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This course offers an opportunity to understand creative labour in the context of different markets for creative work, private and public funding models, and policy. Exploring contemporary theoretical debates surrounding creative work, the course looks at the nature of creative labour and considers different perspectives on creativity and commerce, geography, (self-)exploitation, precarity, 'Fair Work' and inclusion.

20 x 1 hr lectures Monday 10:00 & Tuesday 14:00 over 10 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus

10 x 1 hr seminars over 10 weeks as scheduled in MyCampus.

Grade D3 or above in both CCA1001 Introduction to Creative Industries and CCA1002 Introduction to Creative Practice

None

CCA2001

Essay (2000 words) - 50%

Critical Report (2000 words) - 50%

This course aims to:

■ introduce students to contemporary theoretical debates around creative and cultural work;

■ develop students' knowledge and understanding of the different markets and organisational and economic models within the creative industries;

■ examine working conditions, career pathways and professional skills and attributes.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ apply appropriate theoretical debates to particular scenarios of creative work;

■ compare the impact of public and private funding models on work in the creative industries;

■ recognise a diverse range of working practices and evaluate how these impact on career pathways;

■ critically analyse career models of creativity; report on the production history of an existing creative project, assessing its functions within a particular mode of creative labour

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.