Overview

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Focus on skills and knowledge required to thrive as a creator/entrepreneur in contemporary society. Exploration of the life cycle of various creative enterprises and the development of a personal plan to realize the student's goals. Additional topics to include an introduction to strategic and financial planning, brand development, contracts and business culture. Students with credit for FPA 381 may not take this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

Led by three community-invested arts professionals, this course will focus on honing and building the skills, knowledge, and perspectives necessary for creative entrepreneurs to navigate the complexities of developing and executing creative projects. The arc of the course will illuminate the life cycle and models of creative enterprises and provide an entrepreneurial toolbox directed towards market need and impact, value propositions, strategic planning, business modelling, legal and financial considerations, raising money, building a brand, and building a team. The course will also address self care, ethics, and values-based decision making.

This course is ideal for students who want to actualize their creative vision and practice with integrity, rigour and expertise. With a greater sense of curiosity, clarity and confidence, students will emerge from the course with a personal plan to set the stage for their future endeavours. The methodology of the course will include lectures, group discussions, collaborative exercises, student-led presentations, and wherever possible, experiential learning opportunities.

Evaluation will be based on:
1. Attendance and participation; 2. A case study/short paper (or equivalent); 3. A Business Plan/Budget; and 4. The creation of a strategic/personal plan for the student’s creative enterprise.

By the end of the course it is expected that students will have made progress on their personal trajectories by achieving practical and useable knowledge. An online presence on the Canvas site where students will find course announcements, updates, syllabus, readings, postings of relevant news, articles, podcasts, and opinion pieces for discussion, along with the resources and tasks related to assignments, collaborative projects and the like.

Grading

Materials

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