CCI10010 Cultural Policy in Context

Academic Year 2024/2025

Working in the creative and cultural industries requires an understanding of cultural policy. In this module, we will focus on four key questions: what is cultural policy, how does it operate, what is it (or could it be) for, and how does it matter to our everyday lives. Through reading, discussion and creative activities, we will consider the ways in which such policies come to frame how we think about our own creative and cultural lives. Through engaging directly with policy itself, students will work towards applying their learning to their development of a university-wide policy to support the creative and cultural life of UCD students.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module students will be able to
• Recognise and identify ways in which public policy interacts with culture
• Demonstrate familiarity with and application of correct terminology when analysing these interactions
• Identify and critically engage with the forms that cultural policy takes
• Gain an understanding of the main actors involved in the field of Irish cultural policy making
• Develop an understanding of approaches to the cultural policy making process
• Recognise and question some of the key concerns of cultural policy
• Recognise and critically engage with how cultural policy problems are defined
• Recognise and question the values associated with cultural policies

Indicative Module Content:

the scope of cultural policy; composition of the state bodies involved in cultural policy; key actors / institutions involved in cultural policy; policymaking process; applications and effects of cultural policy; relationship of cultural policy to every day (and working) lives

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

12
Seminar (or Webinar)

12
Autonomous Student Learning

100
Total

124
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Session topics will be explored through independent study—such as reading, engaging with video / audio materials, a mixture of lectures, individual and group work and discussion. Sessions will be interactive. They will involve frequent questions, active learning, and guest speakers. Students will be expected to prepare in advance and for sessions based on independent study activities. Students will be supported to value and bring their own perspective to class and group discussions and informal presentations.

A range of case studies and examples drawn from the sector, academic reading, news articles, and audio and video clips will aid us in understanding and critically engaging in our examination.
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade

Not yet recorded.

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Substantial written feedback will be posted to Brightspace individually for each student, following submission. Criteria for each assessment is detailed in the syllabus.

Name Role
Dr Annette Clancy Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Nathalie Weadick Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Carla Briggs Tutor