Curriculum Overview
The MS in Digital Marketing offers a 1 or 2 year cohort program with 34 units. The year-round program will include classes in the Fall, Spring, and Summer terms. This program is designed for students and business professionals who want to be equipped with knowledge in marketing data science and analytics to inform marketing strategic planning and execution processes critical in the digital economy.
Graduates from this program will demonstrate in-depth knowledge in both digital marketing execution and data science tailored to marketing decision-making. Specific skills and topics include R/Python, Salesforce/Hubspot, search engine optimization, social media marketing, online consumer psychology and behavior, e-retailing, database marketing, market forecasting, choice modeling, social media listening, and machine learning. The program will focus on concepts and applications of data-informed marketing strategy and execution in the digitized economy.
The table below shows how the 14 courses offered under one-year completion plan will help students obtain program learning outcomes (core skills). Note that each course offers more than one core skill; thus, the following association of each course with a certain core skills is just illustrative. For example, Data-driven Digital Marketing Strategy I and II will foster all four core skills.
Core Skills | Fall | Spring | Summer |
Digital Marketing Skills |
Digital Marketing (IBM 6010) |
Search Engine Marketing (IBM 6100) |
Text Analysis for Digital Marketing (IBM 6600) |
Marketing Analytics |
Foundations of Customer Analytics (IBM 6510) |
Market Forecasting (IBM 6520) |
Marketing Data Science (IBM 6540) |
Consumer Psychology & Behavior |
Online Consumer Psychology and Behaviors (IBM 6200) |
Current Issues in Digital Marketing (IBM 6400) |
Retailing in Digital Economy (IBM 6300) |
Actionable Recommendations & Communications |
Customer Insight Methods and Survey Research (IBM 6500) |
Data-Driven Digital Marketing Strategy I (IBM 6800) |
Data-Driven Digital Marketing Strategy II (IBM 6950) |
Course Description
Course Completion Roadmaps (1-year vs. 2-year)
Semester | No | Courses | Credits | Sum |
Fall | 1 | IBM 6010 (Digital Marketing) | 3 | 12 |
2 | IBM 6500 (Customer Insights Methods and Survey Research) | 3 | ||
3 | IBM 6510 (Foundations of Customer Analytics) | 3 | ||
4 | IBM 6200 (Online Consumer Psychology and Behaviors) | 3 | ||
Spring | 5 | IBM 6100 (Search Engine Marketing)** | 2 | 12 |
6 | IBM 6150 (Database Marketing)** | 2 | ||
7 | IBM 6520 (Market Forecasting) | 2 | ||
8 | IBM 6530 (Marketing Analytics) | 3 | ||
9 | IBM 6400 (Current Issues in Digital Marketing)** | 1 | ||
10 | IBM 6800 (Data-Driven Digital Marketing Strategy I)** | 2 | ||
Summer | 11 | IBM 6540 (Marketing Data Science) | 3 | 10 |
12 | IBM 6300 (Retailing in Digital Economy) | 3 | ||
13 | IBM 6600 (Text Analysis for Digital Marketing) | 2 | ||
14 | IBM 6950 (Data-Driven Digital Marketing Strategy II) | 2 | ||
Total | 34 |
*All students will be provided with a boot camp without extra cost where they will learn R and a family of Tidyverse package, an equivalent to DWV 100 (Data Wrangling and Visualization certificate).
** These courses will be scheduled on the same day.
First Year
Semester | No | Courses | Credits | Sum |
Summer | 0 | DWV100* |
0 | |
Fall | 1 | IBM 6010 (Digital Marketing) | 3 | 6 |
2 | IBM 6510 (Foundations of Customer Analytics) | 3 | ||
Spring | 3 | IBM 6100 (Search Engine Marketing)** | 2 | 6 |
4 | IBM 6150 (Database Marketing)** | 2 | ||
5 | IBM 6520 (Market Forecasting) | 2 | ||
Summer | 6 | IBM 6540 (Marketing Data Science) | 3 | 6 |
7 | IBM 6600 (Retailing in Digital Economy) | 3 | ||
Total | 18 |
*All students will be provided with a boot camp without extra cost where they will learn R and a family of Tidyverse package, an equivalent to DWV 100 (Data Wrangling and Visualization certificate). ** These courses will be scheduled on the same day. |
Second Year
Semester | No | Courses | Credits | Sum |
Fall | 8 | IBM 6500 (Customer Insights Methods and Survey Research) | 3 | 6 |
9 | IBM 6200 (Online Consumer Psychology and Behaviors) | 3 | ||
Spring | 10 | IBM 6530 (Marketing Analytics) | 3 | 6 |
11 | IBM 6400 (Current Issues in Digital Marketing)** | 1 | ||
12 | IBM 6800 (Data-Driven Digital Marketing Strategy l)** | 2 | ||
Summer | 13 | IBM 6300 (Text Analysis for Digital Marketing) | 2 | 4 |
14 | IBM 6950 (Data-Driven Digital Marketing Strategy ll) | 2 | ||
Total | 16 |
*All students will be provided with a boot camp without extra cost where they will learn R and a family of Tidyverse package, an equivalent to DWV 100 (Data Wrangling and Visualization certificate).
** These courses will be scheduled on the same day.