Creative Industries and Arts Organisation MA

Program Overview

With a focus on environmental and labor sustainability, the program prepares students for careers in frontline arts and cultural provision, creative and non-creative organizations, and freelance or self-employed roles.

Program Outline

Creative Industries and Arts Organisation MA

Degree Overview:

The Creative Industries and Arts Organisation MA is designed to give students a critical, strategic and ethical understanding of sustainable business and stakeholder relations in the creative, cultural and arts industries. With a focus on environmental and labour sustainability, and steeped in critical management studies research, the programme strives to offer students concrete experiences of practitioner, activist, and organiser frameworks for creative labour today.

Outline:

• The programme critically explores how the study of creative industries and the cultural sector is linked to business and society, and applied in organisational practice, using real case studies from around the world.
• Building on a network of practitioners, creatives, organisers and strategic collaborators, the course offers a complex view of the often precarious forms of work and organisation that have emerged in the creative industries and cultural sector.
• Students will delve into subjects at the heart of the creative industries, including:
• The administration of art and culture in the Global North and Global South.
• Equality and diversity.
• Ethical marketing.
• Management and organisational studies.
• Fundraising and finance.
• The programme will cover the theoretical and practical aspects of understanding the organisation history of the creative industries and arts sector, and prepare students to undertake dissertation and practice-based projects in the third semester.
• Group work and its methodology is central to the student learning experience on this programme.
Summative assessment uses various methods, ranging from conventional academic coursework, through to shorter specific exercises and analyses of case studies.
• Formative assessment takes place using class presentations, industrial interactions, peer to peer debates, short written exercises and group work.
• Guest speakers, get hands-on experience through substantive interactions with partner organisations, and develop communication skills through practically-oriented seminars, presentations and lively group discussions.
• The program draws on the experience of an advisory panel of creatives, researchers, and organisational innovators, and will be delivered by diverse professionals and practitioners from these sectors.

Careers:

• Graduates from this program can expect to work in a variety of roles, including:
• Frontline arts and cultural provision.
• Creative and non-creative organisations in a range of business.
• Freelance or self-employed roles.

Other:

• The program is offered in partnership with the Barbican, a world-leading arts and cultural organisation.
• The program is also part of the Queen Mary University of London's network of over 30 elective modules.
• The program is 1 year for full-time students and 2 years for part-time students.
• The program starts in September 2024.

Additional Notes:

• The program information is current as of the date of this response (2023-10-27).

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