Pearson BTEC Level 5 HNC/D Business (Marketing)

The HNC/D combined course offers a specialist work-related programme covering all the critical knowledge, understanding and practical skills required to work, progress, and succeed in business and marketing. It enables learners to build up knowledge through core modules while developing specialist skills through optional units. The course is developed in collaboration with businesses and institutions such as The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, The Digital Marketing Institute, The BBC, Tesco, and the University of Essex.

• Sample Workbook - Marketing Processes and Planning - download
• Sample Workbook 2 - Marketing Insights and Analytics - download
• Sample Workbook 3 - Digital Marketing - download
• Sample Workbook 4 - The Contemporary Business Environment - download

For those seeking a course heavily weighted towards marketing, which aligns perfectly with many business/marketing-related top-up degree programmes, you can study the Pearson HNC/D Business (Marketing) pathway.

You will gain specialist knowledge in:

- The consumer’s decision-making process through the use of marketing insights and analytics
- How organisations use various digital tools and techniques to engage their customers and maintain a competitive advantage
- The use of the most appropriate methods of promoting a product or service to their target audience - marketing communications
- The competencies and behaviours required by employers to work in the marketing sector
- The key principles of marketing, enabling them to develop a marketing plan and to employ elements of the marketing mix to achieve results
- The dynamic world of the marketing sector and the wealth of exciting career opportunities available to support their decision making in their career choices

You may apply, enrol and then make payment for your course on any day of the year. Once you do, you will be set up onto our online learning environment Totara and given your induction materials. Your registration period timer will not officially begin until the following first working day of the month (or one in the future upon request).

All resources can be accessed at any time online through our online learning portal, allowing you to go through your modules as and when you like.

To view our course fees please click on the 'Finance and Fees' tab. If you are on a mobile, click on 'Overview' and change the page view to 'Finance and Fees on the dropdown menu.

You will have access to quality tutor support from one of our tutors. You will be given their contact details, and you may email them whenever you want, or you may book in a support call, video or audio.

There are no exams, all assessments will be based on coursework assignments that you submit to us, in your own time.

This course is the ideal choice for you if:

- You want an affordable, fast-track, and guaranteed route towards the third and final year of a business-related BA/BSc degree

- You are in employment, do not have the time to go to a college or university and therefore need a more flexible route up the ladder

- You are currently working in a business environment and want to upskill and progress in your role

To gain entry onto the HNC/D Business course, you must:

• • Have experience working in a business environment OR have a related level 3 qualification
• • Be at least 18 years old
• • Have a UK address
• • IELTS 5.5 (reading and writing must be at 5.5), CEFR level B2 or PTE Academic 51 (if applicable). If you need an English test and do not have one, you can book a Pearson PTE Academic test via their website.

Head to the Pearson Degree Finder to see a list of universities that will guarantee progression onto the final year or top up year.

There are also many universities who recognise HN qualifications and will review applicants on a case-by-case basis.