Arts and Festivals Management (Joint Honours) 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 (Joint Honours) BA (Hons)
The longest-running degree course of its kind in the UK, Arts and Festivals Management boasts enviable industry linksto give you the real-world insight and professional edge.
From programming and cultural policy to marketing and management theory, you will gain the skills thatthat you need to become a leader in the cultural arena and festivals sector. With us, you will learn what it takes to run small and large-scale cultural events, including fund raising, business planning, licensing, and health and safety. You will gain expertise indifferent scales of venues and kinds of programmes, from theatres to music venues, galleries, museums and festivals.
We will also develop your knowledge of the theory and academic debate surrounding a range of topics, from running and promoting a venue to cultural leadership, arts and communities and the key to engaging audiences.
The events landscape is continually changing and professionals in the sector must be 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.
At DMU, you can study Arts and Festivals Management with either Dance or Drama as a joint honours course.This will complement your understanding of the cultural sector by enabling you to acquire practical skills and critical knowledge of performance arts,opening up career opportunities in this sector.You will choose 50 percent of your options from Arts and Festivals Management and 50 percent from Dance or Drama.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Curriculum
First year
- Running and Promoting a Venue
- Creative Arts Manager: Policy and Practice
Second year
- Research Methods: Dissertation
- Research Methods: Placement
- Programming and Planning Festivals
- Engaging Audiences
Third year
- Dissertation*
*As a Joint Honours student you can choose to do your dissertation in Arts and Festivals Management or your other subject
You will take the above module 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 - all hugely attractive to employers in the arts sector. Many go on to forge successful careers in music, theatre, TV, film, charity sectors, community arts organisations and education.
Recent graduate destinations include the South Bank Centre, Save the Children, the prestigious Ambassador Theatre Group, the National Theatre and Arts Council England.
Dominka studied Arts and Festivals Management and Dance, she said: ”During my final year I organised the Cultural eXchanges Festival. It was an amazing opportunity to experience a real-life case of what is waiting for me when I go out there and start a graduate job in festivals management. The highlight of my time was a DMU Global trip to New York. I saw a Broadway musical - that was a dream come true.”
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.