KLS 3400 Introduction to art and creative industry

KLS 3400 Introduction to art and creative industry

Course code: 
KLS 3400
Department: 
Communication and Culture
Credits: 
7.5
Course coordinator: 
Terje Gaustad
Course name in Norwegian: 
Introduksjon til kunst og kreativ næring
Product category: 
Bachelor
Portfolio: 
Bachelor of Creative Industries Management - Programme Courses
Semester: 
2019 Autumn
Active status: 
Active
Level of study: 
Bachelor
Teaching language: 
Norwegian
Course type: 
One semester
Introduction

This is an introduction course for students who have interests within artistic and creative industry.  Creative industry embraces a broad segment of cultural and economic activities, such as music, design, film, dance, theatre, visual arts, and games. Here we find aesthetic expressions that challenge and entertain, art that is created for its own purpose, and creative products and services generated on a commercial platform. In these are organizations for which state funding makes up a substantial element of their financing we also find businesses that more or less exclusively generate their income on the market. But what these divisions of the art and creative industries have in common is that they are perceived by many as existentially meaningful. This is given expression by the energy spent by businesses to create content that contributes to covering our need to find meaning in what we do.    

The course provides an introduction to central definitions, structures, logics and transitions that management in art and the creative industries should be aware of. As well as providing access to knowledge regarding the internal aspects of the creative industries, it also provides insight into the industry’s role in society. 

Learning outcomes - Knowledge

Students will acquire a broad base of skills regarding common features and variations in art and the creative industries, and management in the creative industries. They will acquire knowledge of aesthetic, economic and organizational aspects of the industry, as well as history and processes of change in the industry. 

Learning outcomes - Skills

Students will be able to explain and analyse how basic features of art and the creative industries. They will learn how to produce and discuss central issues within the industry in written form. 

General Competence

Students will develop their ability to reflect on the values that provide the foundation for different aesthetic and economic approaches in art and the creative industries. They will provide nuance for the variations that exist. 

Course content
  • What is art? 
  • What is creative industry?
  • What characterizes creative processes? 
  • Which industries are part of the creative industry, and what characterizes them? 
  • What characterizes the economy in art and creative industry - historically and today?
  • What is the role of politics and public authorities in the arts and creative industries, historically and today?
Teaching and learning activities

The course is carried out with the use of lectures and case studies complimented by external guests.

Software tools
No specified computer-based tools are required.
Qualifications

Higher Education Entrance Qualification.

Required prerequisite knowledge

No specific prerequisites is required.

Assessments
Assessments
Exam category: 
Submission
Form of assessment: 
Written submission
Weight: 
100
Grouping: 
Individual
Duration: 
1 Semester(s)
Exam code: 
KLS 34001
Grading scale: 
ECTS
Resit: 
Examination when next scheduled course
Type of Assessment: 
Portfolio assessment
Total weight: 
100
Student workload
ActivityDurationComment
Teaching
30 Hour(s)
Other in classroom
6 Hour(s)
Prepare for teaching
70 Hour(s)
Submission(s)
70 Hour(s)
Group work / Assignments
24 Hour(s)
Sum workload: 
200

A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 7,5 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 200 hours.