MA Global Creative and Cultural Industries
SOAS University of London
Key Information
Campus location
London, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 - 3 year
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
GBP 11,980 / per year *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
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* full-time fees: UK £11,980; Overseas £23,400. Part-time 2 years fees: UK £5,990/year; Overseas £11,700/year. Part-time 3 years fees: UK £3,955/year; Overseas £7,725/year
Introduction
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or part-time
Over the past decades, the creative and cultural industries have become the focus of a huge amount of research and critical debate. As digitisation transforms the media industries, from music streaming to on-demand TV, there has been increasing recognition of the economic and cultural value of art, museums, video games and 'heritage'. This programme offers the unique opportunity to critically analyse these developments in a fully global context, across the full range of School of Arts modules in Media, Music and Art and Archaeology.
Students can tailor their studies to focus on particular regions, art forms or themes, choosing from the wide array of modules that reflect the unique regional focus available at SOAS, and gain access to world-leading experts on the music, culture and traditions of Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Alongside critical analysis and regional expertise, students can choose from a number of practical hands-on modules, in sound recording, podcasting and broadcasting, that will enable them to enhance their skill-set.
This programme has been designed for those seeking to work in some capacity in the creative and cultural sector - either as an artist or producer or in cultural policy, development or analysis. It also suits anyone looking to establish a research profile in Global Creative and Cultural Industries.
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Ideal Students
Who is this programme for?
Students will likely fall into two types. The first group will typically be interested in pursuing careers as practitioners, managers, consultants, policy advisers and entrepreneurs in the creative and cultural industries in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Such students will typically take advantage of the potentials to hone practical/core skills, to develop their knowledge base about creative and cultural industries in a global context, and to maximise the ‘Directed Study in Industry’ opportunity.
The second group will typically be more concerned with developing academic research in the creative and cultural sectors, and the intersections between industry, cultural policy and international development. Such students will most likely concentrate their programme of study on the regional and theoretical courses available.
The MA, then, is suitable for those seeking employment as practitioners, managers, consultants, policy advisers and entrepreneurs in the creative and cultural industries, and for those who aspire to a Research degree.
Admissions
Curriculum
Structure
Occasionally the availability of optional modules changes as a result of staffing and other circumstances. Students who had signed up for such modules will be notified as soon as possible and given the opportunity to choose from available alternatives.
Students must complete 120 credits of MA taught modules in addition to the compulsory dissertation (60 credits).
Dissertation
The Dissertation will be on a topic relating to the creative and cultural industries. It may either be on a theoretical topic or developed from the (below) "pathway" chosen by the student, and its has the option to incorporate multimedia materials.
- Dissertation in Global Creative and Cultural Industries
Taught Component
Core Module
The following module needs to be completed for successful exit award achievement
- Analytical Approaches to the Global Creative and Cultural Industries
Compulsory Modules
- Global Film Industries
- The Music Business (Masters)
and
Choose modules from the Guided Options List below to the value of 45 credits
and
Choose modules from the list of recommended Optional Modules List below to the value of 30 credits.
List of modules (subject to availability)
Guided Options
- Directed Study in Industry
- Contemporary Art and the Global
- Curating Cultures Cohort A
- Curating Cultures Cohort B
- Podcasting
- Sound Recording and Production
Curating Cultures Cohort A (15PARH079) and Curating Cultures Cohort B (15PARH088) cannot be taken together.
Optional Modules
The list of optional modules is not yet finalised.
- Studies in Global Digital Cultures
- Transnational Communities and Diasporic Media: Networking, Connectivity, Identity
- Genders and Sexualities in South East Asian Film
- Japanese Transnational Cinema: From Kurosawa to Asia Extreme and Studio Ghibli
- Modern Film from Taiwan and the Chinese Diaspora (PG)
- Key Themes in Hip Hop Studies
- Music, Place and Politics in Cuba
- Music in Development
- Modern and Contemporary Korean Art
- Theory and Method in Art History
- Arts of Modern and Contemporary China (since 1800)
- Modern Chinese Film and Theatre (PG)
- Japanese Post-War Film Genres and the Avant-Garde
Important notice
The information on the programme page reflects the intended programme structure against the given academic session.
English Language Requirements
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