Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Creativity and Arts in Social and Health Fields (CRASH), Master of Culture and Arts
Helsinki, Finland
Master degree
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English
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On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Master of Culture and Arts (Creativity and Arts in Social and Health Fields, CRASH) at Metropolia trains professionals to promote health, well-being, inclusion and community using creativity. Graduates apply artistic methods to support people, promote cultural rights, evaluate activities and redesign professional practices. Finnish certificate title: Konservaattori, Kulttuurituottaja, Medianomi, Muotoilija, Musiikko, Musiikkipedagogi, Vestonomi.
Career Outcomes: Graduates work as arts-in-health practitioners and community arts coordinators in health and social settings. Evaluators or policy advisors on cultural rights and inclusion. This education alone doesn't qualify for regulated social or health professions; check local requirements. Keywords: creativity, arts-based methods, community development, well-being.
Creativity and Arts in Social and Health Fields (CRASH),Master of Culture and Arts
The aim of Masters degree in Creativity and Arts in Social and Health Fields CRASH is to strengthen the professional competences needed when promoting health, well-being, inclusion and a sense of community in society through creativity and arts. The graduates are professionals in using creativity and arts in social and health fields. They are able to utilize the opportunities of creativity to support people's lives and well-being, promote the realization of cultural rights, evaluate the effectiveness of activities as well as reconstruct professional practices, structures and thinking.
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
The content of the degree program in CRASH is based on development processes (multidisciplinary project, research methodology studies and thesis), advanced-level professional studies in the theme of creativity, culture, art and well-being, as well as elective studies.
More specifically, the curriculum consists of the following elements:
- Creativity, Culture, Arts and Well-being – Advanced-level Studies
- Creativity, Health and Well-being
- Multidisciplinary Dialogue in Reconstructing Professional Knowledge
- Developing the Use of Creativity and Arts in Promoting Well-being
- Multidisciplinary Co-creation Project
- Research Methods and Skills
- Masters Thesis
- Electives Studies
Degree title: Master of Business Administration
Credits: 90 ECTS
Creativity and different ways to express it, as well as cultural activities and arts related experiences, belong to all people as part of a good and meaningful life. The aim of Masters degree in Creativity and Arts in Social and Health Fields CRASH is to strengthen the professional competences needed when promoting health, well-being, inclusion and a sense of community in society through creativity and arts.
Upon graduation, students are able to reflect in a new way on the importance of creativity in human life and to reconstruct working practices from this perspective. The studies are designed to combine expertise from different fields locally and internationally, as well as to strengthen multidisciplinary and international collaboration skills of professionals.
The graduates are professionals in using creativity and arts in social and health fields. They are able to utilize the opportunities of creativity to support people's lives and well-being, promote the realization of cultural rights, evaluate the effectiveness of activities as well as reconstruct professional practices, structures and thinking.
This education alone doesnt provide professionals from the field of culture a qualification to work in the regulated professions in social and health fields. Please note that the Finnish translation of the degree in the certificate will be one of the following:
- Konservaattori
- Kulttuurituottaja
- Medianomi
- Muotoilija
- Muusikko
- Musiikkipedagogi
- Vestonomi
