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KLS 3561 Art and Design Industries

KLS 3561 Art and Design Industries

Course code: 
KLS 3561
Department: 
Communication and Culture
Credits: 
7.5
Course coordinator: 
Peter Booth
Course name in Norwegian: 
Art and Design Industries
Product category: 
Bachelor
Portfolio: 
Bachelor of Creative Industries Management - Programme Courses
Semester: 
2019 Autumn
Active status: 
Active
Level of study: 
Bachelor
Teaching language: 
English
Course type: 
One semester
Introduction

Along with other elements of the creative industries, art and design are forecast have increased social and economic importance both locally and abroad in the coming years. Broadly covering the visual arts, graphic and visual design, digital design, and formgiving design (clothing, furniture, interior, etc.), the course facilitates students to gain knowledge about the art and design industries' actors, structures, processes, metrics of value, economic and cultural policy conditions, and range of visual expressions. Students develop skills in art and design related communication/marketing and how to adapt traditional project management tools for working with artists and designers.

Learning outcomes - Knowledge

On completion of the course the student should have:

  • Acquired ‘mapping’ knowledge about the art and design industries' sub-categories, actors, structures, and processes.
  • For the areas of art and design focused on (visual arts, graphic and visual design, digital design, and formgiving design), knowledge of the range of goods and visual expressions produced, and a basic knowledge of the language used to describe art and design goods.
  • Knowledge of the basic theories of value used for measuring and comparing the worth of art and design goods
  • Basic knowledge of the economic value chain in art and design
  • Basic knowledge of contemporary economic and (where relevant) political conditions that impact production, value creation and incomes.
  • Knowledge about the characteristics of creative labor in the art and design industries
  • Knowledge of the challenges and methods of communication and project management specifically adapted to the art and design industries.
Learning outcomes - Skills

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

  • Identify the critical elements of value creation in the art and design industries
  • Communicate the genre and value of a range of aesthetic expressions
  • Identify common problems in project managing art and design work, and adapt basic project management principles for specificities of such projects
  • Use English language more competently in the creative industries
General Competence

After completion of the course, the student will be able to:

  • Reflect on the different and sometimes competing attitudes to the aesthetic and economic elements that are peculiar to the art and design industries.
  • Develop a sensibility for the complex range of motivators within both industries.
  • Reflect on the specificities of the art and design industries in Norway compared to a broader international context.
Course content
  • What is art and design and what (if anything) separates them?
  • Mapping the art and design industries by their goods
  • Visual expression, the challenges of communication, and approaches to communicating art and design
  • Systems of value in art and design, and the correlation and antagonism between these
  • Mapping of actors in the art and design industries
  • The financial value chain within art and design
  • The market for art and design goods
  • Challenges and options for financing art and design
  • Project management within art and design industries
  • Communicating art and design
Teaching and learning activities

The course is conducted with the help of lectures by course responsible and external guests, as well lectures at institution visits. The student is encouraged to do the relevant readings prior to seminars, to actively participate in seminars, and to work consistently throughout the semester in order to complete and submit all six (6) assignments.

The student is evaluated 100% individually through a portfolio evaluation at the end of the course. A total of six portfolio assignments will be given, of which five will be submitted during the semester. Each student will receive feedback on his/her efforts during the semester via peer evaluation, and each portfolio assignment is published to all fellow students in the course for self-development.

The final folder submission, which will determine each student’s grade, must consist of a total of four folder tasks. Except for the sixth assignment (mandatory), the student can select the remaining three folder assignments for the submission.

Further information on deadlines and structure of the folder will be given at the start of the course.

Software tools
No specified computer-based tools are required.
Additional information

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Qualifications

Higher Education Entrance Qualification.

Required prerequisite knowledge

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Exam categoryWeightInvigilationDurationGroupingComment exam
Exam category:
Submission
Form of assessment:
Written submission
Exam code:
KLS 35611
Grading scale:
ECTS
Grading rules:
Internal and external examiner
Resit:
Examination when next scheduled course
100No1 Semester(s)Individual The final portfolio submission, which will determine each student’s grade, must consist of a total of four folder tasks. Except for the sixth assignment (mandatory), the student can select the remaining three folder assignments for submission from the five tasks completed during the semester.
Exams:
Exam category:Submission
Form of assessment:Written submission
Weight:100
Invigilation:No
Grouping (size):Individual
Duration:1 Semester(s)
Comment:The final portfolio submission, which will determine each student’s grade, must consist of a total of four folder tasks. Except for the sixth assignment (mandatory), the student can select the remaining three folder assignments for submission from the five tasks completed during the semester.
Exam code: KLS 35611
Grading scale:ECTS
Resit:Examination when next scheduled course
Type of Assessment: 
Portfolio assessment
Total weight: 
100
Student workload
ActivityDurationComment
Teaching
28 Hour(s)
Prepare for teaching
80 Hour(s)
Submission(s)
92 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.