Global Arts Management (Level 6 Top Up) BA (Hons)

Program Overview

This one-year Global Arts Management Top-Up program equips students with a global perspective for careers in the dynamic international markets of cultural industries. It combines academic debates with business management skills applied to the arts from a global lens, developing leadership skills in key areas like theatres, music venues, galleries, museums, and festivals. Graduates gain transferable skills in marketing, management, fundraising, and cultural policy, becoming highly practical graduates equipped with business planning, engagement, and delivery skills attractive in the arts sector.

Program Outline

Global Arts Management (Level 6 Top Up) BA (Hons)

Degree Overview:

This one-year Global Arts Management Top-Up programme equips students with a global perspective for careers in the dynamic international markets of cultural industries. The program provides:

• Academic understanding: Combines academic debates with business management skills applied to the arts from a global lens.
• Practical tools and skills: Develops leadership skills in key areas like theatres, music venues, galleries, museums, and festivals.
• Political and economic factors: Analyzes political and economic factors influencing cultural development at international, national, regional, and local levels.
• Specialization: Allows students to develop their own interests and specialize as they progress.

Key features:

• Gain an honors degree in Global Arts Management in one year and progress to study Cultural Events Management MSc.
• Develop transferable skills in marketing, management, fundraising, business planning, licensing, leadership, collaborative working, programming, and cultural policy.
• Benefit from top-quality teaching by industry experts connected to leading organizations like Universal Music and London’s Southbank Centre.
• Gain practical real-life experience through organizational and co-creative experiences, valuable networking opportunities, and connections with arts organizations like Festival Republic, Leicester Comedy Festival, and Curve Theatre.
• Become a highly practical graduate equipped with business planning, engagement, and delivery skills attractive in the arts sector, securing key positions across industries and roles like The Barbican, Ballet Rambert, Wembley Arena, and the BBC.

Outline:

The program comprises four core modules delivered through various methods: lectures, tutorials, workshops, seminars, group work, and self-directed study. A research trip to a major European city is also included.

Modules:

• Dissertation: In-depth research project focusing on an aspect of Global Arts Management.
Supported by lectures on research methodologies and structuring a dissertation. Analyzes contradictions and dilemmas in global cultural policy and provision. Includes a research project on another international country with the chance to visit a major European city.
• Creative Enterprise in a Global Context: Reflects changing environments within the arts, emphasizing entrepreneurial skills.
Requires students to develop a creative business idea in a global context through interactive workshops, case studies, and business plan development.

Assessment:

Tailored to module content and learning objectives. Predominantly coursework-based with essays, reports, critiques, finance exercises, case study analyses, presentations, and a dissertation.

Teaching:

• Lectures and tutorials
• Workshops and seminars
• Group work and self-directed study
• Research trip to a major European city
• Access to the Virtual Learning Environment, Collaborate Ultra, DMU Replay, MS Teams, Turnitin

Careers:

• Managing Director of Full Circle Events
• Artist Liaison Manager for Save the Children
• Graduate scheme with the prestigious Ambassador Theatre Group
• Graduate internship with the National Centre for Performing Arts in Beijing
• Head of Collections and Paintings at Paintings in Hospitals
graduates start their own businesses.

Other:

• Students actively participate in the university's Cultural eXchanges Festival, interacting with artists, audiences, and communities from different cultural backgrounds.
• DMU's award-winning careers service provides guaranteed work experience opportunities.
• DMU Global offers diverse international experience opportunities, including studying or working abroad for up to a year.
• DMU's Universal Design for Learning approach uses various support, facilities, and technologies to accommodate all students, including those with disabilities and specific learning differences.
• DMU Replay provides all students with anytime access to audio and/or visual recordings of lectures for revision and adaptation.

UK

2024/25 tuition fees for UK students: £9,250

EU/International

2024/25 tuition fees for international students: £15,750