2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Global Creative Industries

Programme overview

Programme code
BA-PECI/GCI
UCAS code
W900
Duration
3 Years
Method of Attendance
Full Time
Programme manager
Dr Hughie Brown
Contact address
H.Brown1@leeds.ac.uk
Total credits
360
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme
The School of Performance and Cultural Industries
Examination board through which the programme will be considered
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups

Communication, Media, Film and Cultural Studies

While the programme sits across a number of potential disciplinary areas, the selected QAA Benchmark provides the best fit. In particular, it covers the production and consumption of cultural and creative products, policy, and management and professional practices. This statement foregrounds core concerns of this programme, including an understanding of the creative industries as significant areas of employment, the need for debate on the political and ethical aspects of cultural and creative production, and the development of transferrable skills, understanding and knowledge.

Entry requirements

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

Programme specification

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2023/2024 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2024 or after, you can find the details of your programme: href="https://webprod3.leeds.ac.uk/catalogue/dynprogrammes.asp?Y=202425&P=BAPECI%2FGCI-R">BA Global Creative Industries(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

This course provides you with the understanding and skills needed to sustain a career in the global creative industries. In a rapidly changing world of technology and global politics, it lays bare the foundations and commonalities of human creativity. It provides opportunities for you to put your knowledge into practice; in partnership with an established enterprise or based on your own initiative.

In your first year you will begin to explore how the global creative industries function and what makes them distinctive from other parts of the economy. You will explore case studies that speak to the social, economic, political and cultural impacts of cultural and creativity activity, and consider how creative industries has developed in different global contexts.

In year two, you will focus on policy and creative enterprise. You will consider how the creative industries are supported, valued and regulated by different governments around the world and work to develop your own policy proposals. You will also work with an external partner organisation to understand their business and solve a business problem on their behalf.

By your final year, you’ll have considerably more independence. You will work to complete a final year project that brings together your learning from previous years and is embedded in current best practice.

Across each level of study you will also take modules to help develop your skills in research and for employability in your preferred areas of the creative industries, to ensure you are ready to make the most of the opportunities as a University of Leeds graduate.

Throughout the course you’ll have the option to take optional modules to gain a wide range of experiences and develop specialist skills in managing festival, arts marketing, visual cultures, and more.

Year 1

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

CodeTitleCreditsSemesterPass for Progression
PECI1900Studying the Global Creative Industries20Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)PFP
PECI1901Understanding the Global Creative Industries40Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)PFP

Optional Modules

Candidates will be required to study 40-60 credits from the following optional modules:

CodeTitleCreditsSemesterPass for Progression
ARTF1048Introduction to Museum and Art Gallery Studies20Not running in 202425
COMM1210The History of Communication20Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
COMM1830Introduction to Cinema20Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FOAH1100Creative Africas: Culture and the Arts in Modern Africa20Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MUS1001Music and Society20Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MUS1131Talking About Pop Music: Discourse and Debates in Popular Music20Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MUS1211The Music Industries20Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PECI1706Managing Festivals and Events20Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery Modules

Candidates will be required to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules

Year 2

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

CodeTitleCreditsSemesterPass for Progression
PECI2900Researching the Global Creative Industries20Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)PFP
PECI2901Creative Enterprise20Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)PFP
PECI2902Culture, Creativity and Policy20Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)PFP

Optional Modules

Candidates will be required to study 40-60 credits from the following optional modules:

CodeTitleCreditsSemesterPass for Progression
ARTF2044Cinema and Culture20Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ARTF2069The Art Market: Moments, Methodologies, Meanings20Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ARTF2092The Museum20Not running in 202425
COMM2125Visual Communication20Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
COMM2725Digital Cultures20Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
COMM2780Media Policy20Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FOAH2020Towards the Future: Skills in Context20Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MUSS2125Music, Culture, Politics: the Long Sixties20Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MUSS2825Opera North: Opera in Practice20Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MUSS2827Marketing for Musicians20Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PECI2706Cultural Flashpoints in the Performing Arts20Not running in 202425
PECI2707Arts Marketing20Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PECI2714Politics, Identity and Performance20Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study 0-20 credits of discovery modules.

Discovery Modules

Year 3

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

CodeTitleCreditsSemesterPass for Progression
PECI3900Professional Development in the Global Creative Industries20Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)PFP
PECI3901Final Year Project40Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)PFP

Optional Modules

Candidates will be required to study 40-60 credits from the following optional modules:

CodeTitleCreditsSemesterPass for Progression
ARTF3024Curatorial Practice and the Country House 1950-present20Not running in 202425
ARTF3042Cultural Diversity in Museum and Material Culture - Case Study20Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ARTF3054Anthropology, Art and Representation20Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
COMM3260Understanding the Audience20Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
COMM3550Popular Music and Society20Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
COMM3715Internet Policy20Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
COMM3950Promotional Culture20Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PECI3702Enterprise Project40Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PECI3705Arts and Cultural Management20Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PECI3710Starting up in the Cultural Industries20Not running in 202425

Candidates will be required to study 0-20 credits of discovery modules.

Discovery Modules

Last updated: 23/07/2024 10:45:01

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