Faculty of Arts and Humanities MA Creative Entrepreneurship

Overview

An innovative one year course, supported by Barclays, linking creativity with entrepreneurship with the key purpose of enabling artists to sustain their individual creative practice independently and in their own right. We are pleased to announce that the course, established in 2007, will be delivered from UEA London from September 2010.

This MA course is for Artists, Writers, Musicians, Composers, Performing Artists and recent Arts Graduates, who are in the process of establishing their careers in the fields of Visual Arts, Music and Literature or as practitioners in the context of cultural provision.

The course offers opportunities to showcase creative work and placements in London and the UK and is the only course of its kind in the UK that addresses the aspirations of a creative career in this manner. A unique feature of the course is the development of the student's own personal Arts Plan to navigate a professional creative future.

Taught sessions are held on two days per week to enable students to continue their creative practice. The course comprises 4 taught modules and a dissertation or creative equivalent.

The programme introduces an entrepreneurial concept to individual creative practice in tutorials and seminars and provides opportunities to showcase current work plus undertaking placements in arts or business organisations. During the course all students will develop an individual artistic or personal plan to guide their creative work in future. The course experience is further enlivened by challenging debates and lectures on radical ideas and contemporary issues by key commentators and policy makers. Assessment is based on 8 pieces of coursework, the arts plan and a final dissertation or creative project/practical work/performance with a contextualised commentary.

The MA in Creative Entrepreneurship explores the relations between creativity and entrepreneurship in order to support the contemporary artist, enabling arts practitioners to examine their direction, develop creative ideas and new ways to sustain their own artistic vision in their own right addressing the need to maintain creative independence and embrace risk. Students will acquire relevant knowledge, key skills and experience linked to innovation and resourcefulness in order to realise an enterprising strategy and imaginative work plan for individual creative survival.

The MA is flexible and responsive to student needs through an extensive programme supported by over 20 specialist visitors, reflecting the aspirations of each cohort of students. The course explores the connections between creativity and entrepreneurship, defining the artist as a creative entrepreneur who is able to sustain independent arts practice in the light of 21st-century challenges present in a complex world bordered by culture, politics, entertainment, media and education.

The course enables arts practitioners to examine their direction and develop new ideas and ways to sustain their own artistic vision, in its own right and for its own sake. It also explores the relations between creativity and entrepreneurship in order to support the contemporary artist, and addresses the need to maintain creative independence and integrity, avoid compromise and embrace risk. Students will acquire relevant knowledge, key skills and experience linked to innovation and resourcefulness in order to realise an enterprising strategy and imaginative work plan for individual creative survival and new creative leadership.

Course Organiser

Mr Ian Chance

Course Brochure

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Why Choose Us?

The course will be delivered from UEA’s new study centre in the heart of London, just minutes walk from the City of London. UEA London is located a few minutes walk from London’s Liverpool Street Rail and Underground Station and Moorgate Underground Station – allowing students easy access to the underground network, mainline stations and London’s airports.

The centre provides teaching facilities for over 1,000 students, including a learning resources centre, cafeteria and extensive administrative and student support services.

UEA London is at the heart of the creative sector in London and centre of global business. From the Barbican Centre to Brick Lane, Spittlefields to Hoxton Square, this astonishing area is home to a host of cultural icons – the Gherkin, White Cube, Flowers East and Whitechapel Art Galleries, plus exciting performance spaces, 93 Feet East, Pure Groove, Vibe Bar and the Old Red Lion Theatre. These venues and many others, present a wide choice of vibrant performance spaces, galleries, theatres and arts festivals all within easy reach of UEA London.

Entry Requirements

Undergraduate Degree Classification UK BA (Hons) 2.1 or equivalent

Students for whom English is a foreign language

We welcome applications from students whose first language is not English. To ensure such students benefit from postgraduate study, we require evidence of proficiency in English. Our usual entry requirements are as follows:

· IELTS: 6.5 (minimum 6.0 in all components)

· TOEFL: Internet-based score of 92 (minimum 19 listening, 21 speaking, 19 writing and 20 in reading)

· PTE (Pearson): 62 (minimum 55 in all components)

Test dates should be within two years of the course start date.

Other tests such as TOEIC and the Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English are also accepted by the university. Please check with the Admissions Office for further details including the scores or grades required.

INTO UEA and INTO UEA London run pre-sessional courses which can be taken prior to the start of your course. For further information and to see if you qualify please contact intopre-sessional@uea.ac.uk (INTO UEA Norwich) or pseuealondon@into.uk.com (INTO UEA London).

Special Entry Requirements

All applications should be accompanied by samples of work in an appropriate medium. For example:

Visual arts: A video or DVD of up to 30 minutes of film or up to 6 slides or jpeg images provided on a CD.
Literature: A written piece of up to 3,000 words or a collection of 10-15 poems.
Music: A tape/CD/video/DVD of 20 minutes with a minimum of three pieces that best demonstrate the level and breadth of performance (for conducting, a video or DVD and for singing three or four contrasting songs), or a written score.

The above list is not exhaustive. If you have other ideas please suggest a more suitable alternative form of supporting material.

Assessment

All applications for postgraduate study are processed through the Faculty Admissions Office and forwarded to the relevant School of Study for consideration. If you are currently completing your first degree or have not yet taken a required English language test, any offer of a place will be conditional upon you achieving this before you arrive.

Year 1

Year 1

Compulsory Study (180 credits)

Students will select 180 credits from the following module(s).

Name	Code	Credits	Period
Artists and Contemporary Practice Visiting established contemporary Artists, Writers and Musicians present their career/professional work experience and discuss and review students' existing work followed by a series of visits to progress the students' individual creative activity. more...	HUM-ME02	20	Semester 2
Creative Entrepreneurship Dissertation Students are required to submit either an academic dissertation of no more than 10.000 words OR submit a creative project developed during the course together with a contextualising commentary of 3,000 to 5,000 words in which the student demonstrates an understanding of the relationship of issues raised by the course to their own work. more...	HUM-ME3X	80	Semester 2
Key Roles and Playmakers A series of invited Visitors introduce the leading roles and functions undertaken by individuals and organisations in the Cultural Sector. Identifying the competing frameworks and motivations operating in the Arts, including the Political, Social, Charitable, Corporate and Educational contexts. more...	HUM-ME03	20	Semester 1
Resources for the Arts This module addresses the opportunities to generate resources for the Arts with a review of the current funding structures open to creative entrepreneurs. Leading professionals from across the public, private and charitable sector examine policy and opportunity for arts funding in the areas of Sponsorship, Foundations and Trusts, Local Authority and National Government funding, the Arts Council, Arts Agencies and self-generated income. more...	HUM-ME04	20	Semester 2
Technical Briefings A series of tutorials or briefings by specialists from the key professions covering functions relating to creative entrepreneurial practice, including IT, Finance, Legal, Communications and Marketing. Technical skills and their application are addressed across a broad context including Self-employment, Budgeting, Contracts, Intellectual Property, News/Image Management and Public Relations. more...	HUM-ME01	20	Semester 1
The Arts Plan An integrative course element drawing on the skill, knowledge and experience gained in all taught components of the course. Each student undertakes their individual five year Arts Plan supported by tutorials which initially addresses their current position and assumptions as related to an historical context supported by research and analysis. In progressing an Arts Plan for the next five years the student is required to demonstrate at each stage a conceptual and practical understanding relating to their creative aims and objectives. The Arts Plan incorporates new applications of existing work (developed as responses to seminar tasks) demonstrating the ability to integrate the various elements of the course, including addressing risk and accommodating the possibility of failure. It will endeavour to provide evidence of academic, creative and business skills in the pursuit of a valuable practical product which can be taken away and used in a future professional capacity. The Arts Plan is an assessed piece of work (pass/fail only). more...	HUM-ME1Y	20	Year Period

Disclaimer

Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules and regular (five-yearly) review of course programmes. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, there will normally be prior consultation of students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff or sabbatical leave. Where this is the case, the University will endeavour to inform students.

Fees And Funding

Tuition fees

Tuition fees for Postgraduate students for the academic year 2012/13 are £5,000 for Home/EU students and £11,900 for International Students.

If you choose to study part-time, the fee per annum will be half the annual fee for that year, or a pro-rata fee for the module credit you are taking (only available for Home/EU students).

Please note that all the above fees are expected to rise for the year 2013/14. We estimate living expenses at £600/650 per month.

International scholarships

All international students (outside the European Union) are considered for a scholarship of between £1000 and £2000 towards tuition fees. In order to be considered for an International Scholarship you do not need to make a separate application. Please indicate on your application for admission that you wish to be considered for a scholarship. It is important to make the application as early as possible because they are considered as they are received. So apply early to make sure of the best chance of success.

Scholarships are awarded to students on the basis of academic merit and are for the duration of the period of study (which will be one year). Students of outstanding academic ability will also be considered for Faculty Scholarship Awards, usually in March and May each year, which can be worth up to 100% of the tuition fee. These are highly competitive and prestigious awards. Those students being offered a scholarship will be notified directly by the School of Study.

How To Apply

Applications for Postgraduate Taught programmes at the University of East Anglia should be made directly to the University.

You can apply online, or by downloading the hard copy application form, or by using the application form in the University’s Postgraduate Prospectus.

Further Information

To request further information & to be kept up to date with news & events please use our online enquiry form.

If you would like to discuss your individual circumstances prior to applying please do contact us:

Postgraduate Admissions Office
Tel: +44 (0)1603 591515
Email: admissions@uea.ac.uk

International candidates are also encouraged to access the International Students section of our website.

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