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Creative Arts Management (PgCert)
Course Overview
This PgCert aims to meet a proven need for graduates with skills in creative arts management. Recent research has shown that creative arts enterprises need graduates with skills in producing, arts management, curation, marketing, and similar entrepreneurial skills. Delivered in collaboration with Galway International Arts Festival, Druid Theatre, and other University of Galway creative arts partners, this Cert will provide skills in design thinking, producing and curation, and business/management, while also offering an accredited work placement with a creative arts business. Students gain hands-on skills in practice-based modules that are delivered on-campus (with blended options available for those living away from Galway). It includes a strong focus on targeted career development; students carry out an internship with an arts organisation and participate in supervised work experience projects.
Applications and Selections
Applications are made online via Springboard: https://springboardcourses.ie/details/10483.
Who Teaches this Course
- Marianne Kennedy

T: +353 91 49 2623
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Requirements and Assessment
Key Facts
Entry Requirements
Applicants are required to hold a primary degree in Arts, Business, or other cognate area OR have at least five years' relevant work experience in creative arts OR business/management (RPL will be available).
Additional Requirements
Duration
1 year, part-time
Next start date
September 2023
A Level Grades ()
Average intake
15
QQI/FET FETAC Entry Routes
Closing Date
To be advised.
NFQ level
Mode of study
ECTS weighting
30
Award
CAO
Course code
1CAM5
Course Outline
Module EN6142—Creative Arts Ideas Lab: This course provides practical skills development in Design Thinking, models for using creativity in business, and case studies of creative business practice including Netflix, Pixar, Romero Gaming, and others.
Module DT6132—Advanced Producing and Curation: This module provides practical skills in the fields of producing and curation, covering such areas as budgeting, marketing, management, funding and fundraising, development, and HR.
Module DT6110—Practical Work Experience: In this module, students engage in a work placement with one of the university's creative arts partners. This structured work placement will include a reflective assessment and research component, and is co-designed by industry partners.
The taught component of this programme is 30 ECTS, Course modules are assessed by a combination of essays, class projects, seminar presentations, and practice-based activities.
Why Choose This Course?
Career Opportunities
This programme is ideally suited to people who wish to develop skills in the area of creative arts management, and will be of relevance to people who wish to develop new opportunities in the arts, tourism, and related fields.
Who’s Suited to This Course
Learning Outcomes
Transferable Skills Employers Value
Work Placement
Study Abroad
Related Student Organisations
Course Fees
Fees: EU
Fees: Tuition
Fees: Student levy
Fees: Non EU
In 2022/23 this course is government-funded, via Springboard scheme https://springboardcourses.ie/
Find out More
Professor Patrick Lonergan
T: +353 91 494 426
E: patrick.lonergan@universityofgalway.ie