Pre-Tertiary Certificate in

Cultural and Creative Practice

MQF Level 4 Advanced

Pre-Tertiary Certificate

Cultural and Creative Practice

Pre-Tertiary Certificate in Cultural and Creative Practice – MQF Level 4 Advanced

 

Awarding body

MUV College (Licence No. 2020-006 –

Further & Higher Education Institution)

Further Education award accredited by MFHEA

 

MQF / EQF level

4

Number of credits

30 ECTS

Total hours of learning

750 hours

(192h contact; 208h practice; 340h self-study; 10h assessment)

Mode of delivery

Face to face or blended learning (maximum online component 93%)

Language of instruction

English and/or Maltese

Mode of attendance

Full-time / part-time

Duration

16 weeks full-time / 2 years part-time

Next intake

October 2026

Address where programme is delivered

131 Valley Road, Birkirkara, Malta

Address where placement will take place

To be advised

Entry requirements

No specific requirements, but learners need to show proficiency – even through an interview – in the language/s of instruction (at least, at level A2 of the CEFR for languages).

Target audience

Individuals aged 16 and over

Target group

The programme targets students, young people and home learners who wish to develop their creative talents but have not had the opportunity to achieve their potential due to a number of reasons. These may include learning difficulties, special needs that have not been addressed in the learner’s mainstream education, or the desire to face challenges on a personal development level.  

Structure of the programme

Please refer to the detailed information of the individual units at the end of this table.

Year 1 – Intermediate

Personal Arts Development 1 (7 ECTS)

 

Arts Projects Leadership 1 (7 ECTS)

 

Arts Work Placement 1 (1 ECTS)

Year 2 – Advanced

Personal Arts Development 2 (7 ECTS)

 

Arts Projects Leadership 2 (7 ECTS)

 

Arts Work Placement 2 (1 ECTS)

Note:  If taken part-time, students need to pass all three Intermediate-level modules before progressing to the ones at Advanced level.

Learning outcomes

 

Knowledge:

  1. Engage with complex practical activities to enhance own learning opportunities in the arts
  2. Seek and actively use feedback and support, and adapt new approaches to arts practice to meet demands and challenges
  3. Reflect on the quality of own learning and performance, evaluate achievements with advisers, and set aims for artistic self-development
  4. Have an understanding of the skills, knowledge and working practices relevant to one’s own art form
  5. Research and review the work of more advanced practitioners
  6. Assess different approaches to a particular issue of one’s own art form, using specialist vocabulary, and showing their importance to the arts
  7. Understand the business elements of cultural and creative industries and the need to integrate them into the cultural management component
  8. Discover the range of professional arts work options to boost career awareness and readiness
  9. Design creative activities that render an arts project more attractive to the public, and more stimulating to the participants
  10. Identify factors that influence the outcome of a devised project plan, and analyse results to improve future activities
  11. Apply knowledge of project design to plan, develop and deliver collective arts projects addressing issues of interest to the public
  12. Communicate with the public even on complex themes, adapting actions to the different types of audience. scientific principles of food chemistry and microbiology, necessary to practise in a food-related profession.

Skills:

  1. Engage in practices leading to self-development in one’s art form
  2. Show artistic imagination, creativity, and originality in one’s work
  3. Form and communicate a view on an arts issue
  4. Form persuasive arguments in support of one’s views or options
  5. Develop basic research and analytical skills to review an arts work, distinguish fact from opinion, source relevant information, and synthesise one’s findings
  6. Apply business management principles to an arts practice
  7. Plan and deliver the tasks to implement an arts project, assigning responsibilities, and making the required working arrangements
  8. Apply problem solving techniques when planning and implementing an arts project
  9. Adopt leadership skills when designing and delivering an arts project
  10. Review the success of the project plan, drawing appropriate conclusions from the results
  11. Develop teamworking and basic communication skills, and devise ways to actively encourage others to participate in one’s activities
  12. Apply networking and understanding of the professional world for career readiness. activities to enhance own learning opportunities in the arts
 

Teaching

 

Lectures; Discussions; Workshops; Presentations; Practical sessions; Synchronous and asynchronous learning; Placements.

 

Assessment

Students may be assessed on the following work:

1.     Portfolio – a demonstrable body of evidence to record their work, created in their choice of style (diary, video, blog, artwork, etc.).

2.     Logbook – a student journal containing entries on a weekly basis tracking all work done, and including personal reflection and factual recording of activities.

3.     Report – presentations of the findings on an arts issue investigated from different perspectives, and of the feedback gathered.

4.     Arts review – written reviews of professional arts activities (concert, theatre, dance, exhibition) attended by the learner.

5.     Research – presentations on research conducted on European contemporary arts organisations which are producing work of interest.

6.     Project – a collaborative work where the student assumes leadership on one task or activity, as part of a project to be shared with the public.

 

Grading system

Apart from the work placements (pass/fail), the units will have a pass mark of 45% and will be graded as follows:

Distinction       Outstanding performance, well above the average (over 80%);

Merit               Solid performance, but with some errors or omissions (60-79%);

Pass                 Fair performance, meeting the minimum criteria (45-59%);

Fail                  Performance does not meet the required criteria (below 45%).

Students need to pass all units. The overall grade is calculated on the results of the four main units (that is, excluding the work placements).

Educational fees

 

Different fees apply. Please email info@muv.edu.mt for details.

Further information

For information about further learning opportunities, career pathways, pass rates (when available), or other details, you may email the Office for Student Support and Administration on ossa@muv.edu.mt or info@muv.edu.mt, and you will be directed to the competent officer.

MODULES

1.     Personal Arts Development 1

MQF / EQF level 4 (7 ECTS)

Hours of learning

175 hours in total:

64h contact; 32h practice; 77h self-study; 2h assessment

Teaching

Lectures, discussions, workshops, presentations; synchronous/asynchronous learning

Assessment

Portfolio of evidence, report, review, research

Learning outcomes

Competences

  • Take responsibility for own learning within the art form
  • Seek and actively use feedback and support in one’s own arts practice
  • Gather information on one’s performance from different sources and discuss with reviewers on ways of improving

Knowledge

The learner will have been exposed to:

  • The skills, knowledge and working practices relevant to one’s art form
  • Different approaches to a particular issue of one’s own art form and specialist vocabulary to discuss it
  • The work of innovative art companies and practitioners

Skills

  • Demonstrate originality, imagination, and appropriate creative responses to challenges faced in one’s work
  • Form and communicate a view backed by persuasive arguments on an arts issue
  • Review arts works/events, source relevant information, and synthesize one’s findings

2.     Arts Projects Leadership 1

MQF / EQF level 4 (7 ECTS)

Hours of learning

175 hours in total:

32h contact; 48h practice; 93h self-study; 2h assessment

Teaching

Lectures, discussions, workshops, presentations, practical sessions; synchronous/asynchronous learning

Assessment

Student journal (logbook); project work

Learning outcomes

Competences

  • Adopt problem solving techniques when planning and implementing an arts project
  • Design creative activities that may increase the public’s participation in a project
  • Communicate the idea/s that the students wish to convey through the delivery of their project

Knowledge

The learner will have been exposed to:

  • Information gathering on a subject to draw up plans for a public arts project
  • Identification of factors that influence the outcome of a devised project plan
  • Analysis of project results as a way of improving future activities

Skills

  • Plan one’s role in a project, and deliver the tasks that need to be carried out for its successful implementation
  • Reflect on the level of success of the devised project plan, drawing appropriate conclusions from the results
  • Practise teamworking and basic communication skills

3.     Arts Work Placement 1

MQF / EQF level 4 (1 ECTS)

Hours of learning

25 hours in total:

24h practice; 1h assessment

Teaching

Placement

Assessment

Ongoing assessment (supervision)

Learning outcomes

Competences

  • Adapt knowledge learnt to a workplace setting in the arts, culture or heritage sector
  • Improve teamworking abilities
  • Communicate more effectively with colleagues

Knowledge

The learner will have been exposed to:

  • Experience of a workplace setting in the arts sector
  • Practical skills needed when working at such organisations
  • Working in a team

Skills

  • Familiarise oneself with requirements to work in the sector
  • Apply professional practices and work ethics

4.     Personal Arts Development 2

MQF / EQF level 4 (7 ECTS)

Hours of learning

175 hours in total:

64h contact; 32h practice; 77h self-study; 2h assessment

Teaching

Lectures, discussions, workshops, presentations; synchronous/asynchronous learning

Assessment

Portfolio of evidence, report, review, research

Learning outcomes

Competences

  • Engage with complex practical activities to enhance own learning opportunities in the arts
  • Adapt new approaches to meet demands and challenges and address the business side of the arts practice
  • Reflect on the quality of one’s own learning and performance, evaluate achievements with advisers, and set aims for artistic self-development and financial sustainability

Knowledge

The learner will have been exposed to:

  • Broader knowledge of the art form and the wider arts sector
  • The business elements of cultural and creative industries, and the need to integrate them into the cultural management component
  • The range of professional arts work options to boost career awareness and readiness
  • The basic issues needed to draw up a business plan for an arts practice

Skills

  • Engage in practices leading to self-development and higher awareness of career prospects
  • Apply business management principles to an arts practice
  • Draw up a basic business plan for an enterprise operating in the arts and cultural field

5.     Arts Projects Leadership 2

MQF / EQF level 4 (7 ECTS)

Hours of learning

175 hours in total:

32h contact; 48h practice; 93h self-study; 2h assessment

Teaching

Lectures, discussions, workshops, presentations, practical sessions; synchronous/asynchronous learning

Assessment

Student journal (logbook); project work

Learning outcomes

Competences

  • Adopt leadership skills when designing and delivering an arts project
  • Imagine ways of rendering an arts project more attractive and interesting to the public, as well as more stimulating and exciting for the players and participants
  • Communicate with the public even on complex themes, adapting actions to the different types of audience

Knowledge

The learner will have been exposed to:

  • Evaluation of information and content on topics which may be unfamiliar, to design and deliver collective arts projects addressing relevant issues
  • Identification of methods and resources that one may employ to develop and implement an arts project, considering also the risk factors involved
  • Skills (e.g, project design, stagecraft) needed to develop projects that raise public awareness on specific society issues

Skills

  • Plan one’s role in a larger group project, listing the objectives, responsibilities, and working arrangements to be adopted
  • Analyse and review the success of a project, and consider what alternative options would have made the implementation plan more effective
  • Develop further teamworking skills, and devise ways of encouraging the active participation of the public in one’s projects and activities

6.     Arts Work Placement 2

MQF / EQF level 4 (1 ECTS)

Hours of learning

25 hours in total:

24h practice; 1h assessment

Teaching

Placement

Assessment

Ongoing assessment (supervision)

Learning outcomes

Competences

  • Diversify the application of knowledge learnt to a wider range of workplace settings in the arts and culture
  • Strengthen teamwork competences
  • Identify creative solutions deployed by organisations operating in cultural sectors
  • Improve communication skills in a work environment
  • Enhance career readiness within the arts and cultural spheres

Knowledge

The learner will have been exposed to:

  • A wider range of experience of the professional arts sector
  • Deeper knowledge of the cultural world and of the kind of skills required to practice in the arts
  • Higher awareness of further study opportunities available for careers and occupations in the professional art world
  • An understanding of how to better embrace diversity and inclusion at work

Skills

  • Prepare oneself to be better equipped to work in the sector
  • Apply problem solving techniques in a practical context
  • Adopt professional and ethical standards in work practices