2017/18 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

PECI5105M Creative Work

30 creditsClass Size: 20

Module manager: Dr Jon Ward
Email: j.ward1@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

Normally a good honours degree in a relevant discipline. Applications are also welcome from candidates with relevant professional experience (i.e. cultural industries, education, arts, creative occupations, planning) and equivalent qualifications

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

Creative Work provides an opportunity to explore and increase understanding about the labour market in the cultural industries. This is done through a combination of case studies, theoretical discussions and an in situ industry study.

Objectives

The module engages with critical debates about creative labour markets and their social and economic dynamics, both in the UK and in contrasting international exemplars.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:

- understand and critique key theories about creative management, creative entrepreneurship, business structures, and working practices in the arts and cultural industries;
- understand and critique employment and working practices within specific arts and creative sectors;
- apply this knowledge to their own professional practice;
- present their analyses through verbal presentations and written essays.

Skills outcomes
On completion of the Module students should be able to:
- describe, understand and situate their own practice in relation to a range of employment contexts in the cultural industries.
- describe and explain the principal features of the labour market in the cultural industries.
- develop strategies for managing their own professional development in relation to this context.

Syllabus

IIn this module students will:
- address debates about creative work and how these relate to changing cultural, economic and social contexts
- develop these insights through lectures from and through in situ industry study.

The conditions of creative workers in terms of motivation, remuneration, job security and legal rights will be explored in detail. The module will then introduce notions of human capital, networking and social capital and how this functions in the working practices of cultural businesses and freelancers.

Students will undertake an in situ industrial study shadowing, placement or internship, as appropriate, at a cultural business or organisation in order to explore the themes and issues of the module with empirical grounding. The school currently has close links with Opera North, National Coal Mining Museum England, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the Media Centre Huddersfield, Yorkshire Arts Circus, WYMLAC, and a range of other independent cultural organisations and businesses.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	6	1.00	6.00
Seminar	6	1.00	6.00
Tutorial	4	0.50	2.00
Private study hours			286.00
Total Contact hours			14.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Private study

- Reading and Preparing for lectures and seminars: 76 hours
- Reading and preparing for completion of assignment: 96 hours
- Placement Research and preparation : 44 hours
- Placement : 70 hours (10 working days equivalent)

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Through seminar discussions, tutorials, monitoring use and comments on discussion boards, assignment preparation, contribution to lecture discussion and informal seminar presentations.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Presentation	1 x 15 minute presentation	35.00
Project	Research project problematising or contextualising observations and experience at in situ industry study (4,500-5,000 words)	65.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 14/09/2017

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