BA Business of the Creative Industries
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 34 points BTEC: DDM We consider a range of BTEC qualifications equivalent to 3 A Levels, or in combination with A Levels or other qualifications. For example: Distinction, Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Diploma plus B at A Level Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate plus AB at A level Distinction, Distinction in 2 BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificates plus B at A level
About this course
BA (Hons) Business of the Creative Industries, a degree spanning business management and film studies, explores enterprise operations across the cultural sector. Core topics include programming and design & creative practice. Students can undertake an optional internship or year in industry with organisations such as Disney and Warner Bros. The first year establishes fundamental concepts through modules including Content Development, Creative Business Leadership, Creative Materials, and Introduction to Screen Production Methods. The second year focuses on enterprise operations with compulsory study in Creative Business Methods: Finance and the Law, Creative Business Strategies, Creative Event Production, and Marketing and Branding. Optional modules in the second year allow study in areas such as audio editing, creative producing, and interactive media and society. The final year involves core investigations through Individual Project, Research and Data in the Creative Industries, and Group Project. Optional modules in the final year span topics such as advanced producing for film and television, gaming: industry and culture, and the future of story: storytelling in the digital age.
Modules
- Content Development
- Creative Business Leadership
- Creative Materials
- Introduction to Screen Production Methods
- Business for Performance
- Business for Screen
- Creative Business Methods: Finance and the Law
- Creative Business Strategies
- Creative Event Production
- Marketing and Branding
- Approaches to Directing and Design
- Audio Editing
- Creative Producing
- Current Issues in Film & Television
- Creative Sound and Image Production
- Current Trends in Theatre: New Writing, New Practices, New Contexts
- Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative
- Global History and Music of the African Diaspora
- Global Producing Contexts
- GUI Media: Aesthetics and Issues of the Digital Screen
- Histories and Politics of Theatre-Making
- Interactive Media and Society
- Introduction to Digital Culture
- Introduction to Media Technologies
- Introduction to the Music Business
- Music Festival
- Non Fiction Forms of Film and Television
- Performance Design
- Programming for Digital Media
- Promoting the Health and Wellbeing of Musicians
- Sound Studies
- Studio Production
- The Community Music Practitioner
- The Discipline of Genre
- Theatre as Industry
- Theatre Texts and Contexts
- TV Research Skills
- Writing for Film and Television
- Individual Project
- Research and Data in the Creative Industries
- Group Project
- Advanced Producing for Film and Television
- Advanced Studio Techniques
- AI and its Application to Creative Practice
- Business & Innovation in Digital Enterprise
- Current Trends in Theatre: New Writing, New Practices, New Contexts
- Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries
- Esports Content Production
- Feminism on Screen
- Gaming: Industry and Culture
- Music Education and Social Justice
- Music Festival
- Non-Fiction Forms of Film and TV
- The Contemporary Opera Industry
- The Future of Story: Storytelling in the Digital Age
- TV Research Skills