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.

Students take 90 credits (40 credits of core modules plus an arts placement (5 credits), one 5 credit elective and a Final Project dissertation module of 40 credits) as follows: 

PART I (45 credits)

Students take core modules to the value of 40 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)
DR6051 Dialogues on Culture (5 credits)
MG4036 Strategic Management (5 credits)
MG4048 Digital Marketing (5 credits)

In Part I students also choose one 5 credit elective module from the following:

DH6004 Conceptual Introduction to Digital Arts and Humanities (5 credits)
DH6007 Models, Simulations and Games (5 credits)
EN3048 Modern and Contemporary American Literature (5 credits)
EN3075 Contemporary Irish Writing (5 credits)
EN3079 Contemporary Culture (5 credits)
FX3011 Gender and Contemporary Cinema (5 credits)
MG4052 Management in Practice (5 credits)
MU6030 Research Skills (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. 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 elective module in consultation with the programme coordinator.

PART-TIME OPTION

Part-time is taken over two years.

Part-time students must take a minimum of 25 credits of taught modules in their first year. In Year Two part-time students take a minimum of 60 credits. For part-time students, the Final Project (dissertation) module is only available in the second year. See below:

Year 1 (minimum of 25 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 MG4048 (5 credits) and DR6051 (5 credits)

In Year 2 (minimum of 55 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 their Final Project (dissertation) module (DR6048, 40 credits) in Semester 3.

Part-time students must also take one 5-credit elective module and Arts Placement (DR6047, 5 credits) in either Year 1 or Year 2.

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

Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2021/2022 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2021/2022.

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.