The aim is to provide MA Arts Management students with:

  • Advanced understanding of the subject of Arts Management
  • Advanced knowledge and understanding of the most up-to-date theories and discourses in Arts Management and how these are influencing practice
  • Knowledge of international trends in cultural policy and how they are affecting, and affected by, the practice of Arts Management
  • Essential practical skills relating to Arts Management, particularly strategic planning, financial management, business planning, and engaging audiences
  • A sophisticated level of critical and divergent thinking and expression
  • Skills appropriate to self-directed study and independent research
  • Awareness of different research methodologies and their application to the work of arts managers
  • Further developed wider intellectual and transferable skills, consistent with creative thought and independent learning.