Program Overview

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MA Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship: Music Pathway

Overview

This programme offers a January and September start. You will be able to choose your start date at the point of application.

This programme allows you to develop the business/entrepreneurial skills and attributes to commercialise on your creative and cultural practices and/or knowledge.

Programme Details

• Length: 15 months full-time or 27 months part-time
• Start date: This programme offers a January and September start.
• Fees:
  • Home - full-time: £13600
  • Home - part-time: £6800
  • International - full-time: £26250
• Departments: Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship, Music

What You'll Study

• Compulsory modules:
  • Theories of Capital (30 credits)
  • Creative Practice (30 credits)
  • Entrepreneurial Modelling (30 credits)
  • Methods and Approaches of Critical Analysis into Cultural Entrepreneurship (15 credits)
  • Business of Creative & Social Enterprises (30 credits)
  • or Industry Placement (30 credits)
  • Dissertation or Project Portfolio plus reflective analysis (75 credits)
• Optional modules: For the Creative Practice module, you will choose modules up to 30 credits from a list of optional modules provided by the Department of Music annually.

Teaching Style

We recognise the importance of supporting your learning with high-quality teaching on a predominantly group seminar/workshop basis with significant levels of individual tutorial support, particularly for independent projects.

A significant amount of the learning will be delivered though peer-to-peer learning, problem-solving workshops, group projects and activities that are designed to develop your individual communication skills and an experience similar to that of the workplace environment, as most organisations in the sector work in task-based teams.

We ensure that the assessments are situated in both the learning and application of learning in future careers.

Careers

The programme will enable those who have previously studied an area of creative study/practice to start a career developing a business arising from an existing or new creative practice.

This may relate directly to a 'product' or 'process' arising from you own practice or to a form of 'expertise', 'consultancy' or 'knowledge'.

The programme will also equip those who wish to work within organisations that develop the infrastructure and environment for new creative businesses with the capacity to flourish in a variety of contexts.

Skills

You can expect to develop an independence and integrity in developing creative ideas.

You will be able to apply entrepreneurial approaches to creative projects and demonstrate an understanding of different business models to establish a creative enterprise.

You will also develop team-working and leadership skills, and effective business and communication skills.

Entry Requirements

You should have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree of at least upper second class standard in a relevant/related subject.

Evidence of some engagement with or experience of contemporary music making as a performer or creative artist is desirable, whether in classical, popular or world music genres, together with some understanding of management/administration issues as they particularly relate to music and musicians.

We also welcome applications from students who are practising musicians who may wish to enhance their entrepreneurial skills, or develop a specific music-related company or business.

Students who have completed up to 90 credits (not including final 60-credit projects or dissertations) of a comparable degree at another university can apply for recognition of prior learning status as part of their application for a place on the programme, where such credits are carried forward into your study at Goldsmiths.

International Qualifications

We accept a wide range of international qualifications. Find out more about the qualifications we accept from around the world.

If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 6.5 with a 6.5 in writing and no element lower than 6.0 to study this programme.

Funding Opportunities

Explore the Goldsmiths scholarships finder to find out what funding you may be eligible for.

If you are a UK student you may be eligible for a postgraduate loan.

Meanwhile our Careers Service can also offer advice on finding work during your studies.

BME Music Scholar's Fee Waiver

This full tuition fee waiver aims to support a Black, Asian, and minority ethnic music student who intends to progress through postgraduate study and into an academic research position.

Additional Costs

In addition to your tuition fees, you'll be responsible for any additional costs associated with your course, such as buying stationery and paying for photocopying.

There may also be specific additional costs associated with your programme. This can include things like paying for field trips or specialist materials for your assignments. Please check the programme specification for more information.