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Master’s Degree Programme in Live Performance Engineering: Master’s Degree Programme in Live Performance Engineering

Code: K1322S6

Degree:
Master of Culture and Arts

Degree title:
Master of Culture and Arts

Credits:
60 ects

Duration:
1.5 years (60 cr)

Start semester:
Autumn 2022

Descriptions

The degree offers professionals in the live performance industry the opportunity to develop and strengthen their expertise in management, supervision and development in the field of live performance engineering. After completing the degree the students is able to take on challenging technological-artistic work. During the studies the student will develop their lifelong learning and self-management skills and their ability to manage and lead development and reform.

The expertise provided by the Master's degree studies emphasises the development of professional skills together with professionals in the field. The degree programme emphasises the live performance professional's ability to manage production processes and development projects focusing on the future in a technological-artistic framework. The theory and lectures provided by industry professionals support the development of the student's professional skills. Changes in working life are taken into consideration by connecting programme content to the student's workplace and the research-based development work required in them.

Studies are carried out as flexible blended teaching that recognises the prior learning of the student. Blended teaching consist of contact and online teaching and various development assignment carried out in working life. After completion of the degree programme, the student will be awarded the degree Master of Culture and Arts (UAS).

Objective

Key learning objectives:
• Technological-artistic expertise and management
• Competence in production process design in live performance engineering
• Competence in the development of a sustainable technological-artistic work community

The student is able to construct their expertise and understands its importance in the framework of live performance engineering. In addition to developing critical thinking, the student is able to advance collaborative learning and utilise networks in the development of their expertise. The student is able to analyse and assess information about the future developments of the field of live performance engineering in relation to their own expertise. The student is able to develop their self-management skills and their personal well-being at work.

The student will learn to identify various production processes and develop collaboration between different sectors of live performance engineering productions. The student will promote ethical working practices in their operating environment. The student is able to take into account project-specific workplace safety and sustainable development issues. The student is able to develop well-being in a work community and can manage diversity. The student recognises and acknowledges diversity in a workplace and applies principles of equality in their work.

The student has in-depth understanding of the operating environments of the live performance sector. The student is able to apply theory in positions of responsibility and develops technological-artistic operating environments. The student can acquire, analyse, apply and produce information, and has in-depth understanding of the significance and effect of management styles in their work. The student is able to analyse the development of their own work and operating environment from an international perspective.

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Code Name Credits (cr) 2022-2023 2023-2024 Autumn 2022 Spring 2023 Autumn 2023 1. / 2022 2. / 2022 3. / 2023 4. / 2023 1. / 2023 2. / 2023
K1322S6-1001
Advanced Professional Studies in Live Performance Engineering

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20
K000EZ92 Development of Expertise in Live Performance Engineering 5
K000EZ93 Technological-Artistic Expertise and Management 5
K000EZ94 Production Process Design in Live Performance Engineering 5
K000EZ95 Competence Development in Technological-Artistic Organization 5
K1322S6-1002
Research and Development

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35
XX00EJ16 Research Methods and Skills 5
K000EZ96 Master’s Thesis 30
K1322S6-1003
Elective Studies

(Choose ects: 5)

5
Total 60 40 15 15 25 15 7.5 7.5 12.5 12.5 7.5 7.5

Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.

STRUCTURE Master (A18.12.2014/1129)

Asetuksen 18.12.2014/1129 mukainen rakenne. 2 § Opintojen rakenne Ylempään ammattikorkeakoulututkintoon johtaviin opintoihin kuuluu: 1) syventäviä ammattiopintoja; 2) vapaasti valittavia opintoja; 3) opinnäytetyö.

Master´s Thesis
Master’s Thesis
Advanced Professional Studies
Development of Expertise in Live Performance Engineering
Technological-Artistic Expertise and Management
Production Process Design in Live Performance Engineering
Competence Development in Technological-Artistic Organization
Research Methods and Skills
Elective Studies

No attached course units

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Metropolia's Generic Competences::Master's Degree, UAS

Metropolian johtoryhmä hyväksynyt 10.9.2019. Esityksen valmisteli työryhmä: Tapani Martti, Marjatta Kelo, Kari Björn, Elina Värtö, Tiina Kokko. Lähteinä on käytetty mm. ARENEn suositus tutkintojen yhteisten kompetenssien soveltamisesta ammattikorkeakouluissa (2010), Valtioneuvoston asetus tutkintojen ja muiden osaamiskokonaisuuksien viitekehyksestä 120/2017, Valtioneuvoston tulevaisuusselonteot 1 & 2 (2017-2018) sekä Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriön tulevaisuuskatsaus 2018.

Ethical Competence

- is able to take responsibility for the actions of a community and their consequences as well as to evaluate the effects of the actions
- is able to apply the ethical principles of the subject field as an expert and as a developer of working life
- is able to make responsible and sustainable decisions, considering an individual and the community
- is able to contribute to the principles of equality in working life
- is able to contribute to the principles of sustainable development and social responsibility
- is able to leading socially influential activities based on ethical value

Technological-Artistic Expertise and Management
Competence Development in Technological-Artistic Organization
Research Methods and Skills
Master’s Thesis
Innovation Competence

- is able to create new knowledge and improve existing working methods by combining expertise from different fields
- is capable of managing projects
- is able to manage research,development and innovation projects and masters the methods of research and development work
-is able to develop innovative,customer-oriented, sustainable and cost-effective solutions

Development of Expertise in Live Performance Engineering
Production Process Design in Live Performance Engineering
Competence Development in Technological-Artistic Organization
Master’s Thesis
Multicultural Competence

- is capable of managing and developing multicultural,international networks and working communities
- is able to predict the effects of and opportunities for global development and phenomena in one’s own field
- is capable of demanding international communication and interaction

Technological-Artistic Expertise and Management
Competence Development in Technological-Artistic Organization
Learning Competence

- lifelong learning competence:is able to self-evaluate and develop one's expertise in a versatile and focused way
- is able to retrieve, analyse and produce information and evaluate it critically from the viewpoint of different fields
- is able to supervise and mentor others and to share one's expertise
- is capable of taking responsibility for collaborative learning in a target-oriented way

Development of Expertise in Live Performance Engineering
Competence Development in Technological-Artistic Organization
Research Methods and Skills
Master’s Thesis
Technological Competence

- is able to apply technological opportunities in management, expert and development work
- is able to predict the effects of technological development on one's field, work and operating environment
- is capable of promoting technological development and its utilisation in one's field

Development of Expertise in Live Performance Engineering
Production Process Design in Live Performance Engineering
Research Methods and Skills
Master’s Thesis
Working Community Competence

- is able to develop and lead the operation of a diverse and multidisciplinary work community and to improve its wellbeing and productivity
- is able to develop working life communication and interaction in a participatory way, taking diversity into account
- is able to apply technological possibilities in working life communication and interaction
- is able to create and lead networks and partnerships
- is capable of managing and supervising tasks and improving activities in complicated and unpredictable environments
- is capable of working in demanding expert, entrepreneur, management and supervision tasks as an expert or entrepreneur, and has abilities for management and supervision task

Development of Expertise in Live Performance Engineering
Technological-Artistic Expertise and Management
Production Process Design in Live Performance Engineering
Competence Development in Technological-Artistic Organization
Master’s Thesis
Not grouped

Esitys- ja teatteritekniikka (ylempi AMK)::kompetenssit

Luotu 2022

Competence in production process design in live performance engineering

The student is able to:
• identify the production processes and cost structures of theatres, cultural organisations and events.
• define key internal and external stakeholders of a live performance engineering project and recognises the importance of communication.
• understand the basics of quality thinking and is able to apply them in the professional field.
• apply various project management tools in technological-artistic work.
• develop their competence in live performance engineering design, technology, production, sustainable development or workplace safety.

Production Process Design in Live Performance Engineering
Master’s Thesis
Competence in the development of a sustainable technological-artistic work community

The student is able to:
• recognise and acknowledge diversity in a workplace and promotes principles of equality.
• utilise diversity management themes in a technological-artistic work community.
• take into account the promotion of work ability at different stages of a career as part of work and promote activities that support well-being at work.
• understand the prerequisites of workplace safety in live performance engineering and promote workplace safety.
• identify prerequisites of sustainable development and take them into account in designing.
• provide information and training about sustainable and safe operation in technological-artistic work.

Development of Expertise in Live Performance Engineering
Production Process Design in Live Performance Engineering
Competence Development in Technological-Artistic Organization
Research Methods and Skills
Master’s Thesis
Technological-artistic expertise and management

The student is able to:
• recognise their identity as an expert in the field of live performance engineering.
• assess and develop their expertise in a target-oriented manner to meet the requirements of future working life.
• understand and apply management and leadership theories in the operating environment of the live performance sector.
• identify key concepts of organisation theory and organisational learning.
• identify key concepts, models and theories of change management.
• operate in the networks of culture and live performance fields.

Development of Expertise in Live Performance Engineering
Technological-Artistic Expertise and Management
Master’s Thesis
Not grouped

Code Name Credits (cr)
K1322S6-1001
Advanced Professional Studies in Live Performance Engineering

(Choose all)

20
K000EZ92 Development of Expertise in Live Performance Engineering 5
K000EZ93 Technological-Artistic Expertise and Management 5
K000EZ94 Production Process Design in Live Performance Engineering 5
K000EZ95 Competence Development in Technological-Artistic Organization 5
K1322S6-1002
Research and Development

(Choose all)

35
XX00EJ16 Research Methods and Skills 5
K000EZ96 Master’s Thesis 30
K1322S6-1003
Elective Studies

(Choose ects: 5)

5