Venues and Facilities Management

Course aim

The aim of this course is to examine the strategic design of cultural venues and facilities and their successful management.

Course content

With cultural venues and facilities being built and managed throughout the world, in an environment where they are becoming more exciting, grander and more innovative in design, the challenges of building and managing them has become more complex. Hence, this course covers:

• Strategic Design of Venues & Facilities
• Big Bucks and Building Design Decisions
• Connecting to Community
• Connecting with Audiences and precincts Strategic
• Choices in Venue & Facilities Management
• Putting it all Together to achieve social and financial returns

Textbook(s)

Frumkin, P. & Kolenda, A. 2014, Building for the Arts: The Strategic Design of Cultural Facilities, University of Chicago Press, Chicago

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	3 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External	30 hours equiv x N/A
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	30 hours equiv x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Project, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.