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New MBA

New MBA in IT Carlow's Wexford Campus 

MBA in Professional Arts Management - Level 9

The MBA in Professional Arts Management aims to provide students with an integrated and critically aware understanding of Professional Arts Management and assist them in becoming effective Arts Managers.

It offers the opportunity to enable arts practitioners to gain a qualification that could lead them to success as a top class manager within the arts sector or to becoming self-employed. Designed to equip you with advanced business knowledge and understanding of finance, the MBA also gives you the practical skills required to run a business.

There will be the opportunity to exchange knowledge with Welsh counterparts, and to discover the nuances between the different cultures.

The MBA is commencing in March 2012 and will run for 2 years as a part-time course from the Wexford Campus, IT Carlow.

Background 

Lead by Trinity Saint David University, CORACLE consists of a partnership of:

  • University of Wales – Trinity Saint David
  • Wexford Campus, IT Carlow
  • Wexford Arts Centre
  • Wexford County Council
  • Carmarthenshire County Council

All partners have specific roles to play with regard to improving skills and knowledge within the field of art and culture – connecting creativity, including gallery, festival and literary exchanges, & the development of youth theatre and associated skills.  The Wexford Campus and Trinity Saint David are the main partners for the MBA.

Who are we looking for?

  • Individual arts practitioners
  • Managers of venues; galleries; festivals (e.g.)
  • Graduates

Admission Requirement

Admission requirement for a postgraduate programme is a degree or a professional qualification recognised as equivalent.  Applicants applying for entry via routes other than these will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Selection will be made through CV & interview.

What does it entail?

  • Part time over 2 years
  • Hard work, dedication & sacrifice
  • Observation and reflective practice
  • An achievable goal through hard work
  • Satisfaction on your achievement
  • Euphoria when you succeed

Modules

  • Strategic Business Finance
  • Strategic HRM
  • Corporate Governance
  • Leadership and Strategy
  • Marketing and the Arts
  • Research Methods
  • Culturepreneurship
  • Funding and the Arts
  • Arts Entrepreneurship
  • Professional Arts Management Project
  • Final work will be a dissertation

 

For further information please contact:
Sarah Hendry, Coracle Administrator
Wexford Campus (IT Carlow), Summerhill Road, Wexford
t: 053 9185814

Contacts

Joseph Collins

Mr Joseph Collins, B.A., H.Dip.Ed, S.T.B., STL, M.Ed
Head of Lifelong Learning

T: 059-917-5290
E: joseph.collins

John O'Neill

Dr John O'Neill, BA PhD
Assistant Head of Flexible and Lifelong Learning

T: 059-917-5280
E: john.oneill