The arts and cultural sectors are changing and evolving, creating a demand for qualified art managers. These graduates will manage arts organisations, cultural venues, festivals, heritage sites, publishing houses and a range of performing and visual arts programs.
This Masters program develops students’ skills in innovation and leadership through practical experience in the arts and cultural sector. Under the direction of teachers with extensive industry experience, it prepares graduates who will lead these sectors to a new and dynamic future. This course provides you with a tailored business education emphasising management, marketing and finance skills. These skill sets are vital for the success of arts and cultural organisations as they face common challenges such as organisational sustainability, enhancing cultural vitality and building relationships with audiences.
You’ll be taught by staff with wide-reaching, practical experience in management and leadership across a range of arts and cultural sectors. You’ll also have the opportunity to engage with a range of industry representatives, be exposed to the work of cutting-edge thinkers, and integrate your work and learning. Our course is structured within the framework of a business education and enhanced through a series of industry-specific projects ideal for those working in the arts and cultural sectors. It includes an internship/ work project capstone unit that ensures students are able to apply their theoretical knowledge through ‘hands on’ industry practice.
Indicative student workload
As a student in the Faculty of Business and Law, you can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include classes, seminars, practicals and online interaction. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.
Fees and charges vary depending on your course, your fee category and the year you started. To find out about the fees and charges that apply to you, visit the Current students fees website.
Course Learning Outcomes
Graduate Learning Outcome
Course Learning Outcome
Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities
Assess a broad range of specialised management approaches and their application to arts organisations, while contributing to new discipline knowledge and extending current arts management practice.
Communication
Determine appropriate communication strategies and techniques in the practice of arts management.
Digital literacy
Apply the use of digital technologies in relation to arts the practice of arts management.
Critical thinking
Appraise and synthesise information in order to understand and apply theories of arts management and extend current practice.
Problem solving
Determine solutions to a diverse range of current and emerging arts management challenges and issues.
Self-management
Personalise reflections on arts management practice and plan professional careers.
Teamwork
Participate and collaborate with arts management practitioners.
Global citizenship
Incorporate arts management theory and practice from a range of cultural and international contexts and address the requirements of ethical practice.
Course rules
To complete the Master of Business (Arts and Cultural Management), students must attain a total of 16 credit points, consisting of 10 credit points of core units and 6 credit points of elective units. Most units (think of units as 'subjects') are equal to 1 credit point.
Students are introduced to research tools and techniques in core units of the course where they learn analytic skills and the practical application of those skills in professional contexts. They must also complete advanced level units and a capstone unit that require them to integrate the skills learnt over their course of study and produce applied pieces of research with reference to prevailing literature.
