Module: AM7004-30 Placement

Level: 7

Credit Value: 30

Module Tutor: Judith Robinson

Module Tutor Contact Details: j.robinson@bathspa.ac.uk

1.Brief description and aims of module

Your placement should include approximately 15-20 days working in or with an arts organisation. How your time is distributed will be a matter for negotiation between you and your placement host, mediated by MA Arts Management Placements Coordinator

Full-time students usually complete their placement over one trimester; part-time students usually complete their placement over two trimesters, as worked out in negotiation with the Course Director.

In addition to the work you complete for your placement organisation, you should use your time to research relevant professional practice, and current arts and cultural strategies and policies; to consider the work of comparative bodies; and to reflect on your learning, both personally and professionally.

Your placement may involve work on a specific project or a range of different pieces of work, as agreed with your host organisation.

2.Outline syllabus

• Placement preparation
• Skills audit
• Organisation research/context
• Placement activities
• Reflection and evaluation of placement experience
• Preparation of placement portfolio

3.Teaching and learning activities

Your placement may involve work on a specific project or a range of different pieces of work, as agreed with your host organisation in consultation with the Placements Coordinator and Course Director as appropriate. You will be supported on placement by the Placements Coordinator and by designated mentor in the host organisation.

Assessment Item 1:

• Assessment Type: Course Work
• Description: Organisation Case Study (2,000 words)
• % Weighting: 25%

Assessment Item 2:

• Assessment Type: Course Work
• Description: Placement Portfolio (equiv. 5,000 words)
• % Weighting: 75%