Bachelor of Creative Industries (Festivals and Arts Production) (City)

Develop the business planning, logistics and marketing skills to thrive in the fast-paced festivals sector. Learn the essential entrepreneurial skills to 'make it' in the festivals and arts landscape, and tailor the degree to meet your individual goals in the creative industries. You'll be mentored to set your own unique path long before you graduate and you'll learn essential skills in event management, design and communication. You'll graduate with the technical knowledge to plan and deliver large-scale events, plus hands-on experience in working as part of a multi-disciplinary creative team to curate and produce your own site-specific arts projects.

Flinders' city campus at Festival Plaza is a place where potential meets possibility. Offering a broad range of study areas, this unique, modern space in the heart of Adelaide is designed for collaborative learning, interactive teaching and industry engagement. Positioned adjacent to the Adelaide Railway Station on North Terrace and central to trams and buses, Festival Plaza provides students with greater connection, convenience and accessibility when selecting their preferred study location.

Please note only Year 1 topics of this course will be available in 2024. If you have been granted credit transfer or wish to apply for credit transfer for this course on the basis of previous study and you are granted credit, this may mean you will not be able to enrol in Year 2 or higher year topics, nor able to enrol on a full-time basis until 2025.

The Bachelor of Creative Industries (Festivals and Arts Production) aims to develop the creativity, strategic thinking, business capability and practical skills required for success in the creative and cultural industries sector and specifically in the design and development of festivals and arts events. This degree promotes the ability to work adaptively with new media and disruptive technologies in a fast-changing technologically driven industry environment and provides experience in working collaboratively, as part of an interdisciplinary creative team.

On completion of this degree students will be able to apply theories of creative production and cultural value to analyse festivals and arts events and critically assess festivals and arts events in terms of their feasibility, sustainability and cultural and societal outcomes. Students will develop and deliver creative industries projects and events while working independently and collaboratively with a range of partnership opportunities and funding sources for creative industries projects and events. Students will be able to interpret and critically evaluate contemporary policy for the creative arts and industries and combine skills in creative development, project management and marketing and apply them to deliver festivals and arts events.

This degree prepares graduates for careers in creative and cultural industries. Potential occupations may include event coordinator, producer and grant administrator; potential employers may include festivals, youth arts organisations and local and state government organisations.