MA in Cultural and Creative Industries
London, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 up to 2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
GBP 27,996 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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** UK students: £12,468 per year | International students: £27,996 per year
Introduction
Our multi-faceted course examines the structure and history of the cultural and creative industries and explores practical and theoretical issues facing cultural entrepreneurs, professionals and policy-makers. Using a range of analytical tools from sociology, media and cultural studies, the course draws on the teaching, research and professional expertise of both King's academics and professionals working in the field. Ideally suited for students looking for a career in the cultural, media and creative sectors.
Key benefits
- Equips students with a broad and critical understanding of the cultural and creative industries in the national and international contexts.
- Located at the heart of London's arts and media industries.
- Teaching staff provide cutting-edge knowledge of current debates and trends.
- Emphasis on real-world knowledge and theoretical perspectives.
- Guest lectures from leading cultural and creative industry professionals.
Course essentials
Cultural & Creative Industries is a unique interdisciplinary course that draws on cultural theories, cultural history, digital culture, management, screen studies, geography, cultural policy, gender and fashion.
If you are seeking a career in the arts or creative industries, or if you are a professional looking to enhance your existing knowledge and career prospects, then this course is ideally suited for you. You can also use the training and skills we will give you to prepare for doctoral research in culture, media and creative industries. However, you should bear in mind that this is not a traditional media, communications or journalism studies course. If you want to follow a career in these areas, this course will only be relevant in so far as your interests relate specifically to the cultural and creative industries, such as performing and visual arts, cultural heritage, film, games and music.
As part of the Research Approaches and Dissertation module, students have the opportunity to apply for a selective-entry Collaborative Dissertation with a Cultural Partner pathway, organised with external arts, media and heritage organisations. The collaborative dissertation project enables students to work with a cultural partner on a live research brief that informs their final MA dissertations. Previous dissertation partners include Battersea Arts Centre, Black Live Theatre, Arts Council England, Dash Arts, King’s Cultural Institute, Live Cinema, Glyndebourne, Mahogany Opera Group, Lambeth Archives, OnRoad Media, Royal Society, Arts Cabinet, Iconem, and Greater London Authority.
Admissions
Curriculum
Structure
Required modules
The course is divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits. You are required to take:
- Analysing the Cultural & Creative Industries: Theories, Definitions, Debates (30 credits)
- Analysing the Cultural & Creative Industries: Policies, Creativity, Labour (30 credits)
Research Approaches and Dissertation (60 credits) choosing from the following pathways:
Choose one of the following:
- Traditional Dissertation Pathway
- Collaborative Dissertation with Cultural Partner Pathway
- Creative Research Project Pathway
Optional modules
In addition, you are required to take 60 credits from a range of optional modules, which may typically include:
- Collecting Cultures: Managing collections in museums and collecting organisations (15 credits)
- Exhibitions, Identities and Politics: in Museums, Galleries and other Cultural Spaces (15 credits)
- Cultural Policy (15 credits)
- Contextualising Creativity (15 credits)
- Creatives: Working in the Cultural Industries (15 credits)
- Culture and the City (15 credits)
- Cultural Markets (15 credits)
- The Aesthetic Economy and Aesthetic Markets (15 credits)
- Art and Globalisation (15 credits)
- Readings of the Music Business (15 credits)
- International Heritage (15 credits)
- Entertainment Industries (15 credits)
- Children, Media Industries and Culture (15 credits)
- Future Memory: Creating Connected Worlds (15 credits)
- Gender and Sexualities in East Asian Media (15 credits)
- Immersive Media and Extended Realities (15 credits)
- The Entrepreneurial Opportunity - Arts and Culture (selective entry) (15 credits)
- Festivals: Arts, Public Spaces and Community (15 credits)
- Gender, Media and Culture (15 credits)
- Cultural Memory (15 credits)
- Conflict, Diplomacy & International Relations (15 credits)
- Gaming Industries and Cultures (15 credits)
- Transnational Screen Cultures (15 credits)
- Fashion, Culture & Society (15 credits)
You may choose a maximum of 30 credits of modules from the Faculty of Arts & Humanities and the King's Language Centre, or, exceptionally, from a range of modules from the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy (notably the Department of Education & Professional Studies, and Department of Management), or the School of Law, subject to approvals.
If you are a part-time student, you will take the two compulsory modules (60 credits in total) in your first year, along with up to 30 credits of optional modules. In your second year, you will take Research Approaches and Dissertation (60 credits), along with up to 30 credits of optional modules. Students are required to take 60 credits of optional modules across the two years.
King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, the modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.
Please note that modules with a practical component will be capped due to educational requirements, which may mean that we cannot guarantee a place for all students who elect to study this module.
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Career Opportunities
Our graduates take the skills and knowledge they develop with us to a wide range of roles in the cultural and creative industries. Our previous graduates have taken up roles in arts administration in local government, marketing for a major cultural institution in London, editing a lifestyle magazine in the US, and researching for China’s broadcasting industry regulator.
Further career paths have included performing arts management, museum and gallery management, arts funding, cultural industries development, film distribution, freelance research and creative business development. A number of our students have gone on to further academic research.