Course Catalogue

Critical Debates in Cultural Enterprise CULTIND5014

  • Academic Session: 2026-27
  • School: School of Culture and Creative Arts
  • Credits: 30
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 1
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

 

This course critically interrogates enterprise practices in arts and cultural industries. The course will present critical frameworks for understanding enterprise in these sectors within a global diverse economies framework, with particular attention paid to socially engaged and alternative models of production. Lectures will present critical debates in enterprise practices across arts and culture disciplines, such as visual arts, music, fashion and performance, while workshops will focus on the in-depth critical interrogation of enterprise models from local and global contexts, offering the chance to apply and critically think with theoretical debates.

Timetable

10 x 1 hr lecture over 10 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus

10 x 2 hr workshop over 10 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus

Requirements of Entry

​​  Standard College requirements

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

The standard assessments for this course are:

■ Essay (2500 words) - 40%

■ Proposal (2500 words) - 40%

■ Group Presentation (10 minutes) - 20%

 

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

■ There is no alternative to the essay, but a flexible deadline and extra time can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions)

■ There is no alternative to the proposal, but a flexible deadline and extra time can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions)

■ Individual presentation OR student documents contribution to presentation with no requirement for them to present as an alternative to the group presentation

 

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

Main Assessment In: April/May

Course Aims

This course aims to:

■ Provide a comprehensive introduction to enterprise practices in arts and cultural industries within a global context

■ Provide students with an understanding of various models of cultural enterprise, with particular attention paid to socially engaged and alternative models of production

■ Introduce students to the diverse economies framework as a means of understanding cultural industries

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

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

■ Analyse enterprise activities in a variety of artistic and cultural disciplines

■ Contextualise enterprise culture within labour markets, policy contexts, and artistic and cultural traditions

■ Critically engage with interdisciplinary scholarship on cultural enterprise and apply it to real cases

■ Produce sustained arguments in oral and written form about enterprise in arts and cultural domains

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

No exceptions