School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

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  • Unit Title

    Arts Management Studio
  • Unit Code

    ADM3625
  • Year

    2025
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    30
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Vahri MCKENZIE

Description

In this capstone unit, students apply integrated research, analytical, evaluation, management and producing skills during an internship (with an arts company, organisation or cultural institution) or original arts development project. Students who undertake an internship will complete a project agreed upon on between the host partner organisation and the Unit Coordinator. Students who undertake project development will be encouraged to work collaboratively with graduating students from WAAPA (and/or ECU’s creative, technical and performance courses) and produce supporting documentation that must address the potential future implementation of the a final project. All students also prepare for future employment by creating a three-year post-graduation career plan and documenting and publishing their skills and accomplishment in an employer-ready online professional portfolio.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Students will undertake an industry internship or develop an original arts project.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Engage in reflection and critical dialogue with peers, industry and other stakeholders about the issues impacting the management of arts organisations and creative projects.
  2. Conceptualise a project outcome related to a relevant industry/professional evaluation or an original arts project development brief.
  3. Apply high-level research and analysis skills in a professional arts context.
  4. Present a professional portfolio of work demonstrating ongoing reflection on learning and experiences, and integrating work completed inside and outside of university.
  5. Use networking skills to develop industry relationships.

Unit Content

  1. Communicating the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological approach to an arts management project or arts organisation assessment.
  2. Workplace/Studio observations and research, and application to management theory.
  3. The impact of different cultural environments on art form management and practice.
  4. The relationship between an arts project director or company’s management and the administration, production, and performance/artistic team.
  5. Personal attributes required for arts employment or project leadership.
  6. The application of financial analytical skills.
  7. Self-reflection and peer assessment on internship or project evaluation outcomes.
  8. Industry networking, career planning and self-promotion through a professional portfolio.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

WIL - Internship, Clinical or Professional placement (off-campus)

Work done in an actual workplace in which the student applies discipline-specific knowledge and skills, supervised by an industry professional separate from an ECU campus or location.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will undertake an industry internship or develop an original arts project.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectIndependent project60%
PortfolioProfessional portfolio (including career plan)40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectIndependent project60%
PortfolioProfessional portfolio (including career plan)40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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