MA Performance Industries: Professional Development

Module: 7SW023

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module provides you with the opportunity to build on your research methods training and practice, applying and reflecting upon research skills that are of value for the dissertation.

Module: 7SW020

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

In this module you will explore the social and cultural context of arts organisations in a wider context, and the impact that the arts industries have as innovators in creating place and space. This module will give you the essential foregrounding knowledge and skills that will inform the modules in the remainder of the degree.

Module: 7SW017

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

Whether you are creating a triple bill performance, sampling and mixing, or creating a variety programme, this module will allow you to consider the implications, opportunities and contextualising factors that need to be considered in curating performance. By looking at the idea of the curated event, you will engage critically with the process to gain experience in creating events with pre-existing work.

Module: 7SW018

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module will explore the ways that arts events can be created, performed and engaged with online. Digital policies have become ever-increasingly needed within arts organisations of every size. This module will investigate the elements of digital policy within the industry and will allow you to experiment and be creative around the idea of the digital dissemination of work and the logistics of creating digital events.

Module: 7SW019

Credits: 40

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module will allow you to develop a marketing and audience engagement strategy through planning a promotion and engagement plan for an associated public performance. It will allow you to engage creatively and reflectively with the process while facilitating your arts management development for future employability.

Module: 7SW021

Credits: 60

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

This module is the culmination of your postgraduate study and allows you to demonstrate the depth of your knowledge and understanding gained through your course. In this module you will be required to undertake an extended independent project negotiated with your nominated supervisor. You will produce either a piece of empirical research, professionally related practice or performance related practice depending on your area of study.

As a graduate of this course you will be able to:

1. demonstrate a persuasive knowledge and understanding of internal and external organisational contexts with an emphasis on responding to and shaping the dynamic and changing nature of the performing arts industry
2. experiment with and apply skills and collaborative practices essential to the management of business and arts organisations such as commercial acumen, analytical thinking, critical thinking, decision making, and the ability to innovate
3. apply and evaluate theoretical frameworks in relation to business and management within the arts sector, with a critical understanding of how knowledge and skills may be used effectively within an organisational context
4. demonstrate the ability to think critically and creatively across a range of areas and contexts within the performing arts industry, undertaking a process of analysis, evaluation, and synthesising of information into an appropriate form of communication
5. illustrate qualities and transferable skills useful for employment within the creative industries such as critical self-awareness and reflection; and the ability to continue to learn through reflection on practice, theory and experience

exercise agency and autonomy in learning through effective self-organisation and time management of workload across varied scenarios.

Location Mode Fee Year Home/EU Full-time £6400 per year 2020-21 Home/EU Part-time £3200 per year 2020-21 Home Full-time £6550 per year 2021-22 Home Part-time £3275 per year 2021-22 International Full-time £13350 per year 2020-21 International Full-time £13950 per year 2021-22

These fees relate to new entrants only for the academic year indicated for entry onto the course, any subsequent years study may be subject to an annual increase, usually in line with inflation.

You will need a good degree (2:2 or above) in a subject related to the creative or performance industries (e.g. performing arts, music, dance, drama). Applicants may also be considered following a successful portfolio submission and interview.

Applicants from overseas should also have a good standard of written and spoken English (normally IELTS 6.5 or equivalent).

All students will be interviewed to assess their suitability and preparedness for the course. Candidates will be considered with a significant a significant track record of professional experience in a relevant field, but without a BA (Hons) degree. To do this, non-standard applicants in this category will be interviewed, and may be asked to produce a piece of written work as a means of assessing their suitability.

Postgraduate Loan (Home Fee Status):

You may be able to get a postgraduate student loan from Student Finance England of up to £11,750 to help pay for a Master’s degree. Applications are made through Student Finance England and more information on the regulations and eligibility criteria can be found at Masters Loans gov.uk.

* Any RPL will invalidate your eligibility as you must study a minimum of 180 credits

Changes for EU students:

The UK government has confirmed that EU students starting courses from 1 August 2021 will normally be classified as Overseas (International) students for fee purposes. More information about the change is available at UKCISA:

EU citizens living in the UK with 'settled' status, and Irish nationals living in the UK or Ireland, will still be classified as Home students, providing they meet the usual residency requirements, for more information about EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) click here.

Postgraduate Loyalty Discount:

You can get 20% discount on a taught on-site postgraduate course if you’re a University of Wolverhampton Graduate.

The University offers a generous 20% Loyalty Discount to students progressing from an undergraduate programme to a taught postgraduate programme, where both courses are University of Wolverhampton Awards.

There is no time limit on how long ago you completed your degree as long as this is your first Masters level qualification.

The discount applies to the first year of enrolment only. Students who receive a loyalty discount are not entitled to any further tuition discount or bursary. For full terms and conditions click here.

Self-funded:

If you are paying for the fees yourself then the fees can be paid in 3 instalments: November, January and April. More information can be found by clicking here.

Sponsored - Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:

Your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.

We must receive notification of sponsorship in writing as soon as possible, and before enrolment, confirming that the sponsor will pay your tuition fees.

Financial Hardship:

Students can apply to the Dennis Turner Opportunity Fund for help with course related costs however this cannot be used for fees or to cover general living costs.

Charitable Funding:

You might also want to explore the possibility of funding from charitable trusts; please see the following websites Association of Charitable Foundations, Directory of Social Change or Family Action. Most charities and trust funds offer limited bursaries targeted to specific groups of students so you will need to research whether any of them are relevant to your situation.

You can find more information on the University’s Funding, cost, fee and support pages.

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