Entry requirementsWhatever your current job within the creative industries, no matter how much experience you have or what size of organisation you work for, Kingston’s Creative Industries programme is designed to suit you. We will provide you with the creative, leadership, entrepreneurship and management skills to succeed within the creative industries.
Academic titleManaging in the Creative Economy MA
Course descriptionThe creative industries are fast outpacing traditional industries, both in the UK and the rest of the world. The prosperity of people across the globe depends upon the creativity of designers, authors, film-makers, musicians, architects and other 'content' creators in a way that it has never done before.
What will you study?
This course focuses on management issues and challenges in the creative economy. By the end of the course, you will be equipped with the leading-edge knowledge and practical skills needed to succeed in this area.
Course structure
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. We teach the course via a learning agreement – read more in the Learning agreement framework section.
In Part 1 of your course, you will study with students from across all the Creative Industries programmes. In Part 2 of your course, you will study alongside fellow students who have opted to work towards the same specialist discipline.
Part 1: core modules
-The Creative Economy -Managing Creativity and Innovation
-Creative Leadership
-Contemporary Issues in the Creative Economy
Part 2: specialist modules
-Financial Resource Management
-Managing People and Organisations
-Managing Operations
-Marketing
Part 3: personal project (choose one)
-Dissertation
-Innovative project