Program Overview

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MA Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship: Theatre & Performance Pathway

Overview

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

Programme Description

This programme develops the business and entrepreneurial skills and attributes you’ll need to commercialise on your creative and cultural practices and/or knowledge.

• The Theatre and Performance Pathway of the MA Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship allows you to build on a historical and theoretical understanding of cultural and creative industries and the development of a cultural economy to create your own creative initiatives, which might be research-based, policy-based, practice-based, or a combination of any or all of these.
• You'll have the opportunity to undertake a work placement in a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) or research organisation in the cultural and creative industries. You may have the opportunity to augment your learning by taking classes in specific skill areas (such as marketing), as you are likely to be working in skill-specific departments of these organisations.
• The programme aims to integrate entrepreneurship within the development of creative practices. It takes a creative approach to the development of new businesses, and the infrastructure that supports them.
• You will have the opportunity to learn in partnership with a number of Goldsmiths departments, and with key individuals and organisations in the creative and cultural industries sector.

Programme Structure

Length

• 15 months full-time or 27 months part-time

Start Date

• This programme offers a January and September start.

Fees

• Home - full-time: £13,600
• Home - part-time: £6,800
• International - full-time: £26,250

Departments

• Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship
• Theatre and Performance

What You'll Study

Compulsory Modules

• The programme contains taught modules and a further dissertation/portfolio component.
• Attendance is mandatory for all taught sections of the programme. To encourage collaborative learning we try to teach all students together wherever possible, irrespective of their particular pathway.

Module Title	Credits
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

• 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.

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.
• Experience in drama, dance, performance and theatre studies, and/or performing arts management at undergraduate level is desirable. If you don't have this experience, you may need to demonstrate your potential ability in – and sensitivity to – these areas. We also welcome applications from practising artists or those who have been involved in an area of production and wish to develop a performing arts company or business.
• You might also be considered for some programmes if you aren’t a graduate or your degree is in an unrelated field, but have relevant experience and can show that you have the ability to work at postgraduate level.

International Qualifications

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

English Language Requirements

• 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. If you need assistance with your English language, we offer a range of courses that can help prepare you for postgraduate study.

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.

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.

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. You can find out more about what you need to budget for on our study costs page.
• 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.