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Master’s Degree Programme in Cultural Management: Master’s Degree Programme in Cultural Management

Code: K0621S6

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 2021

Descriptions

The Master's Degree programme in Cultural Management offers to those working in the production of creative industries a chance to develop and deepen their expertise in changing environments of cultural management. After completing this degree, the student will be able to use agile future oriented development skills in the cultural industries and depending on professional orientation in other industries. This demands for ability to forecast future societal and international trends affecting the cultural industries and plan, facilitate and lead agile research based developmental activities.

The Master´s Degree programme in Cultural Management is intended for those who have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and who have accumulated two years of relevant work experience. The degree title is Master of Culture and Arts.

The implementation of the studies is mainly planned for a duration of 1,5 years (18 months). The degree can also be completed within a shorter period of time, with a minimum duration of one year (12 months). The multifaceted teaching implementations of this degree include 2-3 days of contact teaching per month.

The expertise produced with a master’s degree from a university of applied sciences emphasizes a multidisciplinary and applicable approach, which enables the graduate to work in various kinds of jobs in the cultural field. The degree highlights the ability to lead collaborative and multidisciplinary future oriented development processes. The changes in the job sector have been taken into account in the teaching by connecting the course content to the students’ work communities and the development research they require.

The teaching methods are multifaceted, including contact teaching, online teaching and different information search, analysis and developmental projects. The studies are conducted in project form through different development and learning assignments that are connected to the developmental challenges of the job sector. The studies emphasize networking, teamwork skills and learning methods that strengthen internationalization.

Objective

The goal of the Master's Degree programme in Cultural Management is to offer those working in the production of creative industries a chance to develop and deepen their expertise in changing environments of cultural management. After completing this degree, the student will be able to use agile future oriented development skills in the cultural industries and depending on professional orientation in other industries. This demands for ability to forecast future societal and international trends affecting the cultural industries and plan, facilitate and lead agile research based developmental activities.

Key learning outcomes
- Student can profile own professional identity and place the studies to ones lifelong learning process. In addition to developing his/her critical thinking, he/she is also able to support group development processes as a facilitator and forerunner of collaborative work, as well as learn how to apply agile development methods and assess their impact.
- The student learns to segment the needs of different client groups and users for art and culture services, and to use different models for producing, developing and analyzing processes. The student is able to report the results of his / her work in a critical way.
- The student is able to analyze the development of his / her work and environment from an international perspective. (S)he is able to develop creative processes and take responsibility for collaborative processes according to the principles of professional ethics in the field of cultural production and ethical values ??of society.
- Student has tools to strategic leaderhip of creative industries taking advantage of collaborative development skills. (S)he is able to identify both individual and community perspectives when making responsible decisions.

Show study timings by semester, study year or period

Code Name Credits (cr) 2021-2022 2022-2023 Autumn 2021 Spring 2022 Autumn 2022 1. / 2021 2. / 2021 3. / 2022 4. / 2022 1. / 2022 2. / 2022
K0621S6-1001
Advanced studies in Leadership in the Creative Industries

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15
KY00EP39 Leadership in the cultural sector 5
KY00EP70 Developing Expertise and Self-management Skills 5
KY00EO21 Futures thinking and forecasting in the field of culture 5
K0621S6-1002
Development Processes in the Creative Industries

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40
XX00EJ16 Research Methods and Skills 5
KY00EE41 Organizational and Process Development 5
KY00EE43 Master's Thesis 30
K0621S6-1003
Optional 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.

Master of Cultre and Arts: competencies

K1. Strategic competence 1. Able to anticipate and analyse changes in the national and international field of cultural provision 2. Capable of defining the goals, core competence and strategies of his or her organization and of management in accordance with them. K2. Personnel management and teamwork competence 1. Capable of management and development with regard to personnel competence 2. Capable of acting as a superior in a working community. 3. Capable of working in a team with an understanding of the operational dynamics of a team 4. Capable of working within networked structures K3. Networking competence in the cultural sector 1. Capable of operating in peer networks and virtual communities by utilizing teamwork capabilities 2. Identifies the main actors for each project and is able to network with them K4. Business competence in the creative economy 1. An understanding of the innovations and development trends of the creative economy and the ability to utilize the opportunities offered by them

Personnel management and teamwork competence

1. Capable of management and development with regard to personnel competence
2. Capable of acting as a superior in a working community.
3. Capable of working in a team with an understanding of the operational dynamics of a team
4. Capable of working within networked structures

Leadership in the cultural sector
Developing Expertise and Self-management Skills
Networking competence in the cultural sector

1. Capable of operating in peer networks and virtual communities by utilizing teamwork capabilities
2. Identifies the main actors for each project and is able to network with them

Leadership in the cultural sector
Developing Expertise and Self-management Skills
Futures thinking and forecasting in the field of culture
Organizational and Process Development
Master's Thesis
Business competence in the creative economy

An understanding of the innovations and development trends of the creative economy and the ability to utilize the opportunities offered by them.

Leadership in the cultural sector
Futures thinking and forecasting in the field of culture
Strategic competence

1. Able to anticipate and analyse changes in the national and international field of cultural provision
2. Capable of defining the goals, core competence and strategies of his or her organization and of management in accordance with them.

Leadership in the cultural sector
Futures thinking and forecasting in the field of culture
Research Methods and Skills
Organizational and Process Development
Master's Thesis
Not grouped

STRUCTURE Master (A18.12.2014/1129)

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Master´s Thesis
Leadership in the cultural sector
Developing Expertise and Self-management Skills
Master's Thesis
Advanced Professional Studies
Futures thinking and forecasting in the field of culture
Research Methods and Skills
Organizational and Process Development
Elective Studies

No attached course units

Not grouped

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

Leadership in the cultural sector
Developing Expertise and Self-management Skills
Futures thinking and forecasting in the field of culture
Research Methods and Skills
Organizational and Process Development
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

Leadership in the cultural sector
Futures thinking and forecasting in the field of culture
Organizational and Process Development
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

Leadership in the cultural sector
Futures thinking and forecasting in the field of culture
Organizational and Process Development
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

Leadership in the cultural sector
Developing Expertise and Self-management Skills
Futures thinking and forecasting in the field of culture
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

Developing Expertise and Self-management Skills
Futures thinking and forecasting in the field of culture
Research Methods and Skills
Organizational and Process Development
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

Leadership in the cultural sector
Organizational and Process Development
Master's Thesis
Not grouped

Code Name Credits (cr)
K0621S6-1001
Advanced studies in Leadership in the Creative Industries

(Choose all)

15
KY00EP39 Leadership in the cultural sector 5
KY00EP70 Developing Expertise and Self-management Skills 5
KY00EO21 Futures thinking and forecasting in the field of culture 5
K0621S6-1002
Development Processes in the Creative Industries

(Choose all)

40
XX00EJ16 Research Methods and Skills 5
KY00EE41 Organizational and Process Development 5
KY00EE43 Master's Thesis 30
K0621S6-1003
Optional Studies

(Choose ects: 5)

5