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Södertörn University College
Campus Telge
Södertälje 151 81
Sweden
Director: Per Thullberg, principal.
Ann-Sofie Köping, head of the programme ‘Art, Culture and Economics’
Phone: + 46 8 58588613
Fax: + 46 8 58588625
E-mail: info@sh.se
Web site: www.sh.se
Background, orientation and purpose
Profiles: Sweden
The programme started as one of the first undergraduate education programmes in arts management
in Sweden. The idea has been to combine studies in the humanities with traditional business
administration as well as project management. The programme provides the students with a broad
and general understanding of the field of art and culture, together with practical training in marketing,
accounting, finance and organisation. Graduated students should then be able to choose to work
either in the rapidly changing and demanding business field with, for example, marketing,
communications and human resource, or in the arts as project leaders, producers or administrators.
The Södertörn University College was established in 1996, and the Art, Culture and Economics
programme in 1999.
Programme(s) and qualification(s)
BA in Business Administration in ‘Art, Culture and Economics’ programme.
Duration
3 years.
Content
The programme runs over 6 terms with special themes. The first two terms are called “Culture, the
Public and Economy”, where the students among other things learn about the rise of western arts and
economics through the history of ideas. They also study the concepts of art and culture, Swedish
politics of culture, and the main ideas of marketing. The third term is concentrated around different
forms of marketing and accounting; students also learn web design. The fourth term is a study of
individualism vs. society, consisting of, for instance, ethics, image and advertising. The fifth term is a
deeper study of aesthetics from the viewpoint of the history of ideas, together with finance and
project management. The last term is devoted to practical training, research and writing the final
exam. All courses are given over a period of 5-10 weeks (= points) with written exams mostly at the
end of the period. The proportion of courses between economics-law and humanities is 65-55 and the
full programme is 120 points. The course in taught in Swedish. The deadline for applications is 15th
April each year.
International/European dimension
The programme is part of the Nordplus network consisting of similar education programmes in
Finland, Norway and Denmark. The network has a student exchange programme with an annual
moving workshop for the students. The institution is a member of ENCATC.
Special information
Södertörn University College is an active member of different networks such Nordplus and Synaxis
Baltica.
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