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Undergraduate Diploma in Digital Marketing

Detailed Information

  
Starting Date:1 October, 2024
Time:17.30 - 20.30hrs
Lectures Days:Tuesday
Thursday
Duration:18 months - Part-Time
Contact hours:306 of 1,500 of total learning hours
MQF/EQF Level5
Venue:Online
Compulsory Modules6
Delivery LanguageEnglish
Trainers:Various - Refer to each module
Price:€2,750* - 1 payment
Get 70% Refunded through the Get Qualified Scheme
Installments:Possible - Final payment to be received by the 14th month.

Course Objective

The course aims to introduce students to the science of digital marketing and its importance for business success. Students will be exposed to the strengths of digital marketing vs traditional marketing.

They will understand how to plan and execute high-impact, results-oriented digital marketing campaigns. Participants will gain an understanding of how to select and employ the most appropriate digital tools, including email marketing, social media marketing, and search engine marketing, to communicate with their intended audience.

Among other things, students will also gain knowledge on how to:

  • Share knowledge of digital marketing and its benefits to businesses.
  • Lay out the steps for creating an effective online advertising strategy.
  • Recognise and describe a number of internet advertising strategies.
  • Use different CRM platforms for sending out promotional emails.
  • Use an online poll.
  • Learn the ins and outs of creating an email marketing list and sending out an effective marketing message.
  • Show how to make and control ads on social media.
  • Explain the fundamentals of the most popular social media sites.
  • Understand corporate social media advertising.

Students will find themselves prepared to face the realm of communications that is increasingly dependent on the digital engagement between social actors in everyday markets.

Students who successfully complete the study programme will also be competent in copyright ethics, ability to create digital content and utilise editing tools to create, edit, and manipulate that content.

Who should attend?

Those interested in marketing and digital communications, the self-employed, and employees who want to better understand the power of digital marketing and how they can apply it to their work.

Successful students may seek a career in:

  • Marketeers
  • Communications Executives
  • Digital Marketing Specialist
  • understand basic marketing principles
  • develop a digital marketing plan
  • draw a PESTEL and a SWOT analysis
  • define target groups
  • understand various digital channels
  • propose different digital media and write marketing content
  • understand the optimisation of web sites and SEO and state their use
  • derive the benefits of Google AdWords campaigns and learn how to create them
  • grasp social media planning
  • acquire knowledge of Google Analytics and measure the effects of digital marketing
  • tell whether the processing of personal data, used for marketing purposes, is being carried out lawfully
  • interpret the importance of digital marketing for marketing success
  • manage customer relationships across all digital channels and build better customer relationships
  • develop the creation of a digital marketing plan
  • manage digital channels
  • assist in the handling of marketing budgets
  • handle marketing personal data diligently
  • Minimum MQF Level 4 qualifications in 3 subjects, and
  • Good command of English (written and spoken) – Minimum C1.

OR

  • 3 years working experience in business administration with previous experience in marketing/digital marketing.

OR

Accreditations
The Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA) deems this Diploma to be at Level 5 in the Malta Qualifications Framework and the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning.
Get Your Money BackEmployers can get their money back through
€1,925 will be refunded through the Get Qualified SchemeEmployers applying for the IIS Scheme under the 2nd Call will be eligible to receive a subsidy of €25.85 per trainee per hour in the case of training costs

Detailed Time Table

All the programmes below are accredited by the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority as separate exit awards at Level 5 in the Malta Qualifications Framework and the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning, with the corresponding amount of ECTS shown next to them.

Module NameApproximate Delivery MQF/EQF LevelECTSContact HoursSelf-Study HoursAssessment HoursMode of Assessment
Award in Marketing and ResearchYear 1 Semester 158411134055% - Assignment
20% - Group Presentation
10% - Reflective notes on Group Presentation
15% - Self Assessment
Award in Digital Marketing BasicsYear 1 Semester 158411134055% - Assignment
20% - Group Presentation
10% - Reflective notes on Group Presentation
15% - Self Assessment
Award in Basics of Search Engine Optimisation & Content Creation in CRMYear 1 Semester 258411134055% - Assignment
20% - Group Presentation
10% - Reflective notes on Group Presentation
15% - Self Assessment
Academic WritingYear 1 Semester 258411134055% - Assignment
20% - Group Presentation
10% - Reflective notes on Group Presentation
15% - Self Assessment
Award in Social Media Marketing & Digital AdvertisingYear 2 Semester 158411134055% - Assignment
20% - Group Presentation
10% - Reflective notes on Group Presentation
15% - Self Assessment
Award in Corporate Digital MarketingYear 2 Semester 158411134055% - Assignment
20% - Group Presentation
10% - Reflective notes on Group Presentation
15% - Self Assessment
Award in Managing data and its implications Year 2 Semester 258411134055% - Assignment
20% - Group Presentation
10% - Reflective notes on Group Presentation
15% - Self Assessment
Research ProjectYear 2 Semester 25121915870Presentation
Researched Report

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