Arts and Festivals Management BA (Hons)
De Montfort University
Key Information
Campus location
Leicester, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
36 months
Pace
Full time
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Introduction
Arts and Festivals Management BA (Hons)
Arts and Festivals Management is the longest-running degree course of its kind in the UK and boasts enviable industry links.
In addition to deepening your understanding of academic debates, our course will help equip you with the practical tools and skills needed to become a leader in key areas of the cultural arena, including theatres, music venues, galleries, museums and festivals.
You will develop a range of interdisciplinary skills such as teamwork, marketing and management theory, fundraising, business planning, licensing, health and safety, programming and cultural policy.
In your final year,you will have the opportunity either to produce a large-scale arts event of your choice or be part of the team producing, programming and running the high-profile annual Cultural eXchanges Festival. Previous events have featured inspiring guests such as Benjamin Zephaniah, Grayson Perry, and Meera Syal.
The events landscape is continually changing and professionals in the sector mustbe adept problem solvers, with the ability to handle new challenges and offer dynamic solutions. This programme will help equip you with the skills to adapt to the diversification and developments of the sector, with practical projects allowing you to experience online event delivery and digital arts and cultural content. This also provides you with the opportunity to tackle the real-life challenges of engaging audiences in increasingly new and innovative ways.
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Curriculum
First year
- Running and Promoting a Venue
- Creative Arts Manager: Policy and Practice
- Cultural Events Design
- Cultural Leadership
Second year
- International Research Project
- Research Methods: Dissertation
- Research Methods: Placement
- Programming and Planning Festivals
- Arts and Communities Project
- Engaging Audiences
Third year
- Creative Enterprise and Advance Placement
- Dissertation
You will take the above modules and choose from:
- Arts Management Studio Music Industry Management
- Event and Festivals Management
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Our graduates are highly practical individuals who are equipped with business planning, engagement and delivery skills, which are hugely attractive in the arts sector. Many go on to forge successful careers in music, theatre, TV, film and charity sectors.
Recent graduate destinations include the South Bank Centre, Save the Children, the prestigious Ambassador Theatre Group and Paintings in Hospitals, the UK's leading national arts in health charity.
Program delivery
Practical modules are also delivered via workshops in our dedicated events office and the venues where the events are taking place. They entail group meetings and supervised sessions for planning, preparation and delivery of your events above and beyond the timetabled classroom teaching.