FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
DEPARTMENT OF ARTS
PROFESSIONAL AREA: MUSICAL AND DANCE ARTMajor: STAGE ART, MANAGEMENT AND CREATIVE PRODUCING
Professional qualification: Master in Stage Art, Management and Creative Producing
Level of qualification: Educational-and-qualification Degree "Master"
Duration of programme:
1 year / 2 semesters
For Bachelors in "Dance", "Music", "Drama" and "Fine Arts";
1,5 year / 3 semesters
For Bachelors in other majors training in a third equivalency semester is provided.
Number of credits: 60 / 90
Field of study (ISCED-F): 0210: Arts, not further defined
Admission requirements:
- Average performance "Good" from the Bachelor's Degree programme;
- Motivation interview with the applicant.
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning:
Recognition of credits based on the documents presented:
- A transcript of records or diploma from previous education;
- International diplomas and certificates in a foreign language (Cambridge FCE, TOEFEL for English; Zertifikat Deutsch, Sprahdiplom, Zweite Stufe for German; ТРКИ for Russian; DELF for French; DELE for Spanish);
- International diplomas and certificates in computer skills corresponding to ECDL (The European Computer Driving Licence).
• The Department of Art awards credits, according to the curriculum of the major, based on the certificates.
Requirements and rules for qualification:
In order to be awarded the qualification "Master" with the professional qualification Master in Stage Art, Management and Creative Producing 60 credits are necessary, 36 credits come from compulsory courses, 6 credits from elective courses, 3 credits from optional courses and 15 credits from Master's thesis/creative project/.
Profile of the programme:
The Master's degree programme features a broad range of theoretical, creative and practical disciplines, systematized as compulsory, elective and optional courses. Compulsory courses further develop knowledge and skills in the field of music, dance theatre, visual arts, as well as in the field of management, legal aspects of the creative work. Elective and optional courses increase and develop knowledge in the field of marketing, finance and project management, copyright, advertisement and PR. Training includes lectures, independent work, and individual work with a lecturer.
Students graduate with Master's thesis / creative project /.
Key learning outcomes:
Students master knowledge and skills in the field of: Arts – music, dance, theatre, fine arts; legal aspects in creative industries, stage arts marketing, copyright, sociology of art, stage arts finance and funding. They also acquire skill to work with people (communicative skills).
No |
ECTS code |
Course |
Lectures and seminars |
Out-of-class workload |
credits |
1 |
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
Music |
60 |
120 |
6 |
|
2 |
Dance |
60 |
120 |
6 |
|
3 |
Visual Arts |
60 |
120 |
6 |
|
4 |
Drama |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
|
5 |
Stage Arts Management |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
|
6 |
|
Optional course |
30 |
60 |
3 |
Total for semester I |
300 |
600 |
30 |
||
1 |
Introduction to Management |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
|
2 |
Creative Producing in Stage Arts |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
|
3 |
|
Elective course - 1 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
4 |
|
Elective course - 2 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
5 |
|
Master's Thesis defense/creative project/ |
0 |
450 |
15 |
Total for semester II |
150 |
750 |
30 |
||
|
|
Total for the entire year |
450 |
1350 |
60 |
|
|
Elective courses – 2 courses are to be chosen |
|
|
|
1 |
Stage Arts Marketing |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|
2 |
Sociology of Art |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|
3 |
Stage Arts Finance and Funding |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|
4 |
Copyright |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|
5 |
PR |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|
|
|
Optional courses – 1 course is to be chosen |
|
|
|
1 |
Bulgarian Folk Dances |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|
2 |
Advertisement and Art |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|
3 |
Projects Management |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|
4 |
Aesthetics (theory of arts) |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|
Equivalency semester |
|||||
Theoretical Fundamentals of Choreography |
60 |
120 |
6 |
||
Bulgarian Folk Dances |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
Acting |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
History of Dance |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
Ethnography |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
Contemporary Dance Techniques |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||
Music Styles |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||
Total for the equivalency semester |
300 |
600 |
30 |
||
Mode of training: full-time
Examination regulations, assessment and grading:
The curriculum features written and practical exams. Creative courses end with project assignments. Assessment and grading follows the ECTS system.
Students complete their training with defense of diploma work: Composition and staging of a dance in one of the three forms - dance story, thematic dance and thematic dance story. The dance show is performed live or recorded and played as a video at the State Examination Committee.
Optional or compulsory mobility: None
Internship: None
Apprenticeship programmes: None
Professional profile of the graduates:
The programme trains highly qualified specialists:
Access to further studies:
Graduates can enter the PhD programmes.
Programme Director:
Head of the professional area Music and Dance Art
Prof. Petar Iliev Angelov
Reception day: Tuesday, room А 110, from 10:00 to 12:00
phone numbers: + 359 52 359 581, + 359 888 565 532
e-mail: mti@vfu.bg