HUMAK University of Applied Sciences

Cultural Management Degree Programme

Humak/Turku Unit
Harjattulantie 80
Turku, 20960
Finland
Main Phone: +358 20 7621 234
Main E-Mail: pekka.vartiainen@humak.edu

Degree/Credential: Undergraduate ()
Web Site: http://www.humak.edu/english/culture/index.php

Program Director: PVartiainen [link available to AAAE members only]

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Program Goals and Objectives

During their studies the students follow a personal study programme, which gives each student unique professional skills. They become specialists in understanding culture and the arts, transmitting culture and creating suitable conditions for cultural and artistic activities. They acquire the skills needed to work at national and international level. During their studies they also become familiar with the new communication technologies

1. Humak common module 15 ECTS
2. The basis of cultural activities 45 ECTS
3. Cultural production and management 45 ECTS
4. Professional orientation 45 ECTS
1. Themes related to knowledge of the arts and culture
2. Themes related to multicultural work
3. Themes related to entrepreneurship
4. Themes in event management
5. Themes in administration
6. Themes in communication
7. Themes in cultural education
5. Optional studies 30 ECTS
6. Bachelor’s thesis and related subjects 30 ECTS

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Administration of the Program

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Curriculum

Cultural Export 2.-28.1.07 Kauniainen Unit
The course will start on 2 Jan 2006 with an orientation to studies at Humak. The economic foundations of culture in Finland various art forms in Finland, the Finnish culture and cultural entrepreneurship as well as the Nordic model of cultural export will be the starting points of the course. The students will learn to understand the economic foundation of culture as part of the state structure.

Students will learn to understand the meaning of tradition and history in the context of cultural production. Therefore, we will look at different cultural expressions (art forms, cultural symbols, habits, beliefs, customs, values) as a part of identity construction. Defining national cultural expressions as something that forms and deforms our own identity will be the theoretical starting point of our course. We will concentrate on Finnish cultural export, but we will also examine the subject on European and global level.

Media Education as a Tool for Cultural Producers 29.1.-18.3.07 Korpilahti Unit
This course familiarises students with the principles and implementation of media education in different forms from the perspective of a cultural producer. The methods of media education are studied in cooperation projects organised with local operators.

Children’s Culture and Event Production 19.3.-29.4.07 Turku Unit
The course will be realized in co-operation with the exchange students. Exchange students will produce a children's cultural event together with Finnish students. The event will combine European cultural diversity and the Finnish tradition of cultural policy. The course will be divided into two parts. The first part is a two-week contact teaching period. It includes studier of children's development by cultural education and comparing the status of children's culture around Europe. The second part is a four-week project. The students will produce children’s cultural event where they will take care of planning, informing and marketing. Though the focus will be on cultural tradition and questions relating to cultural production, the course will give students the possibility to take a closer look at the Finnish language, art and modern media culture.

International Cultural Cooperation, 30.4.-20.6.07 Joutseno Unit
In the project part of the course, students participate in production of the international Ugrijuhla 2007 festival, which showcases Finno-Ugric culture. The contact instruction part of the course familiarises students with the position and special characteristics of Finno-Ugric cultures, as well as with the challenges involved in producing an international cultural event.

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Admissions