• Offered by Research School of Management
  • ANU College ANU College of Business and Economics
  • Course subject Marketing
  • Areas of interest Marketing
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Toni Eagar
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2023
    See Future Offerings

This course involves on-campus teaching. For students not on campus, there will be a remote option in Sem 1. See Class Summary or Wattle for details.

An understanding of the needs and behaviours of consumers is an intrinsic component of the development and implementation of successful marketing actions. Specific topics address the consumer decision process, internal and external influences on consumer behaviour.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  1. Identify the major influences in consumer behaviour;
  2. Distinguish between different consumer behaviour influences and their relationships;
  3. Establish the relevance of consumer behaviour theories and concepts to marketing decisions;
  4. Implement appropriate combinations of theories and concepts;
  5. Recognise social and ethical implications of marketing actions on consumer behaviour; and
  6. Use appropriate techniques to apply market solutions.

Other Information

Indicative Assessment

  1. Typical assessments may include, but is not restricted to: in-class exercises, written and oral assignments, quizzes, examinations, group project tasks, oral presentation, and other assessment deemed appropriate to show attainment of the learning outcomes set for the course. Further details will be made available via the Class Summary. (100) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6]

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Workload

Students taking this course are expected to commit 130 hours to completing the work. For semester length offerings this will typically include 3 hours per week in class and at least 7 hours a week on average (excluding non-teaching weeks) on course reading, research, writing and assessment work.

Inherent Requirements

This course has no inherent requirements.

Prescribed Texts

Information about the prescribed textbook (if any) will be made available via the Class Summary.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees

Student Contribution Band:
34
Unit value:
6 units

If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2023 $4560
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2023 $5820
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
4028 20 Feb 2023 27 Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 26 May 2023 In Person View

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