This MA in Arts Management and Creative Producing is a full-time programme running for 12 months or a part-time programme running for 24 months. The course offers postgraduate training in arts leadership and management as well as providing essential practical skills in event organisation across a range of art forms including amongst others, theatre, opera, music, film, dance, literature, visual and performance art. The emphasis is on learning through a combination of professional practice 'on the ground' at the Cork Opera House as well as more traditional learning in a class room setting. Students take core modules on arts management and creative producing together with an end of year arts placement. Students will also have flexibility to choose from a suite of elective modules across the disciplines to suit their individual goals and needs. As a final project, and with mentorship/guidance from the teaching team, students produce their own professional programme of work at the Cork Opera in 2020.

Applicants will normally have an honours primary degree (2H2 or above) in the humanities or business and demonstrate an interest in working in the arts. Examples of demonstrated interest include membership of youth arts groups; previous involvement in arts projects either at school, university, or in the community; previous internships/placements, volunteering, or full/part time work in arts related organisations. Applicants with significant professional-level experience in the arts will also be considered. In addressing the criteria, applicants will be required to answer supplementary questions in addition to the standard questions on the online Postgraduate Studies Application form for Taught masters programmes.

Applicants will be required to attend an interview (in person or via Skype in the case of students living at a distance) with staff from the Department of Theatre (UCC) and Cork Opera House.

Students take 90 credits (35 credits of core module, 15 credits of electives and a Final Project of 40 credits) as follows: 

PART I (45 credits)

Students take modules to the value of 30 credits as follows:

DR6044 The Arts Landscape (5 credits)
DR6045 Artistic Leadership and Strategies in Arts Management (5 credits)
DR6046 Creative Producing and Curating (5 credits)
MG6019 The Management and Marketing of Museums (5 credits)
MG6317 Contemporary Issues in HRM (5 credits)
MG6815 Management and Organisation (5 credits)

and choose 15 credits of elective modules from the following:

DH6004 Conceptual Introduction to Digital Arts and Humanities (5 credits)
DH6007 Models, Simulations and Games (5 credits)
DH6012 Contemporary Practices in Publishing and Editing (5 credits)
DR3018 Cultures of Movement and Place: Advanced (10 credits)
EN3048 20th Century American Literature (5 credits)
EN3075 Contemporary Irish Writing (5 credits)
EN3079 Contemporary Culture (5 credits)
EN6048 Gender and Sexuality (10 credits)
EN6049 Gothic to Modernism (10 credits)
EN6050 Space and Place in Irish Writing (10 credits)
FX3001 Contemporary Cinema (5 credits)
FX3011 The Gendered Lens: Industry, Culture, Representation (5 credits)
FX3014 Case Studies in European Cinema (5 credits)
FX6010 Irish Cinema: History, Contexts, Aesthetics (10 credits)
HA6024 Global Contemporary Art (10 credits)
MG6704 Internationalisation and Sales (5 credits)
MG6705 Marketing for Technology Entrepreneurs (5 credits)
MG6327 Entrepreneurship Practice and Opportunity Recognition (5 credits)
MU2013 Music in Community (10 credits)
MU2023 Sounds Like Listening (5 credits)
MU2032 Art of Sound (5 credits)
MU2034 Music and Cultural Tourism (5 credits)
MU2064 Cork Audio-Visual Ensemble 2 (5 credits)
MG4036 Strategic Management (5 credits)
MG4039 Family Entrepreneurship (5 credits)
MG4045 Marketing and Society (5 credits)
MG4048 Digital Marketing (5 credits)
MU6037 Music and Cinema (10 credits)
MU6104 Composing with Field Recordings (5 credits)

PART II (45 credits)

DR6047 Arts Placement (5 credits)
DR6048 Final Project: Arts Management and Creative Producing (40 credits)  

Note:
Students with approved previous training in accountancy, management and marketing may be advised by the Programme Coordinator to replace core modules in these subjects with those from the selection of electives on offer. Not all modules may be available every year and some modules run across two semesters. For this reason, and in order to ensure coherence and a good workload balance over the course of the programme, all students will select their modules in consultation with the programme coordinator.

PART-TIME OPTION

Part-time is taken over two years.

Part-time students must take a minimum of 35 credits of taught modules in their first year including Arts Placement. In Year Two part-time students take 55 credits. For part-time students, the Final Project module is only available in the second year. See below:

Year 1 (35 credits):
In Semester 1 part-time students must take: DR6044 (5 credits) and MG6815 (5 credits)
In Semester 2 part-time students must take: DR6045 (5 credits) and MG6019 (5 credits).
In addition, part-time students must take two 5 credit electives across Semester 1 and 2 and DR6047 Arts Placement (5 credits) module in Semester 3.

In Year 2: (55 credits):
Part-time students must take core modules DR6046 (5 credits) in Semester 1 and MG6317 (5 credits) in Semester 2.
Along with this, part-time students take one 5 credit elective in either Semester 1 or Semester 2 and the forty credit final project module in Semester 3.

For part-time students, the Final Project module is only available in the second year.

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2019/2020 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2019/2020.

Postgraduate Diploma in Arts Management and Creative Producing
Students who pass modules to the value of 60 credits and achieve an aggregate pass mark of 40% overall may opt to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts Management and Creative Producing.

Programme Learning Outcomes for MA in Arts Management and Creative Producing (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Initiate, plan and undertake creative producing projects or events to a professional standard and with an entrepreneurial approach.
• Take on administrative or managerial roles in a range of arts organisations.
• Work strategically and develop an expertise in driving arts-business projects.
• Articulate and engage in current critical debates, concepts, and discourses on cultural policy as well as local and international trends and challenges that have an impact on the sector.
• Identify social and political values, practices or structures that have an impact on the sector.
• Demonstrate skills in arts fundraising, marketing, public relations and audience development.
• Demonstrate proficiency in HR management and legislation surrounding the employment and the engagement of creatives.
• Make leadership decisions and have the ability to motivate staff and creative teams.
• Apply intellectual rigor to creative practice by using relevant research methods and adopting appropriate theories in the course of independent enquiry.
• Self-reflect on professional development through work placement and practical dissertation.

Programme Learning Outcomes for Postgraduate Diploma in Arts Management and Creative Producing (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to

• Take on administrative or managerial roles in a range of arts organizations.
• Articulate and engage in current critical debates, concepts, and discourses on cultural policy as well as local and international trends and challenges that have an impact on the sector.
• Identify social and political values, practices or structures that have an impact on the sector.
• Demonstrate skills in arts fundraising, marketing, public relations and audience development.
• Demonstrate proficiency in HR management and legislation surrounding the employment and the engagement of creatives.
• Apply intellectual rigor to creative practice by using relevant research methods and adopting appropriate theories in the course of independent enquiry.
• Self-reflect on professional development through work placement and practical dissertation.