MA Creative and Cultural Industries Management

Northumbria University, Newcastle

Our Creative and Cultural Industries Management Masters focuses on innovation and leadership in the creative and cultural industriesThe MA Creative and Cultural Industries Management course offers a practical learning approach. Our flexible programme enables you to select a sector to focus on. This will allow you to specialise in one topic, whilst also taking core creative industry management modules.The course content will explore the challenges involved in combining culture and management. You will develop ways to help improve the range of creative talent in the marketplace without disrupting creativity.This Master's course welcomes graduates coming from any undergraduate subject area including our Media and Communication Course. This course allows you to change career direction and focus more on cultural leadership and enterprise.You will select your specialism during the course induction phase, choosing from:Music, Festivals and EventsCultural Heritage and MuseumsGalleries and Visual ArtsThis course will prepare you for employment across a wide range of the cultural and creative industries, in positions within visual and performing arts, architecture, museums and galleries, heritage, music, broadcast, cultural practice, historic environment, education and social policy, cultural events, sport or local authorities.The employment patterns within the cultural sector are constantly evolving, with freelance, self-employment, enterprise, project and portfolio working being increasingly common ways of working. This course will equip you with highly developed interpersonal skills, intercultural awareness, leadership and management understanding and competencies that will allow you to successfully work within this sector.This course will also equip you with the necessary foundation to progress your qualification to PhD level.