subjects at our multi award-winning Business School provides you with a blend of industry led teaching and appropriate academic principles.

We have a strong emphasis on developing your career skills and provide exciting opportunities to gain practical experience and build your professional network through internships, placements and study abroad options.

Our programmes aim to prepare you for careers in the advertising, marketing and public relations sectors.

Students from our degrees have gained employment in the following job roles; Sainsbury?s Marketing Graduate Trainee, Marks and Spencer Business Analyst, O2 Marketing Assistant, HSBC Equity Analyst, Asda Graduate Trainee, Toni and Guy Opticians Co-Creator.