Program Overview

Master of Arts in Cultural Management

The Master of Arts in Cultural Management program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the cultural management field. The program covers various aspects of cultural management, including cultural development and policy, concepts of contemporary culture, and cultural management and arts administration.

Required Courses

• CULS5313 Cultural Development and Policy: This course explores the cultural and creative industries and their impact on policies around the world. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the global cultural economy and how cultural policies affect the work of practitioners.
• CULS5301 Concepts of Contemporary Culture: This course introduces basic theoretical perspectives and areas of interest in cultural studies. Students will survey how the cultural turn in humanities and social sciences helps us understand everyday life in a fresh way.

Elective Courses

• CULS5317 Xiqu and Performing Culture: This course introduces the essential artistic elements of Xiqu and analyzes different kinds of mutations and transformations in practicing.
• CULS5401 Contemporary Arts & Cultural Interactivity: This course studies contemporary art systems and institutions as cultural forms within the broader ‘cultural ecology’ of modern cities.
• CULS5415 City Imaginaries and Cinema Poetics: This course examines the intersection of urban and cinematic experiences and encourages students to record and decipher their own experiences and imagine their living cities with self-produced short films.

Special Electives

• CULS5303 Cultural Management & Arts Administration: This course introduces concepts, theories, and practices of various management issues in arts organizations.
• CULS5307 Visual Arts Management: This course provides a comprehensive training of various keywords, institutions, processes, and issues in relation to visual arts management.
• CULS5308 Performing Arts Management: This course examines the relationship between the performing arts and the community, the evolution and main players of arts policy in Hong Kong.
• CULS5309 Museum and Archives Studies: This course introduces students to different methodologies and materials significant in studying the past.
• CULS5316 Graduate Research Paper/Project: An academic research paper or project in an area related to Cultural Management under individualized supervision.
• CULS5318 Exhibition and Curatorial Studies: This course provides the idea of the curatorial and its history, theory, and praxis.
• CULS5320 Special Topics in Cultural Management I: The specific topics of this course vary from year to year, focusing on a fully developed topic on cultural management.
• CULS5321 Curating and Managing Cultural Festivals: This course studies the organization, management, and promotion of large-scale cultural presentations.
• CULS5322 Internship in Cultural Management: Students gain practical experience through this program, with a selection process and final evaluation based on supervisor’s evaluation and project reports.
• CULS5326 Cultural Venues Management: This course addresses the growth in the number and types of arts and cultural venues in East and Southeast Asia.
• CULS5328 Arts and Communities: This course explores the philosophy, practices, and ethical issues of how the arts bring about community development and regeneration.
• CULS5329 Film Production & Presentation: A practical course designed for storytellers who want to translate their ideas into compelling videos.
• CULS5330 Special Topics in Cultural Management II: This course focuses on a specific topic on cultural management that is not covered in the regular course offerings.
• CULS5331 Seminars in Cultural Management: This course comprises 3-4 current and cutting-edge research themes in cultural management.
• CULS5333 Art and Technology: Theories and Practices: This course provides students with a deeper understanding of art and technology through key theoretical concepts and current debates.
• CULS5416 Twentieth Century Chinese Visual Arts: This course focuses primarily on the Chinese arts, exploring different genres of visual arts and the overall social and political order of the time.