MA in Arts Management
Bath, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 up to 2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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TUITION FEES
GBP 17,065 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* International full time | UK full time: £8,825 | UK part-time: £4,413
Introduction
This flexible course adapts to the ever-changing world of culture and the arts. It will expand your theoretical understanding and professional knowledge of arts and cultural management, through hands-on experience and work-based learning.
We’ll give you the unique opportunity to engage with an extensive range of regional, national, and international arts and cultural organizations. These cover the full range of creative industries including dance, theatre, music, digital creativity, fine art, fashion, and heritage.
You’ll graduate as a responsive, resilient, flexible, and imaginative practitioner, equally comfortable in a variety of settings, and adept at working in partnership with a wide range of organizations.
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Curriculum
Our Arts Management course includes or offers the following modules.
- Arts Management in the 21st Century
- Placement
- Managing Arts and Cultural Events
- Extended Placement Project
- Dissertation
- Entrepreneurship
- Managing People
- Governance, Ethics, and Risk Management
- Digital Marketing.
Program Outcome
What you'll learn
Overview
Building on your own experience and background, you’ll expand your professional arts knowledge, management skills, entrepreneurial thinking, and creative leadership skills.
Delivered in close collaboration with leading arts organizations, we’ll provide you with the theoretical framework, appropriate skills, and practical experience to meet the challenges of working in your chosen field.
You’ll cover theory, critical thinking, and skills development as well as gaining practical experience. You’ll analyze debates in and around culture and the arts, and apply them to contemporary practice, structures, funding, and participation.
How will I be assessed?
You'll be assessed by a variety of methods that may include some or all of the following across the various modules on the course:
- Reports on work-based assignments
- Research project reports
- Portfolios
- Reflective learning and work-experience journals
- Reviews
- Proposal papers for projects, funding or events, business plans, or strategy documents
- Project progress reports
- Project evaluations
- Presentations.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Culture, the arts, and the creative industries are estimated to be worth over £81 billion to the UK economy.
Careers in arts management are varied and cover every cultural and artistic area. They include roles in:
- Events and venue management
- Programming events and seasons
- Marketing
- Audience development
- Fundraising
- Community engagement and social inclusion
- Education and learning
- Managing artists and performers.
Facilities
Program delivery
How will I be taught?
We combine academic study with professional work experience. You’ll learn through a variety of activities including lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials, online activity and discussion, work-based learning, and research projects.
Staff on this course offer you access to a wide range of academic and practical expertise in arts and cultural management. You’ll benefit from one-to-one tutorials, workshops, peer support, and shared learning. We work with you to ensure that what you learn in the course develops into effective practice in the workplace.
Course length
One year full-time or two years part-time.