BA Creative and Cultural Enterprise at Robert Gordon University

Programme overview

The BA Creative and Cultural Enterprise is an innovative one-year online course, designed to provide a degree-level qualification to those working within the creative and cultural industries. This includes cultural organisations such as museums and galleries, and creative practitioners, sole traders, SMEs and larger companies across the Creative Industries. The course will be of specific interest to individuals that have completed a HND qualification in a variety of Creative and Cultural Industries subjects, such as architecture, advertising, marketing, media, music, design, fashion, film and tv.

Faculty: Gray's School of Art | Duration: 1 year full-time (online learning); 2 years part-time (online learning) | Study mode: full-time (online learning); part-time (online learning) | Intake: September | Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

The course supports learners in extending their practice, enhancing employability or career progression and fostering an entrepreneurial mindset that could help them to diversify or grow within the sector in which they practice, are currently employed in, or aspire to. The Creative and Cultural Industries are diverse, and range in scale from individual practitioners/makers to complex, large scale organisations.

Career pathways

The BA Creative and Cultural Enterprise course aims to produce confident, multi-skilled graduates with an excellent knowledge of the interconnected nature of the Creative and Cultural Industries, nationally and internationally, and the ability to identify, develop and deliver new initiatives, experiences, products and services within the sector.

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Application information

Entry requirements

As this course involves direct entry to Stage 3, entry requires successful completion of a Higher National Diploma (HND) qualification or Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE), equivalent to 240 Award Credits, in a subject relevant to the Creative and Cultural Industries. This includes subjects such as advertising and marketing, architecture, art, computer games and software, craft, design, fashion, film, tv and radio, music, performing arts, and publishing. Given the wide scope of the Creative and Cultural Industries, this list is not exhaustive and other HND qualifications such as business/management studies, museum and gallery studies, and cultural studies would also be relevant. Alternative Qualifications Given the global scope of the creative economy, applications from overseas students are welcome and equivalent overseas qualifications will be considered. Entry to the course may also be available via Recognition of Prior Experiential Learning (RPEL) for those with a minimum of 3 years relevant experience within the Creative and Cultural Industries sector, and who can evidence learning equivalent to 240 Award Credits within that experience through the submission of a detailed portfolio of evidence. This entry route may be relevant to practitioners currently running their own Creative Industries business or service, or those who have entered a related role within a business or organisation without a formal qualification. International Students International students who do not meet our direct entry requirements for this course can gain additional entry points through our International College at Robert Gordon University.

Intake: September

Duration: 1 year full-time (online learning); 2 years part-time (online learning)

Apply through the official page: https://www.rgu.ac.uk/study/courses/ba-creative-and-cultural-enterprise#apply

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