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Culture, Policy and Management Pathways Programme – (M.A.)
City University London
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| Application Deadline: | None, but early application advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 6,921 - ≈ € 13,266 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of City University London
This course is for individuals who are keen to make a difference to the arts, heritage and creative industries by developing the appropriate skills and knowledge to inform policy and practice.
The course has been developed in close consultation with key cultural institutions and professionals to shape a curriculum that responds to the demands of the sector.
It allows you to negotiate a course of study to support your own specific career aspirations, within one of three pathways of study.
Career Prospects
Former students have careers in positions as diverse as senior posts in the British Council and Arts Council England, chief executives of major theatre companies, directors of major galleries and museums, as well as in posts in opera companies and orchestras.
Many retain links with the department and some provide work placements and mentoring to current students. Some have gone on to create and run cultural management courses in Australia, Finland, Hong Kong, New York and the UK. You will be encouraged to form networks amongst your peers at City University, which will support you throughout your career.
Contents
This MA allows you to follow a course of study to support your own specific career aspirations.
You can focus on your own area of interest in your coursework and research, such as visual arts, performance arts or heritage.
Choose from the folowing three pathways:
* A taught pathway, consisting of eight taught modules (2 core and 6 electives) and a dissertation
* A placement pathway, consisting of six taught modules (2 core and 4 electives), a placement in a cultural institution and a dissertation
* A research pathway, consisting of four taught modules (3 core and 1 elective) and a research project in an area of study of particular importance to your career.
Core modules
* Culture, policy and management
* Cultural portfolio: pathway plan and immersion
Elective modules
* Audiences and marketing
* Comparative models of cultural policy
* Contemporary UK cultural policy
* Culture & regeneration
* Currents of criticism
* Digital cultures
* Education, learning and the cultural sector
* Evaluation, politics and advocacy
* Understanding financial accounts and entrepreneurship
* Fundraising in and for the cultural sector
* Managing organisations
* Managing people
* Post-colonial agendas: the other, identity and the culture of politics
* Programming and its management
* Professional work placement (Placement pathway only)
* Research for professional practice (Research pathway only)
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
You will need, as a minimum:
* a good second class Honours Degree or equivalent
* an understanding of your country's cultural policy and have some relevant experience - this could be as a volunteer.
Other Suitable Qualifications
We understand that many of you will have experience of subsequent professional practice. Special consideration is given to applications from mature students without the required formal qualifications and those wishing to make a career change.
English Requirements
If your first language is not English, you will need to achieve one of the following English language test scores:
* IELTS, a minimum of 7.0 in the Writing sub-category and 6.5 in the other sub-categories
* TOEFL, 100 Internet-based, 250 Computer-based, 600 Paper-based
* Cambridge Proficiency grade C or above.
* Evidence that the medium of instruction for their first degree was in English
Your English test should have been taken in the last two years.
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 600 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 250 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 100 |
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