Units

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Sample subject outline - Semester 1 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

In the contemporary climate, arts managers are increasingly being called on to act as cultural producers, brokers, or intermediaries. Cultural producers are skilled professionals who specialise in bringing people, practices, ideas and institutions together in new ways, to engineer new products, programs or services, which - if successful - can eventually change the whole shape of the arts, cultural or creative industries sector in which they work. In this environment, which emphasises economic sustainability, extended public, private and community partnerships, and concrete evidence of program impact, arts managers need to develop high level skills in planning, problem-solving, network and partnership building, stakeholder management and evaluation. This unit provides you with these skills, and provides you with opportunities to think about how you will apply these skills in the arts, cultural or creative industries sector in which you are most interested, be it drama, dance, music, visual arts, film, tv or new media.

Aims

The aim of this unit is to prepare you to become a skilled cultural broker with the capacity to design, produce, present, manage and evaluate quality arts programs, and to target these programs for maximum impact in changing cultural, economic and policy environment.

This unit aims to provide you with:
- A practical understanding of arts program production
- A practical understanding of the importance of strategic, policy-responsive program planning
- A practical understanding of strategies used to build and broker the artistic, community and financial partnerships required to support new arts, cultural and creative industries programs and events
- The communication skills required to build, leverage and maintain partner networks
- The evaluation skills required to evidence the impact of arts, cultural and creative industries programs and events

Objectives

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1. Describe and analyse the Australian cultural landscape, its key players and networks;
2. Display the leadership skills required to build and broker the artistic, community and financial partnerships that support sustainable arts, cultural and creative industries programs and events;
3. Apply these skills to the planning, management and evaluation of sustainable arts, cultural and creative industries programs.

Content

This unit addresses content such as:
- Arts, cultural and creative industries in Australia - past, present and future
- Arts, cultural and creaitve industries programming in Australia - past, present and future
- The role of the creative producer as broker or intermediary
- Building and brokering artistic, community and finalcial partnerships
- Leadership
- Change management
- Stakeholder management
- Evidencing program impact
- Program evaluation

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

This unit will involve lectures, guest lectures from industry specialists, tutorials, and/ or weekend intensive workshops. The unit will be conducted in a way that provides participants with optimal opportunities to develop practical skills, as well as providing direct access to industry professionals through masterclass and seminar presentations.

Assessment

LATE ASSIGNMENTS
An assignment submitted after the due date without an approved extension will not be marked. If you are unable to complete your assignment on time, you should submit on time whatever work you have done.

Faculty Assessment Information
To access the Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information see the Blackboard site for this unit.You will be awarded a final grade on a 1 to 7 scale.

Assessment name: Presentation
Description: In Assessment 1, you will develop a map of a specific sector of the Australian cultural landscape, identifying current programs, partnerships and networks, examining their effectiveness, and identifying opportunities for new programs, partnerships and networks that would align well with current policy agendas.
Relates to objectives: 1 & 3
Weight: 40%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Mid Semester

Assessment name: Student negotiated assessment
Description: In Assesement 2, you will complete a student negotiated assessment task which applies skills learned in KTP411 Advanced Practice in Creative Production & Arts Management to a real-life context.
Relates to objectives: 2 & 3
Weight: 60%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: End of Semester

Academic Honesty

QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

Resource materials

Required and Recommended References

Required and recommended readings will be made available through the Course Materials Database.

Risk assessment statement

There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks for this unit

Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Last modified: 21-Sep-2012