Cultural & Creative Industries

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MA

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Part Time, Full Time

| Admissions status: Open
Cultural & Creative Industries is a unique interdisciplinary programme that draws on cultural studies, sociology and cultural management and makes use of London arts and cultural links with Tate Modern, Southbank Centre and the British Film Institute. Leads to careers in major cultural and creative organisations and smaller creative businesses.

Arts & Humanities graduate class
KEY BENEFITS
  • Located at the heart of London's arts and media industries.
  • Guest lectures from industry professionals and researchers provide up-to-date knowledge of current debates and trends.
  • Optional internship programme (selective intake) with opportunities in a range of leading organisations.
KEY FACTS
Programme leader/s
Professor Andy Pratt, Dr Richard Howells
Awarding institution
King's College London
Credit value (UK/ECTS equivalent)
UK 180/ECTS 90
Duration
One year FT, two years PT, September to September.
Location
Strand Campus; occasionally other London locations.
Student destinations
Our graduates have gone on to a wide range of roles in the cultural and creative industries including arts administration in local government, art marketing for a major cultural institution in London, editing a lifestyle magazine in the US, and researching for China's broadcasting industry regulator. Further career paths have included performing arts management, museum and gallery management, arts funding, cultural industries development, film distribution, freelance research and creative business development. A number of our students have gone on to do further academic research.
Year of entry 2012
Offered by
Maughan Library