Management of Art, Culture and Creativity

Art and culture play a central role in Danish event life, were concerts, art exhibitions, theatre, dance and other artistic expressions are key to the experience economy.

The course focuses on tendencies in management and organization. The aim is to provide an updated and thorough understanding of current challenges and opportunities in relation to management of creative business processes within art and culture.

We study current trends within studies of artistic and creative processes (technology, sustainability etc.) and e.g., psychological perspectives on collaboration with, management of and the well-being of creative people, at individual, organization and cultural levels.

Join the class, if you want to share and develop your ideas, interest, knowledge with co-students, teachers and external experts from the Danish creative industry.

The course gives you the opportunity to concentrate on an artistic area of your own choice, in an inspiring, academic exploration. In the class, we explore relevant cases and organizations, and invite inspiring guests from the Danish cultural and creative industries.

If you see yourself working with music, art or another aesthetic field in the future, this is the elective course to join.

The student will have:
• Knowledge about management of artistic and creative processes
• Knowledge of challenges related to creative processes of planning artistic events and experiences
• Knowledge of current trends within the field related to management and organization The student will be able to:
• Apply knowledge of management and organisation to the planning of events and experiences within art and culture
• Base planning of events on knowledge of current tendencies within art and culture
• Identify, describe and explain differences between management and organisation within artistic and other fields The student will be able to:
• Analyze and assess specific organisational challenges and opportunities in relation to creative processes within art and culture
• Present and discuss relevant solutions to challenges related to management within the field
• Draw on specific experiences from cases and personal experiences in the development of new initiatives

Elective courses must total 20 ECTS credits of the total ECTS credits of the programme. It is possible to
choose between 10 elective courses, which are described in detail in the following.

The programme offers the opportunity to choose one elective course of 10 ECTS credits and two elective courses of 5 ECTS credits during the 4th semester.

The selection of elective courses takes place by students consulting this elective course catalogue. Afterwards, students submit their preferred electives in a form sent out by the study administration. Students will receive this form via email.
Each student must indicate two preferences for 10 ECTS courses and three preferences for 5 ECTS courses. The student must choose the elective courses sometime in November. Students who have not submitted the form with their choices before the deadline will automatically be assigned elective courses.
NOTE! It is not a first-come, first-served system; the allocation of elective courses will only begin after the deadline for submitting the form.

If the number of students who wish to take a course exceeds the maximum enrolment for the course, the study administration will allocate the spots. Every effort will be made to ensure that students receive their 1st or 2nd choice whenever possible.
The program's Coordinator can be contacted for questions regarding course selection or the selection process: mije@zealand.dk
Most elective courses are taught in English as they include international exchange students. Therefore, some of the following course descriptions are in English. Three courses are offered in Danish, and their descriptions are provided in Danish.