MKTG 338 Luxury Branding and AdvertisingMEF UniversityDegree Programs Industrial EngineeringGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy Statement
Industrial Engineering
Bachelor Length of the Programme: 4 Number of Credits: 240 TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF: Level 6

ECTS Course Information Package

School/Faculty/Institute Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences
Course Code MKTG 338
Course Title in English Luxury Branding and Advertising
Course Title in Turkish Lüks Marka Yönetimi ve Reklamcılık
Language of Instruction EN
Type of Course Flipped Classroom
Level of Course Intermediate
Semester Spring
Contact Hours per Week
Lecture: 3 Recitation: Lab: Other:
Estimated Student Workload 132 hours per semester
Number of Credits 5 ECTS
Grading Mode Standard Letter Grade
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Expected Prior Knowledge None
Registration Restrictions Only Undergraduate Students
Overall Educational Objective To learn to understand luxury branding and advertising strategies.
Course Description This course focuses on the notion of luxury and luxury consumption attitudes, luxury brands, branding and advertising strategies. The discussions will be mainly about the reason of consuming luxury goods, the consumers, the brand equity, the brand value and the most important luxury brands. The primary goal of this course is to acknowledge what luxury is and discuss luxury goods and brands. Also, by observing luxury brand case studies and listening to professionals from luxury brand businesses, the student will have an opinion about the luxury brand market.

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) understand the notion of luxury, luxury goods and brands
2) comprehend the reason of consuming luxury goods
3) identify luxury brand consumers
4) formulate luxury branding and advertising strategies
Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes 1 2 3 4
1) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
2) An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
3) An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
4) An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
5) An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
6) An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
7) An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies

Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None S Supportive H Highly Related
     
Program Outcomes and Competences Level Assessed by
1) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics N
2) An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors S Participation
3) An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences S Participation
4) An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts N
5) An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives S Participation
6) An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions N
7) An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies S Participation
Prepared by and Date RÜYA YÜKSEL , May 2023
Course Coordinator CEYHAN MUTLU
Semester Spring
Name of Instructor Öğr. Gör. RÜYA YÜKSEL

Course Contents

Week Subject
1) Introduction
2) What is luxury?: "Luxury Marketing & Management"
3) The Label, the product, the brand
4) The Luxury consumption and clientele: "The Luxury Strategy"
5) Communication, Branding: "Luxury Brand Management"
6) Luxury Fashion Branding
7) Midterm
8) Case Study Workshop
9) Case Study Workshop
10) The Management of Luxury Digital Luxury
11) Sectors of luxury and behaviour
12) Luxury Consumption in Cultural Context
13) Luxury Consumption in Cultural Context
14) Final project
15) Final Examination Period
16) Final Examination Period
Required/Recommended ReadingsRequired Readings 1.Michel Chevalier, Luxury Brand Management: A World of Privilege, Second Edition 2.Benjamin Berghaus, Gunter Muller-Stewens, Sven Reincke, The Management of Luxury: A Practitioner's Handbook. 3. Jean-Noel Kapferer, Vincent Bastien, The Luxury Strategy: Break the Rules of Marketing to Built Luxury Brands, Second Edition 4. Uche Okonkwo, Luxury Fashion Branding 5. Wolfgang Schaefer, Rethinking Prestige Branding 6. Byoungho Jin, Elena Cedrola, Fashion Branding and Communication: Core Strategies of European Luxury Brands (Palgrave Studies in Practice: Global Fashion Brand Management) 7. Dr. Daniel A. Langer Luxury Marketing & Management Additional Readings Işıl Zeybek, Lüks ve Markalama Tüketici Davranışlarında Lüks İmgesi, Beta Kevin Lane Keller, Strategic Brand Management Building, Measuring and Managing Brand Equity
Teaching MethodsThe instructor will summarize and explain the key concepts regarding each week’s topic. Students are expected to actively participate in class discussions. Midterm and final exams will mostly consist of essay questions that will attempt to test the ability to organize, synthesize, and apply the topics and related materials previously covered in the class. With videos, case studies and real-life examples the students will have the chance to expand their perspectives of luxury branding and advertising. Students are expected to share their opinions, ideas and questions in class.
Homework and ProjectsNone
Laboratory WorkNone
Computer UsePersonal Notebook
Other ActivitiesNone
Assessment Methods
Assessment Tools Count Weight
Attendance 1 % 20
Midterm(s) 1 % 30
Final Examination 1 % 50
TOTAL % 100
Course Administration yukselzeh@mef.edu.tr

In this course, active participation is key to learning and applying. Thus the grading of the class participation will be done based on the quality of active student participation and contribution to in-class activities. Students are expected to attend all sessions and be in class on time. When they can not attend due to a sickness (which should require a report from a full facility hospital) or an excuse accepted my MEF regulations, they should inform the instructors by mail. As the feedback and questions are very valuable for making the course a distinctive learning experience, students may visit the instructors during office hours or send e mails, for any course related issues. Academic dishonesty and plagiarism will be subject to the YÖK disciplinary regulation.

ECTS Student Workload Estimation

Activity No/Weeks Hours Calculation
No/Weeks per Semester Preparing for the Activity Spent in the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements
Course Hours 14 2 3 2 98
Project 1 10 2 12
Midterm(s) 1 8 2 10
Final Examination 1 10 2 12
Total Workload 132
Total Workload/25 5.3
ECTS 5