Entry requirements: Normally a first or second-class Honours degree in a related subject or professional experience in the area of study
Full-time: 1 year
Part-time: 2 years
Programme Leader: Dr Loykie Lominé
Email Loykie.Lomine@winchester.ac.uk
If English is not your first language: IELTS 6.5 (including 6.5 in academic writing) or a TOEFL score of 575 (paper-based) or 232 (computer-based) or equivalent
Start dates: September and January
Application process: UKPASS (full-time applicants only) or Direct Entry Application Form (part-time applicants only)
The programme has been designed in partnership and in consultation with local, regional and national employers in the arts and cultural industries. The aim is to develop an understanding of management in the creative industries as it is a particular business environment with several specificities, such as the implications of cultural policy and agendas of social inclusion and sustainability.
Some modules concentrate on the microenvironment (the internal environment of arts and cultural organisations), others on the macroenvironment (the context in which arts and cultural organisations operate) and students also have a flexible module enabling them to focus on a sector or area of their choice (for further professional development
purposes). Students can also develop workrelated projects, for example if they want to set up their own company or develop a freelance career.
• The Microenvironment: Understanding Management in Cultural and Arts Organisations
• The Macroenvironment: Cultural and Arts Management in Context
• Cultural Entrepreneurship
• Sector-specific Module: Specialisation and Professional Development
• Contemporary Issues in Cultural and Arts Management
The Professional Project is the final dissertation. It gives students the opportunity to work independently on a substantial professional project on a topic of their choice within the field of cultural and arts management.
Teaching methods include lectures, seminars, discussions, projects, field trips, group and one-to-one tutorials, directed and self-directed study. Students also have the opportunity to develop IT skills, for example for website design, project management and through optional IT workshops.
Modules are assessed by coursework only, using a variety of formats that correspond as closely as possible to professional means of communication, such as business plans,
reports, audits and portfolios.
The programme strengthens knowledge and skills for use for a managerial career in the creative industries.