Study Details: MA 1 year full-time
Develop your expertise for a management career in the creative industries. Gain the knowledge, practical expertise, and critical skills to become a leader in the cultural and creative sectors.
This course is run by York's School of Arts and Creative Technologies, and supported by the School for Business and Society. Whether you are from a management or cultural industries background, you’ll benefit from core modules covering management, entrepreneurship, leadership, marketing, finance and law.
You’ll be taught by experienced academic staff, many of whom have well-established professional experience working in the creative industries and in management roles more broadly.
The course will prepare you for a career in a wide range of areas such as festivals, fashion, theatres, museums, digital industries, television, film, publishing, the visual arts, television, film, dance and live music venues.
You will gain theoretical insights, critical thinking skills and get practical experience of working in the creative industries. Students will take part in cultural field trips to experience how managers work in their own business environments, and will have an opportunity to undertake a work placement to further develop their employability skills.
Our course offers all students access to masterclasses on management and leadership by industry professionals, and to professional work experience working as consultants for an industry partner.
2:2 or equivalent
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A large number of TFTI graduates have made striking progress in their careers since completing their course. There’s a wide variety of possible career paths open to you after completing this MA, both across industry and academia. While you train to be a professional in the management of the creative and cultural sectors you’ll also develop skills that are useful in any industry.
Core modules
You will take core modules which may include:
Business Management for the Creative and Cultural Industries
Independent Creative and Cultural Project
Introduction to the Creative and Cultural Industries: Key Issues, Theory and Practice
Leading in the Creative and Cultural Industries
Marketing in the Creative and Cultural Industries
Option modules
You will choose two option modules from examples including:
Business and Innovation in Digital Enterprise
Business of Production and Post-production
Collaborative Industry Project
Elements of Theatre-Making
Empirical Research Skills for Music, Management and Marketing
Exploring Cultural Consumption
Gaming, Industry and Culture
Hispanic Creative Industries in a Globalised World: Transnational Exchanges and Collaborations
Law and Finance for Creative and Cultural Businesses
Letterpress Printing
Museums, Audiences & Interpretation
Some option module combinations may not be possible. The options available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.
Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.
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