KLS XX31 Creative Skills

KLS XX31 Creative Skills

Course code: 
KLS XX31
Department: 
Communication and Culture
Credits: 
7.5
Course coordinator: 
Anne-Britt Gran
Course name in Norwegian: 
Kreative kompetanser
Product category: 
Bachelor
Portfolio: 
Bachelor of Creative Industries Management - Programme Courses
Semester: 
2026 Spring
Active status: 
Planned
Level of study: 
Bachelor
Teaching language: 
Norwegian
Course type: 
One semester
Introduction

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, theater, 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.

Learning outcomes - Knowledge

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.

Learning outcomes - Skills

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.

General Competence

Understanding the resources of the creative industries applied appropriately across sectors.

Course content
  • 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.
Software tools
No specified computer-based tools are required.
Total weight: 
0
Sum workload: 
0

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.