Creative Industries Management and Policy

What you will learn

The course provides you with a comprehensive overview of the sector. It balances theory and practice within the context of the current social, political, economic and technological environments. We invite you to develop and expand your key critical-thinking skills, focusing on creative industries development and analysis, addressing key commercial sector issues but also studying relations with the public and voluntary sector creative organisations.

You will engage with historical and contemporary management and policy frameworks and practice in the UK, Europe and elsewhere and take an in-depth look at the working practices among organisations in the creative sector. You will then be able to tailor the course to your interests and career aspirations by taking option modules that are specifically designed to provide a strong theoretical and professional focus in areas relating to:

How you will learn

This course is available to study online or on campus, or via a combination of both with classes in the evening and some daytime sessions. As well as engaging in lectures, tutorials and workshops, you will also have the opportunity to take part in smaller discursive seminar groups.

If you are keen to deepen your sector experience, we offer a placement option in which you can work on your own research interests within creative organisations. Past students have had valuable experiences in organisations ranging from the Greater London Authority to the Hackney Museum, and from the Big Dance Project to the Wallace Collection.

We offer this course as a Master’s, or Postgraduate Diploma or Certificate. For the Diploma or Certificate you study fewer modules and do not complete a dissertation.

This course is part of our new Birkbeck Flexible Master’s UK, which gives you the choice of how you want to study - on campus, online or via flexible learning, which combines both.

Highlights

Careers and employability

Graduates can pursue career paths in the national and international arts and cultural sectors in, for example: