Graduate Certificate of Arts and Cultural Management

2015 Deakin University Handbook

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Year	2015 course information
Award granted	Graduate Certificate of Arts and Cultural Management
Campus	Offered Cloud (online)
Cloud Campus	Yes
Duration	1 year part-time (effective from Trimester 2 2015)
Deakin course code	M519
Note: Not offered in Trimester 3.

Course sub-headings

Course overview

Deakin’s Arts and Cultural Management Courses provide arts leaders and managers with a tailored business education emphasising management, marketing and finance skills. These skill sets are vital for the success of arts and cultural organisations as they face the challenges of organisational sustainability, enhancing cultural vitality and building relationships with their audiences.

These courses are led by staff with extensive practical experience in management and leadership in the arts and cultural sectors. Study within this program combines both the theory and practice of arts and cultural management, through a combination of reading, research and practical assignments. Students have the opportunity to engage with a range of industry representatives, gain exposure to the work of cutting edge practitioners and thinkers, and integrate their work and learning.

This course provides an understanding of the management skills and knowledge needed in the arts and cultural industries. Within the context of a business education it examines the specific skills needed to manage arts and cultural organisations, facilities and programs. Industry expertise and arts management practice underpins the delivery of this program. The course allows articulation into the Master or Graduate Diploma of Arts and Cultural Management.

Course Learning Outcomes

Graduate Learning Outcome	Course Learning Outcome
Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities	Assess a broad range of specialised management approaches and their application to arts organisations.
Communication	Develop appropriate communication strategies and techniques in the practice of arts management.
Digital literacy	Employ technologies to find, use and disseminate information, concepts and theories in relation to arts management.
Critical thinking	Appraise and analyse information in order to understand and apply theories of arts management.
Problem solving	Formulate solutions to a diverse range of current and emerging arts management challenges and issues.
Self-management	Personalise observations of arts management practice.
Teamwork	Analyse the contributions made to arts management from a range of disciplines and backgrounds.
Global citizenship	Translate arts management theory and practice from a range of cultural and international contexts.

Course rules

To satisfy the requirements of the Graduate Certificate a student must complete 4 credit points of core units.

Students may undertake this course full time only if they commence in Trimester 2.