MA Luxury Jewellery Management (Professional Placement)

at Birmingham City University

COURSE IN DEPTH
 

Modules

In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 180 credits):

Research and Professional Skills
20 credits

The aim of this module is to introduce you to research skills and methods to allow you to craft your own research proposal, which will support and inform your major project module. You will choose your own area of interest relating to your specialism for research.

Industry Practice and Context
20 credits

This module will introduce you to your specialist field, focusing on the key skills, issues and debates surrounding the creative industries and in your specialist field. Marketing and management theory will be put into the context of your specialism and relate to your growing awareness of the global nature of the creative industries.

Analysis and Planning for Management
40 credits

This module will provide you with the elements of business planning as well as the ability to analyse the environment of a business and plan future directions based your findings. Analysis covers topics such as trends, competitors, market and industry influences. Planning-related areas include product and service development, sustainable innovation, finance and marketing. Overall, the module will equip you, as a future manager, with the tools you will need to make strategic and tactical business decisions to provide evidence-based direction to future employers.

Project Management - ADM
20 credits

Successful Project Management within the creative sector (e.g. arts, media, design, broadcasting, luxury goods, building design, etc.) is essential to take ideas from beginning to fruition, assisting with the operationalising of new innovation and smooth delivery of essential tasks. The project management module explores issues within the creative sector. It aims to present a research informed approach to enable the management of resources and decision-making in areas such as defining, planning, costing and reviewing large scale projects and will be delivered specifically for ADM students only.

Luxury Jewellery and Ethical Branding
20 credits

This module introduces principles of responsible management related to the ethical concerns around the luxury jewellery industry. The module explores and critically examines the cultural, social, economic, technological, environmental, moral and ethical aspects of luxury jewellery brands in a worldwide scenario.

Major Project (Masters)
60 credits

The purpose of the module is to enable you to undertake a sustained, in-depth and theoretically informed research project exploring an area that is of personal interest to you. It is important that we can support you appropriately, so you will be guided towards choosing a research topic which is relevant to your discipline and in which your lecturers have expertise. The outcome may take the form of a written dissertation or a practical outcome with accompanying reflective, critical and contextual material. The main consideration when choosing your topic is that it must be relevant to your programme and you should consider the relevance of this topic to your future academic or professional development.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Annual and modular tuition fees shown are applicable to the first year of study. The University reserves the right to increase fees for subsequent years of study in line with increases in inflation (capped at 5%) or to reflect changes in Government funding policies or changes agreed by Parliament. View fees for continuing students.

Award: MA Starting: Sep 2022
Full Time 18 months (including Professional Placement - see below*) £17,930 in 2022/23

Enhancing Employability Skills

Studies concentrate on the business of luxury jewellery and employability and key transferable skills are embedded within the programme ethos to maximise your capabilities and understanding of potential career opportunities.

You will practice working in groups to complete projects to build current knowledge of luxury jewellery. The importance of positive contribution to a team and close working relationships with colleagues is a key feature. The programme is structured to build on experiences and embrace real scenarios through live projects, simulated practice requiring actual problem solving. This aims to develop your confidence and ambitions to explore a breadth of careers opportunities within a global industry.

OpportUNIty

OpportUNIty: Student Jobs on Campus ensures that our students are given a first opportunity to fill many part-time temporary positions within the University. This allows you to work while you study with us, fitting the job around your course commitments. By taking part in the scheme, you will gain valuable experiences and employability skills, enhancing your prospects in the job market.

It will also allow you to become more involved in University life by delivering, leading and supporting many aspects of the learning experience, from administration to research and mentoring roles.