Creative and Cultural Industries: Curation, Exhibition and Events BA(Hons) single honours
Bachelor's degree
In Surrey
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Surrey
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Duration
3 Years
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Start date
Different dates available
You will learn the principles of curation and visitor experience. You will gain project management knowledge and experience to deliver effective exhibitions and events for an organisation or client.
Year 1 is common to all our creative and cultural industries courses. It examines the management and strategy of creative enterprises, and the history and development of art and design practice. You will also explore visual communication techniques, use of design software, storytelling and design thinking. You will learn individually and as part of a team of creative partners and professionals.
Years 2 and 3 examine Curation, Exhibition and Events in depth. You will learn the practices of display, collecting and exhibiting, and how meaning and message are created through exhibitions. You will learn branding, marketing and how to develop events for defined audiences. You will study conceptualisation and visualisation, visual narratives and storyboarding, artwork commission and project management.
You can choose to take part in a summer internship at the end of Year 2, to gain valuable experience and increase your employability.
Year 3's research project will be a dissertation, business or marketing plan, or consultancy project for a company. You will research, collect and analyse data, structuring your project with help from supervisors.
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About this course
This course prepares you for a career in exhibitions and events in the creative industries. You will develop practical and analytical skills for the curation, conception, resourcing, marketing and budgeting of an exhibition or event.
The course is taught within the Department of Creative and Cultural Industries which is part of Kingston School of Art and is driven by our ethos of ‘thinking through making'. You will learn to visualise, collaborate, experiment and project manage as you work on real-world projects with other students. You will also develop your knowledge of the creative industries, exploring topics such as design theory, branding and strategy for creative organisations.
You will have the opportunity to study a foreign language, free of charge, during your time at the University on a not-for-credit basis as part of the Kingston Language Scheme. Options currently include: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
The minimum entry qualifications for the programme are:
From A-levels: 112 UCAS points
BTEC: 1 Distinction, 2 Merits (DMM)
Access Diploma: Merit
Plus: candidates are normally required to hold five GCSE subjects grades A*–C including Mathematics and English Language (or comparable numeric score under the newly reformed GCSE grading)
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Subjects
- IT Project Management
- Design
- Marketing
- Exhibition
- Project
- Project Management
- Exhibition and Events
- Management
- Creative Project
- Culturepreneurship
Course programme
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.
Year 1- Visual Narratives & Design Thinking: Creating compelling stories, creative problem solving
- History & Context of the Creative Industries: Content, critique & competition
- Curation, Exhibition and Events 1
- Customer Mindfulness
- Creative Project Management
- Live case study
- Curation, Exhibition and Events 2
- Culturepreneurship
- The Major Project
Additional information
Year 1 (2019/20): £14,200
Year 2 (2020/21): £14,600
Year 3 (2021/22): £15,000
Creative and Cultural Industries: Curation, Exhibition and Events BA(Hons) single honours