Freelance and Enterprise for the Creative Industries

Course aim

Students will be mentored to develop their small business management skills, entrepreneurial knowledge and build self-employment practices specifically relevant to the Creative Industries sector.     

Course content

Students will develop and draw upon their knowledge and skills of business management, business information systems, financial management including taxation, strategic planning, intellectual property, copyright, moral rights and trademarks as relevant to their discipline fields.

Students will develop knowledge and skills for navigating the art and design policy and funding environment including grant sourcing and applications, relevant industry associations for artists and designers, communication skills and strategies and collaborative and community art and design practice. Students will further develop their progressive program portfolio in this core course.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	1 hour x 10 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Lecture	1 hours x 6 days
Tutorial	2 hours x 6 days

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

Assessment

Portfolio, Presentation, Proposal, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4A)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
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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.