Master's Degree, Institute of Philosophy and Socio-Political Sciences

51.04.01 Cultural Studies

Program length: 2 years

Language of study: Russian

Place of study: Rostov-on-Don

Purpose of this educational program

Cultural heritage and culture in general are an important and even defining resource of territorial and regional development. A manager dealing with socio-cultural projects is not just a specialist working in a certain cultural institution, be it a library, museum or gallery of modern art. The focus of the head of socio-cultural projects is working with cultural resources, practices and meanings, solving problems of regional, social and cultural development.

The study of theoretical and practical disciplines that improve competencies in the field of socio-cultural project management and art management.

The program may be of interest to teachers of theoretical and applied courses, social disciplines, museologists, employees of various cultural institutions, journalists, methodologists, teachers of professional training in the field of art, employees of ministries and municipal services, as well as anyone wishing to improve their education and qualifications in the field of cultural management.

Core curriculum

Advantages of this study program:

• High potential for the use of cultural resources for the development of territories.
• The growth of the "creative economy". The development of both the non-profit and commercial sectors in the field of culture, the expansion of the zone of influence of small and medium-sized businesses in the humanitarian sphere.
• Blended learning training format (allows students from different localities and any regions to join the program). An individual training plan.
• Interdisciplinary (the curriculum includes such disciplines as: museum design; art management; art therapy; socio-cultural design; cultural expertise; cultural mediation; management in the field of education, science and culture; project management, etc.)
• Among the teachers of the program are leading experts in the field of cultural studies.
• The program optimally combines applied and research components, and also provides students with ample opportunities in the formation of an individual educational trajectory.
• Creation of new career opportunities. The possibility of target contracts.
• Academic trainings are held at the Cultural institutions of the Rostov region, as well as at the Institute of Philosophy and Socio-Political Sciences of the Southern Federal University.

Prospects. Career & Employment

Features of management in the field of culture are determined by the solution of specific tasks as:

propaganda among the population of professional art; development of genres; creating conditions that provide opportunities for professional and creative growth of performers.

Upon graduation, the student will be able to:

• Master modern socio-cultural and information technologies of the cultural industry;
• Possess practical aspects of cultural knowledge (cultural consulting, cultural management, project activities);
• Understand the systemic nature of modern cultural processes;
• He will gain knowledge in history and modern cultural studies, knowledge in the field of problems of modern culture;
• He will gain knowledge of the functioning of cultural institutions and organizations, markets, and audiences;
• He will develop skills in organizing projects in the field of culture;
• He will gain knowledge in the history of art, the main directions, aesthetic traditions;
• He will gain knowledge in the field of media and marketing, in the field of copyright.

The head of socio-cultural projects carries out project activities in the field of culture in the range from local projects to systemic programs of regional and urban development, uses the potential of cultural resources to intensify the development of a territory or community.

Culture can and should be managed, and this requires professional skills. A manager in the field of culture is an actual and in-demand profession in the modern world!