KLS 3600 Creative Skills
KLS 3600 Creative Skills
The course explores how creative and artistic skills in the creative industries can be transferred to and utilized by private businesses and the public sector. Music, theatre, visual arts, architecture, design, literature, film, gaming, and more appeal to our senses and enable us to experience and understand in a different way than rational argumentation and communication. This does not mean that this creativity is particularly mysterious or irrational; it also requires specific knowledge, certain methods, and learned craftsmanship. Creative and artistic skills are primarily used to create pure cultural and design products and artworks, but they can also be used to enhance communication, organization, innovation, etc., in private businesses and public institutions. In this course, we will study these skills in both theory and practice.
Insight into the use and benefits of creative skills in private businesses and the public sector: visual, musical, improvisation, role-playing, interaction, aesthetic communication, dramaturgy, etc. The knowledge is acquired through the study of theory and practical exercises.
Ability to identify the need for and usefulness of different creative skills for various tasks in the organization. Methodological skills in the practical use of creative and artistic skills.
Understanding the resources of the creative industries applied appropriately across sectors.
- Concrete skills possessed by the creative industries; visual, musical, design, improvisation, role-playing, interaction, communicative, dramaturgy, etc.
- Aesthetic capital - positioning the form of capital.
- Status quo: to what extent does Norwegian business collaborate with the creative industries today?
- How are creative skills utilized in different organizations?
- Barriers to collaboration and utilization of creative skills.
- Practical examples and exercises.
| Mandatory coursework | Courseworks given | Courseworks required | Comment coursework |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandatory | 3 | 2 |
| Assessments |
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Submission PDF Exam/hand-in semester: First Semester Weight: 100 Grouping: Group (1 - 3) Duration: 1 Semester(s) Exam code: KLS 36001 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination every semester |
| Activity | Duration | Comment |
|---|---|---|
Teaching | 30 Hour(s) | |
Group work / Assignments | 40 Hour(s) | |
Prepare for teaching | 55 Hour(s) | |
Examination | 75 Hour(s) |
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.
