Postgraduate

MA Creative Entrepreneurship

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Course Fulltimefees

£10,500 per year

Start Date

September

Duration

1 YEAR FT or 2 YEARS PT

Institution Code

GSA

UCAS Code

MCA12

COURSE OVERVIEW

LCCM’s MA in Creative Entrepreneurship is designed help students focus, develop and launch new businesses in the creative industries during a 12-month intensive programme. The year begins with “Research & Academic Practice” and “Iteration & Testing” modules, which will see students conduct market research and test their ideas within their industry and communicate their findings and reflections in written and spoken argument. In the second term students will build on their findings to produce a range of business planning and pitching documents, as well as investigate and reflect on a range of case studies related to creative entrepreneurship, leadership as well as their own professional sector. In the final term, students will undertake a major project, to be negotiated and agreed with tutors, which will act as a major contribution to the development and launch of their business.

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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Our MA provides you with a “start-up” environment where you can develop an idea into a viable business venture in the creative industries.

  • To benefit fully from the MA you should:
  • be an entrepreneurial-minded creative with 1 year’s experience in a relevant sector and a bachelor degree (2.2 minimum) or 4 years relevant experience and a Level 3+ qualification
  • have English language competency equivalent to CEFR Level C1 (7.0 overall, 6.5 in each category). If English is not your first language. 
  • be able to provide professional references, if applying based on your professional experience.
  • Submit a personal statement. The personal statement is an important part of your application. It should be 1 to 2 pages long and demonstrate the following:
  • your current relevant experience, passion, interest or professional background in creative industries
  • entrepreneurial drive for the creative sector or clear career ambition
  • good writing, communication and presentation skills

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

kNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING

  • Develop a critical understanding of product and business development processes
  • Demonstrate a critical understanding of current investment opportunities for creative commercial ventures
  • Research, critique and employ relevant theory and practice related to new creative businesses

Practical Skills

  • Iteratively test creative business and product ideas
  • Produce a professional business plan underscored by financial and commercial research, with mentor input and personal evaluation
  • Develop relevant academic and professional skills for continuous career development

COGNITIVE SKILLS

  • Critically appraise creative ideas, business strategies and professional practice for commercial ventures
  • Identify and critically evaluate commercial opportunities
  • Apply creativity to the generation and testing of business ideas, models and products

KEY LIFE SKILLS

  • Develop and critically assess professional relationships and networks
  • Critically evaluate personal and professional development
  • Effectively communicate in written and oral formats for a range of audiences

Term 1 

  • Research & Academic Practice
  • Ideation & Testing

Term 2

  • Business Planning
  • Professional Practice

Term 3

  • Major Project

The MA CE programme will be useful for those interested to pursue a PhD or other graduate work investigating the creative economy and entrepreneurship.

Most successful graduates go on to launch their own businesses which they develop during their MA, or find management positions within creative and cultural industries.

During the degree, you will build incremental and progressively deeper knowledge and understanding of music management, the rights and royalty streams of music publishing and the recorded music sector, live event management and promotion, and the inner workings of the streaming music economy.

Examples of recent graduate positions following degree in Music Business Management:

  • Music industry entrepreneur
  • Artist development and A&R
  • Copyright administration & collection
  • Record label marketing
  • Music publishing business 
  • Event promoter 
  • Brand partnerships 
  • Artist manager 
  • Music writer
  • Artist 
  • Music producer

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