Economics and management of art, culture and entertainment

The encounter between humanities and managerial culture

The interdisciplinary approach is the specificity of this programme: disciplines related to history and art criticism – taken care of by professors/lecturers from the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy – are integrated with business economics and legal courses (with a focus on specific legislation in the cultural heritage sector). 

Teaching methodology

Professors/lecturers from the humanities area alternate with professors/lecturers from the Faculty of Economics: two different approaches, but a similar organization. Lectures, in fact, will be enriched by seminars and meetings organized specifically for this programme. In fact, the programme is characterized by interactive teaching methods, combining traditional lectures with the use of the following active teaching tools: exercises, workshops, seminars, supplementary courses, simulations, analysis of current issues, discussion of cases, meetings with entrepreneurs, managers and professionals in the sector and other forms of teaching aimed at developing analytical skills. The educational path includes the constant use of online platforms, where the student can find the supplementary teaching material and all the further references and contacts for the in-depth study of the content of the courses and for the preparation of exams.

And then? Management skills at the service of heritage

The multidisciplinary training allows graduates to work with managerial and design skills as an official, consultant or entrepreneur in the field of organizations, bodies and foundations active in the field of cultural heritage and entertainment.

The interfaculty degree programme in Economics and Management of Art, Culture and Entertaiment, which belongs to the Faculty of Economics and to the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, is designed to respond to the growing need in our country for professionals able to manage artistic and cultural heritage by combining managerial skills with a solid and broad humanistic culture.

Thanks to the interfaculty, professors/lecturers in the economics area work alongside professors/lecturers specialized in the humanities, in a degree programme that guarantees a high cultural profile in the field of history and artistic, musical and theatrical criticism, teaching the main economic and business disciplines and the basic notions of private and commercial law and specific legislation in the sector.

The aim of the degree programme in Economics and Management of Art, Culture and Entertaiment is to train a professional figure able to:

• operate in the fields of art and culture with managerial, design and entrepreneurial skills having a qualified basic training in the historical-artistic, theatrical, musical, cinematographic disciplines together with strong theoretical-practical skills in the field of economics and (operational, commercial, organizational and financial) management of companies in the cultural sector;
• make effective use of English, including in the specific area of competence, and a second language of the European Union for the exchange of general information;
• use computer skills for data processing systems.