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Creative Industries

Language of instruction

lithuanian

Qualification degree and (or) qualification to be awarded

Master of Social Sciences

Place of delivery

Kaunas, K. Donelaičio g. 58, LT-44248

Institution that has carried out assessment

Studijų kokybės vertinimo centras

Institution that has performed accreditation, accreditation term

Studijų kokybės vertinimo centras, 6/30/2020

Data provided or updated (date)

8/1/2014

Order on accreditation

SV6-14
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Summary of the Profile

Objective(s) of a study programme:

The Programme‘s aim is to prepare highly qualified practicians and analysts of creative industries able to apply flexible, innovative and creative models of enterprise, management and communication in the changing field of creative industries; to work independently in the field of creative industries and to develop original projects of creative industries; to perform independent scientific research and present recommendations thus contributing to the economic and social development of creative sector.

Learning outcomes:

To analyse and interpret creative practices from the point of view of social change and economic growth;
To explain the development of creative industries in Lithuania and Europe, building on the latest political documents, the guidelines for economic growth and theories of culture;
To relate the variety of creative products to the development of symbolic capital and the formation of social identities using contemporary theories of cultural communication;
To relate various technologies, institutions and media to the intensification of communication between art and society;
To apply advanced models of artistic practice, cultural communication and creative economy for the initiation, development and maintenance of the projects, organizations and networks of creative industries;
To analyse and evaluate the institutions, products, activities and networks of the creative sector by using the latest theories and methodologies of social sciences and humanities;
To map creative industries, using the tools of social and economical analysis of the creative sector;
To evaluate the social and economic potentials of the creative sector relating it to the existing experience of the European creative industries sector;
To apply the methods of management of cultural processes based on creativity and cooperation in the practices of creative industries;
To use the skills of systematic research acquired during the studies and the examples of good experiences in creating an independent creative industries projects.

Activities of teaching and learning:

Lectures: presentation of information (explanation, illustration), questions-answers, analysis of practical examples, commentaries about audiovisual material.
Seminars: oral presentations of individual as well as team work, case studies, discussions.
Individual work: study of basic and supplementary materials, essay writing.
Methods of assessment of learning achievements:
Every study subject is finalized by the assessment of student‘s knowledge and competence using an absolute ten-point grading scale. Students‘ achievements are assessed through midterm exam, other intermediate assignments (homework, individual and team projects) and examination (or student‘s individual creative project). The final mark integrates the evaluation of all assignments and the examination (or student‘s individual creative project). The evaluation of examination (or student‘s individual creative project) has to make no less than 50 percent of the final mark. The proportion of the evaluation of other assignments in the total assessment of student‘s learning achievements is set by the teacher and announced in the course of first lectures.

Specialisations:

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Optional courses:

Optional Subjects (3) Popular and Visual Culture; Social Groups and Communication; Communication in Modernity; Contexts and Cultures of Public Spheres; Management of Art Projects; Policy of Culture; Management of Institutions of Stage Arts; Tourism Infrastructure System; Postmodernism and Creative Industries; Contemporary Performing Arts: Theory and Creative Practices; Film Industries; Practice of Contemporary Art and Art Institutions.
Distinctive features of a study programme:
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