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 in collaboration with 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 will programme their own professional programme of workeither on an online platform or in live presentation (depending on prevailing conditions) in collaboration with Cork Opera House.

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 (40 credits of core modules which includes an arts placment, 10 credits of electives and a Final Project of 40 credits) as follows: 

PART I (45 credits)

Students take modules to the value of 35 credits as follows:

DR6044 The Arts Landscape (5 credits)
DR6045 Artistic Leadership and Strategies in Arts Management (5 credits)
DR6049 Creative Producing and Curating (Part One) (10 credits)
DR6050 Creative Producing and Curating (Part Two) (5 credits)
MG4036 Strategic Management (5 credits)
MG6019 The Management and Marketing of Museums (5 credits)

and choose 10 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)
EN3048 Modern and Contemporary American Literature (5 credits)
EN3075 Contemporary Irish Writing (5 credits)
EN3079 Contemporary Culture (5 credits)
EN6047 Irish Culture: Colonial, Postcolonial Transnational (10 credits)
EN6048 Gender and Sexuality (10 credits)
EN6049 Gothic to Modernism (10 credits)
FX3011 Gender and Contemporary Cinema (5 credits)
FX3014 Case Studies in European Cinema (5 credits)
FX6010 Irish Cinema: History, Contexts, Aesthetics (10 credits)
HA6024 Global Contemporary Art (10 credits)
MG4048 Digital Marketing (5 credits)
MG4052 Management in Practice (5 credits)
MG6705 Marketing for Entrepreneurs (5 credits)
MG6815 Management and Organisation (5 credits)
MU2013 Music in Community (10 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 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 30 credits of taught modules in their first year including Arts Placement. In Year Two part-time students take 60 credits. For part-time students, the Final Project module is only available in the second year. See below:

Year 1 (30 credits):
In Semester 1 part-time students must take: DR6044 (5 credits) and MG4036 (5 credits)
In Semester 2 part-time students must take: DR6045 (5 credits) and MG6019 (5 credits).
In addition, part-time students must take one elective of 5 credits in either Semester 1 or 2 and DR6047 Arts Placement (5 credits) module in Semester 3.

In Year 2 (60 credits):
Part-time students must take core modules DR6049 (10 credits) in Semester 1 plus DR6050 (5 credits) in Semester 2.
In addition, part-time students must take one elective module of 5 credits in either Semester 1 or 2 and their and their forty credit final project module in Semester 3.

For part-time students, the Final Project module is only available in the second year and elective modules cannot be taken in second year.

Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2020/2021 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2020/2021.

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 skills in engaging and managing creative teams.
• 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 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.