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InstitutionProgram

Institution

Birmingham City University International College

Currency

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Program Level

MA

Program

Arts and Project Management

Summary

On the MA Arts and Project Management course you will learn how arts organisations, cultural spaces, festivals, and visual and performing arts projects are produced and managed. The course is designed for those who wish to pursue a career in arts management to gain expertise in the requirements for managing, delivering and marketing engaging arts projects, cultural experiences and events.

This course will enable you to develop professional and practical experience, gaining advanced organisational, planning and marketing skills. Whether you see yourself as an artist, designer-maker, actor, musician, illustrator, artist, writer, filmmaker or a blend of any number of these roles, this course will equip you with the tools to articulate and bring your ideas to life.

The course enables you to generate and develop innovative ideas within arts and culture and provides the know-how and skills to make these a reality. During the year you will produce detailed project, event and marketing plans to scope, plan, communicate dynamic creative projects that you want to bring to life. Creative models of delivery, concept development and ideation combined with practical and communication skills are at the heart of this future facing course.

The course offers collaborative working opportunities in which you can think critically and creatively across discipline boundaries; ‘going public’ and connecting with communities. Our relationship to the city and its range of communities, galleries and arts organisations is a defining and unique feature of the School of Art.

There is scope to work on live projects through our links with local organisations and practitioners in the creative industries. You will put theory into practice through engaging with industry professionals working on live briefs and projects.

What's covered in this course?

You will develop key transferable skills in creative thinking, problem solving, collaboration, creative strategy, project management, stakeholder mapping, budgeting, marketing, communication, presentation, independent research, critical and analytical thinking skills. This prepares you for life as a professional project manager, a PhD researcher, or to work in other related careers.

You will develop your knowledge and understanding to be industry ready; the course is responsive to change to the needs of students and to employment opportunities which contribute to creating a sustainable future for all. Alumni successfully attain good positions in the ever-expanding creative industries.

Graduates from the course go on to work in various contexts, such as the museum and gallery sector, marketing communications, exhibitions and events management, front-of-house roles, entrepreneurial activities, arts operation and management.

Below is a list of just some of the roles that you could go on to work as:

Arts producer, Creative producer, Arts Project Manager, Events Manager, Arts Marketer, Marketing and Communications Officers, Lead social media Co-Ordinator, Arts Officers, Performance Event Manager, Arts Communication Roles, Partnerships Coordinator, Arts Administrators, Festival Manager Creative Director.

Tuition Fees

18600.00 €

Duration

Year

Application Fee

0.00 €

Living Costs

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CertificateName

MA Arts and Project Management

Intake

September

Program Length

1 years

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