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This course offers an introduction to the creative industries and provides an overview of the stakeholders, organisations and institutions that influence and operate within these. It situates creative work and practices in the contexts of regional, national and international policy frameworks, and examines how creative products and projects are imagined, funded, created, circulated and received.

Lectures: Monday 12:00 & Thursday at 12:00. 20 x 1 hr lectures over 10 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus.

Seminars: 10 x 1 hr over 10 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus.

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The standard assessments for this course are: 

■ Essay (1500 words) - 35% .  

■ Institutional Assessment (2000 words) - 45% 

■ Glossary Entry (500 words) - 10%  

■ Seminar Contribution - 10%  

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available: 

■ There are no alternatives to the Essay, but extensions to the deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustment (Students should follow the usual process for extensions). 

■ There are no alternatives to the Institutional Assessment, but there is an option to produce a visual or photographic component. Extensions to the deadline can be offered as reasonable adjustment (Students should follow the usual process for extensions). 

■ The Glossary entry can be completed individually at half the word count as an alternative to completing it in a pair. 

■ Students may complete a suitable alternative exercise, short written or spoken video presentations reflecting on the weekly set text as an alternative to seminar contribution. 

Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.  

This course aims to:

■ introduce principal debates within the cultural and creative industries.

■ encourage an understanding of the conditions that shape creative production, including technological, policy, markets, socio-cultural and economic factors.

■ develop critical skills in assessing the contemporary operations of the creative industries.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ recognise key debates and theoretical approaches relevant to an understanding of the creative industries, allowing for a baseline understanding of what the term 'creative industries' encompasses

■ analyse and construct arguments about the role of the creative in societies with appropriate and critical use of concepts, theories and evidence.

■ evaluate explanations of creative processes relevant to creative industries, derived from different theoretical perspectives.

■ distinguish problems in contemporary creative industry practice and evaluate the suggested remedies.

■ formulate arguments, orally and in writing, making use of academic conventions of presentation.