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Unit of Study CAR10503 - Arts Industry Studies (2016)

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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

Module 1
Creative industries context
Topic 1: Introduction to arts industry studies
Topic 2: Professional practice in the creative industries

Module 2
Legal frameworks
Topic 3: Copyright and Intellectual property
Topic 4: Ideas into products (commercialising copyright)
Topic 5: Business structures

Module 3
Business Planning, Marketing and Finance
Topic 6: Business Planning
Topic 7:  Marketing Planning
Topic 8: Guest lecture
Topic 9: Financial Planning Including Grants
Topic 10: Putting it all together

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 1 Session 1

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:

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