BSc Home Science Principles of Marketing Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This is the Semester 4 syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2025-26. The University still examines the earlier Choice Based papers alongside it — her third-year timetables name that scheme — so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for Principles of Marketing
Module I
- 1 Introduction to Marketing:
- i Definition, scope, and functions of marketing.
- ii Marketing vs. Selling.
- iii Marketing as an activity and a function.
- iv The 4Ps and 4Cs of marketing.
- v Channels of Distribution
- vi Marketing concepts: needs, wants, demands, transactions, transfer, and exchanges.
- 2 Marketing Environment:
- i Internal and external marketing environments.
- ii Political, social, economic, and technological (PEST) factors.
- iii Globalization and its impact on marketing
Module II
- 1 Marketing Mix (4Ps/7Ps):
- i Product mix: classification, product life cycle, new product development, branding, labelling, and packaging.
- ii Price mix: pricing policies, factors influencing pricing, and pricing methods.
- iii Place mix: channels of distribution and intermediaries.
- iv Promotion mix: advertising, sales promotion, personal selling, and public relations.
- v (Expanded) 7Ps: People, process, and physical evidence.
- 2 Recent Development in Marketing
- i Marketing of Services
- ii Rural Marketing
- iii International Marketing
- iv Digital Marketing
- v Marketing through Social Channels
- vi Green Marketing
Text Books & Reference Books
- 1 Cristina Calvo Porral, John L. Stanton (2017), Principles of Marketing. Publisher: ESIC Editorial. ISBN:9788417129453, 8417129456
- 2 Debbie Human, Christine De Meyer-Heydenrych, Daniel Maduku, Corné Meintjes, Jacques Nel ·(2018), Principles of Marketing. Publisher: Oxford. ISBN:9780199079407, 0199079404
- 3 Gary Armstrong, Philip Kotler (2012), Principles of Marketing. Publisher: Pearson Education Limited. ISBN-10: 0273779826, ISBN-13: 9780273779827
- 4 Gupta CB (2021) Principles of Marketing.5 th Edition, Sultan Chand and Son’s. ISBN: 9789391820695
- 5 Isita Lahiri, Ghosh (2011), Principles of Marketing and E-Commerce. Publisher: Pearson India. ISBN:9789332510302, 933251030X
- 6 Kumar Pardeep (2022), Principles of Marketing (NEP). Publisher: Sultan Chand and Son’s. ISBN: 9789391820169
- 7 Neeru Kapoor (2021), Principles of Marketing.2 nd Edition. Amazon and Flipkart.
- 8 Philip Kotler (January 2010), Understanding Marketing. Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press; Illustrated edition. ISBN-10: 191111241X ,ISBN-13: 4721911112413
- 9 Philip T. Kotler, Gary Armstrong, Prafulla Agnihotri (2021), Principles of Marketing (17th Edition) Pearson Education. ISBN: 9789352865611
- 10 Philip Kotler, Gary Armstrong, Sridhar Balasubramanian (July 2023), Principles of Marketing. 19th Edition Pearson Education.ISBN-10: 9357055215, ISBN-13: 978- 9357055215
- 11 Prof. Kavita Sharma (Author), Dr. Swati Aggarwal (August 2024) Principles of Marketing. 3 rd Edition, Taxmann Publications Private Limited. ISBN-10: 9357788832, ISBN-13: 978-9357788830
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Home Science) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2025-26. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.