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Unit of Study CAR10503 - Arts Industry Studies (2014)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Pre-requisites

    192 credit points in any SCU units

  • Anti-requisites

    MUS00611 Music Business

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Develops knowledge of project development, career building, and small business management practices and entrepreneurship pertinent to artists, music professionals, writers and media practitioners working within the creative industries.

Unit content

Creative industries context

  • Industry overview
  • Global networks through to local organisations/networking/negotiating
  • Mapping industry organisations: Australia Council, professional associations, funding bodies, philanthropic bodies etc.
  • Career planning

Legal frameworks

  • Copyright
  • Commercialising copyright
  • Commissions
  • Contracts

Running an Arts business

  • Business structures
  • Business plans and budgets
  • Financing and grants
  • Marketing

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore Session 1 Session 1
Online Session 1 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 discuss the role of the arts practitioner in the creative industries
2 understand professional issues in operating a creative business such as copyright, contracts, financing, business/career planning and marketing
3 present a project proposal that demonstrates an engagement with the creative industries
4 prepare a business and marketing plan that demonstrates an engagement with the creative industries.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. discuss the role of the arts practitioner in the creative industries
    • GA3:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  2. understand professional issues in operating a creative business such as copyright, contracts, financing, business/career planning and marketing
    • GA3:
    • GA5:
  3. present a project proposal that demonstrates an engagement with the creative industries
    • GA3:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  4. prepare a business and marketing plan that demonstrates an engagement with the creative industries.
    • GA3:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

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