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Western Sydney University

Master of Marketing

  • Delivery: Face to Face
  • Study Level: Postgraduate
  • Duration: 24 months
  • Course Type: Master's

Equip yourself with a truly comprehensive skill set to develop a marketing career on your terms.

Course overview

With an emphasis on digital marketing, this program prepares students for positions in marketing through an industry-informed and applied education approach. You’ll learn how to optimise the customer experience, get the most out of digital marketing strategy, understand the impact of multichannel marketing and take on the new frontiers of branding.

This program is ideally suited for those wanting to cultivate their marketing knowledge to perform as managerial and marketing professionals in a digitally informed environment. To help our students manage work and family commitments, we offer flexible learning options with a combination of online lecture pods and evening classes.

Key facts

Delivery
Face to Face
Course Type
Master's
Duration
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Can be studied part time
24 months (Full time)
Price Per Unit
From $4,480
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Prices are calculated based on a full-time or part-time study load of 80 credit points.
Campus
Parramatta
Intake
5th January, 2026
30th March, 2026
22nd June, 2026
14th September, 2026
Units
16
Fees
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FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.
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What you will study

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 160 credit points. Unless otherwise indicated, each subject is worth 10 credit points.

Core subjects

Group 1 - One, 1.5 and two-year pathways

All students must complete the following for 70 credit points:

  • Business Analytics in Practice
  • Digital Marketing
  • Frontiers of Branding
  • Innovation, Creativity and Foresight
  • MarketingMe
  • Multichannel Marketing
  • Social Marketing

Group 2 - 1.5 and two two-year pathways

Students in the 1.5 and two-year pathways must complete the following subjects for 20 credit points. Students in the one-year pathway are not required to complete these subjects.

  • Customer Experience
  • Marketing Systems

Group 3 - Two-year pathway

Students in the two-year pathway must complete the following subjects for 30 credit points. Students in the one and 1.5-year pathways are not required to complete these subjects.

  • Business Communication Skills
  • Financial Reports for Decision Making
  • Understanding Contemporary Organisations
Alternate subjects
Elective subjects

Entry requirements

Two-year pathway (160 credit points)

Applicants must have successfully completed an undergraduate degree, or higher, in any discipline.

1.5-year pathway (120 credit points)
One-year pathway (80 credit points)

English language requirements

Applicants who have undertaken studies overseas may have to provide proof of proficiency in English.

Contact the university for more information.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Credit for Prior Learning (CPL), formerly known as transfer credit or advanced standing, is a way of recognising your previous study or work experience by granting credit towards your current program.

When your CPL application is approved, it means you've already demonstrated the knowledge, understanding and skills that match the learning outcomes of similar subjects or programs at WSU.

For more information, contact the university or visit its website.

Outcomes

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this program, graduates will be able to:

  • Produce authentic resources or artefacts that express complex ideas using discipline–appropriate written and verbal skills suited to multiple audiences and contexts.
  • Demonstrate ability to effectively perform different roles in teams, with changing membership roles and in complex contexts.
  • Produce and justify a complex argument in a professional or enterprise context using multiple sources of relevant, discipline-appropriate information (textual or numerical).
  • Plan a project and propose a well-formulated solution, including its contingencies and future implications, to a professional or enterprise problem that considers multiple professional or enterprise contexts (including global).
  • Evaluate professional or enterprise practice in relation to culture and diversity in discipline-appropriate contexts (including first peoples/global) and make recommendations, including contingencies, alternatives and future implications.
  • Evaluate economic, social and environmental decisions and practices and make recommendations, including contingencies, alternatives and future implications, for professional and enterprise practice.
Career outcomes

Fees and FEE-HELP

Indicative annual fee in 2026: $35,840 (domestic full-fee paying place)

The fee estimate provided is indicative only and subject to change. This estimate is based on the current fee structures for a normal full-time study load.

A student’s fee may vary depending on:

  • Specific subjects chosen.
  • Duration and timing of study.
  • Annual fee adjustments.

Please note that this estimate does not include the Student Services and Amenities Fee.

FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students.