Transition Arrangements for the Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing effective from June 2009

This article will explain how the transition from old to the new Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing works. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the admissions team on 0207 838 1002, option 3

Transition Arrangements for the Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing effective from June 2009

The new Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing will still have the same course title and previously and will remain a level 7 NQF qualification. The course will still continue to have four modules, but these modules have changed their syllabus and titles. The modules are to be assessed differently however. Previously, a student had three exams and the case study. Now, the student has three assignments and one exam.

The old modules were worth 15 credits each. The new modules have different weight and are illustrated in brackets

• The (old) Analysis & Evaluation has become Emerging Themes, (10 credits)
• The (old) Strategic Marketing Decisions has become Analysis and Decision, (20 credits)
• The (old) Managing Marketing Performance has become Market Leadership & Planning, (20 credits)
• The (old) Strategic Marketing in Practice has become Managing Corporate Reputation, (10 credits)

Yes, but because the modules are worth a different number of credits than those of the old certain rules must be applied.

If students have started the Professional Postgraduate Diploma on the 2004, (old) syllabus but not completed all four modules on this syllabus, they should complete their qualification by applying one of the following rules:

• Students who have passed any one of the first three modules (Analysis & Evaluation, Strategic Marketing Decisions and Managing Marketing Performance) AND Strategic Marketing in Practice, will be exempted from Analysis & Decision on the 2009 (new) syllabus
• Students who have passed two of the first three modules (Analysis & Evaluation, Strategic Marketing Decisions and Managing Marketing Performance and Strategic Marketing in Practice) will be exempted from Market Leadership and Planning on the 2009 (new) syllabus
• Students who have passed three modules from the 2004 syllabus (three of the four following modules: Analysis & Evaluation, Strategic Marketing Decisions and Managing Marketing Performance), will be exempt from both Analysis and Decision, and Market Leadership and Planning, from the 2009 (new) syllabus.

The reason that students need to complete two modules from the 2004 syllabus to achieve one unit on the 2009 syllabus is because of the different number of credits that the units are worth.

If any of the above is not clear, please do not hesitate to contact the admissions team on 0207 838 1002, option 3.