2018/19 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

PECI5105M Creative Work

30 creditsClass Size: 15

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

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2018/19

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 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 discussion and primary research.

Objectives

Through case studies and primary research, this module engages with critical debates about the conditions of labour in the cultural and creative industries, and its social, political and economic dynamics

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

In 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 academic staff and industry practitioners.
The conditions of creative workers in terms of motivation, remuneration, job security and legal rights will be explored in detail. The module will introduce notions of human capital, networking and social capital and how this functions in the working practices of cultural businesses and freelancers.
Using these concepts students will engage with contemporary critical debates around creative work

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	10	1.00	10.00
Seminar	10	1.00	10.00
Tutorial	1	0.25	0.25
Private study hours			279.75
Total Contact hours			20.25
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Private study

Reading and literature search (200 hours)
Preparation for tutorial (2.5 hours)
Preparation of first assessment (30 hours)
Writing and preparation of second assessment (50 hours)

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

One-to-one tutorials

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	Report exploring conditions of creative work using research data (4-4,500 words)	65.00
Report	Case study of a cultural organisation (1,500-2,000 words)	35.00
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: 30/04/2018

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