Module manager: Jonathan Ward
Email: j.ward1@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
PECI5204M
This module is not approved as an Elective
Culture and creativity are often valued as a source of competitive advantage between and within global economies. They simultaneously play a vital role in how we understand ourselves and the world around us. In this module, exploring how these ideas are sometimes in conflict, and will critically question how the concepts of culture and creativity are valued in society. You will place these debates in context exploring how they influence and impact individuals, policymakers, and organisations across cultural and creative sectors.
On completion of this module, you will understand how and why culture and creativity are valued in different ways by different stakeholders. You will have the ability to identify and critically engage with key debates around the roles of culture and creativity in society, and develop critical arguments and engage with alternative accounts of how they might be valued.
Lectures will introduce key ideas and seminars will provide a space to explore them with peers. You will explore case studies and examples drawn from your own experience and research to understand how theory applies in practice.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Contextualise the role(s) and value(s) of culture and creativity.
2. Synthesise literatures to critically explore tensions in the role(s) and value(s) of culture and creativity in contemporary economies.
3. Critically apply relevant theory to selected contemporary contexts.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
4. Collect, consider and critically evaluate information.
5. Work independently to plan, research, synthesise concepts and articulate opinion following appropriate conventions.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| Practical | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Seminar | 8 | 1.5 | 12 |
| Private study hours | 276 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 24 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 300 | ||
Seminars and workshops are important points for formative feedback, with time to discuss progress on each assessment. The first piece of coursework, while summative, is worth only 20% of the overall module mark, this allows you to formatively practice academic skills prior to the second submission.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Assignment | 20 |
| Coursework | Assignment | 80 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
The exact form of each assessment point will be outlined on the assessment brief. In most cases, resits will take the same type of task, though in some cases we may need to change this (e.g. from a group to individual submission).
Check the module area in Minerva for your reading list
Last updated: 13/02/2025
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