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Entrepreneurship for Artists and Career Planning (2 cr)

Code: 2X00GW57-3001

General information


Enrolment period

10.06.2024 - 20.12.2024

Timing

10.01.2025 - 21.02.2025

Credits

2 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Music

Campus

TAMK Main Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

6 - 25

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Culture and Arts, Music

Person in charge

Hannu Pohjannoro

Groups

  • 24MUSE
  • 24MUSTE
  • 24MUPE

Objectives (course unit)

The student understands the fundamentals of entrepreneurship as a self-employed professional. They can establish a business name, price and market their services. The student comprehends the significance of copyright and neighboring rights in their professional expertise and can apply them to their business acumen. They are capable of drafting contracts and understanding the key features of contract law. Additionally, the student has a grasp of basic financial management for self-employed entrepreneurs, principles of taxation, and knows how to use a tax account. They are also familiar with the specific characteristics of freelance taxation.

Furthermore, the student has explored the organizational structures, administrative principles, and work-related tasks relevant to their field of practice within work communities. They are knowledgeable about legislation and other normative guidelines related to their field, as well as practical aspects of employment contracts and job search. The student has actively shaped their career path within their professional domain.

Content (course unit)

Artist Entrepreneurship
• Basics of Self-Employed Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship vs. Freelancer
• Copyright
• Related Rights
• Drafting Contracts and Contract Law
• Basics of Business Financial Management
• Taxation
• Social Security
• Grants

Career Planning
• Organizational Structures
• Administrative and Task-Related Principles
• Regulations and Normative Guidelines
• Collective Agreements
• Employment Contracts
• Job Search Practices
• Career Path

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Successful completion requires the student’s active participation in the course’s face-to-face meetings and the satisfactory completion of assigned tasks.

Assessment scale

0-5