KLS 3552 Financing Creative Indutries

KLS 3552 Financing Creative Indutries

Course code: 
KLS 3552
Department: 
Communication and Culture
Credits: 
7.5
Course coordinator: 
Anne-Britt Gran
Course name in Norwegian: 
Finansiering av kreativ næring
Product category: 
Bachelor
Portfolio: 
Bachelor of Creative Industries Management - Programme Courses
Semester: 
2019 Spring
Active status: 
Active
Level of study: 
Bachelor
Teaching language: 
Norwegian
Course type: 
One semester
Introduction

The course will provide an introduction to private and public funding forms in general, and provide particular emphasis on cultural sponsorship. Students will be introduced to key concepts and theoretical approaches within these fields, and the material will be contextualised from a historical perspective.

Learning outcomes - Knowledge

The course will provide an introduction to private and public forms of financing in the creative sector, as well as exploring theories concerning the historical relationships and contradictions that exist between capital and culture/arts. The student will become acquainted with theories regarding cultural sponsorship, cultural entrepreneurism, and crowdfunding. Furthermore, the student will acquire knowledge about the economics of the various creative industries.

Learning outcomes - Skills

Students should be able to explain the main principles of financing forms. The student should be able to analyse the complex relationships between culture and capital using theories of cultural sponsorship/partnership, aesthetisation and cultural entrepreneurship. During the course, students will learn to apply the newly acquired historical insights and the theoretical tools to contemporary real life examples. Students should also be able to outline an overall strategy for cultural sponsorship/partnership.

Learning Outcome - Reflection

Students should develop respect for knowledge and scientific and cultural values, and will learn to handle the ethical dilemmas that arise where culture and business intersect.

Course content
  • Financing of creative industries past and present
  • Theoretical perspectives on the relationship between culture and capital, art and commerce, culture and industry
  • The market as a financing principle
  • Cultural sponsorship as a form of financing
  • Public financing forms
  • The business market for the creative industry
  • Crowdfunding as a new form of financing
Learning process and requirements to students

The course is taught via lectures, group case work and in-class case presentation. There will be 24 hours of lectures on course topics, and 8 hours will be used for case work, presentations, and discussion of presentations.

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

Higher Education Entrance Qualification.

Required prerequisite knowledge

There are no special requirements for this course

Assessments
Assessments
Exam category: 
Submission
Form of assessment: 
Written submission
Weight: 
60
Grouping: 
Group (2 - 3)
Duration: 
1 Semester(s)
Exam code: 
KLS 35521
Grading scale: 
ECTS
Resit: 
Examination every semester
Exam category: 
Submission
Form of assessment: 
Written submission
Invigilation
Weight: 
40
Grouping: 
Individual
Support materials: 
  • No support materials
Duration: 
3 Hour(s)
Comment: 
Re-sit exams are however possible to do separately. All parts must be passed to obtain final grade in the course.
Exam code: 
KLS 35522
Grading scale: 
ECTS
Resit: 
Examination every semester
Exam organisation: 
Ordinary examination
All exams must be passed to get a grade in this course.
Total weight: 
100
Student workload
ActivityDurationComment
Teaching
24 Hour(s)
Feedback activities and counselling
8 Hour(s)
Prepare for teaching
18 Hour(s)
Group work / Assignments
54 Hour(s)
Case preparation / case work 
Student's own work with learning resources
60 Hour(s)
Examination
36 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.