Arts and Heritage Management (MA)

Overview

The course is aimed at those interested in the performing arts, visual arts, museums, galleries, the art market, arts festivals, heritage sites, the historic environment, the businesses that supply services to these sectors and the public bodies that shape the direction and funding of the cultural sector. The course aims to provide a theoretical and practical understanding of arts and heritage management and an insight into contemporary trends in the sector. The MA AHM has a management focus including project planning and strategic thinking that can be applied throughout this area. Through visits, guest speakers and the optional work placement modules, students have the opportunity to meet and engage with arts and heritage practitioners.

The focus is partly on the individual organisation and the management skills needed (such as fund-raising or arts marketing) and partly on the environment in which the arts organisation operates. Here the arts are often a vital ingredient, as in the case of culture-based urban regeneration, cultural tourism and cultural planning. We take an international perspective and students from outside the UK can draw on their own experience in developing case study and dissertation topics.

London Metropolitan Business School

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Applying and entry

PLEASE NOTE There is no official closing date for this course, but you are advised to apply as early as possible as we will only consider your application if there are places available on the course.

Tel: 020 7133 4202
Email: admissions@londonmet.ac.uk

You should possess a good Honours degree, minimum lower second-class or equivalent. For those who do not hold a degree or relevant professional qualification, extensive relevant professional experience together with evidence of scholarly ability will be required. Where possible candidates will be interviewed.

Course contents

Course structure

The course comprises five core modules, one optional module and a dissertation of 15,000 words. The curriculum is supported by seminars and dissertation workshops.

Core modules:

• Research Methods for Leisure and Tourism
  
• Theory and Policy in the Cultural Sector
  
• Museums, Arts and Heritage Strategies
  
• Arts Management
  
• Cultural Sector Management
  
• Dissertation

Optional modules include:

• Leisure and Tourism Landscapes
  
• Business Work Placement Project

Read more about the modules

Assessment

Assessment is by coursework, including reports, presentations and essays.

Careers

Career opportunities

On completion of this MA, students have gone on to work in museum galleries, theatre companies, heritage research, government agencies, consultancies and have also undertaken doctoral research.

Student profiles

What the students say

Read a student profile: Mahshad Torkan