Major in Entertainment and Cultural Enterprise Management (ECEM)

The aim of the ECEM Program is to produce innovative industry leaders who understand the convergence of media, information technology and culture within the local and global contexts. A major focus of the programme is entrepreneurial development and innovation.

The major consists of 42 credits of compulsory core courses (indicated in bold), 36 elective credits, 6 credits of Foundation Courses and 6 credits of English Language courses.

[Students who do not have at least a CSEC pass in a Foreign Language will be required to take a 3-credit foreign language course as one of their electives]

Level I

Semester 1

COMM1001   Communication, Culture & Caribbean  Society
CLTR1001       Introduction to the Study of Culture
FOUN1401     Writing in the Disciplines or FOUN1011 Language: Style & Purpose
Elective
Elective

Semester 2
COMM1121 Understanding the Media or COMM1610 Media Technology: Printing Press to Podcast
ACCT1003 Introduction to Cost & Managerial Accounting
FOUN1002 Language: Argument
Elective
Elective


Level II
Semester 1

CLTR2505 Entertainment,
Media and Culture
CLTR2705 Music Business Management
FOUN1201 Science, Medicine and Technology in Society
Elective
Elective

Semester 2

CLTR2605 Producing Culture: Music, Events and Festivals
COMM2602
FOUN1301 Law, Governance, & Society
Elective
Elective

Level lll

CLTR3605/AR36E ECEM Internship (end of Level 2 Summer)

Semester 1
HOSP3106 Entertainment Management
MGMT3136 Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
Elective
Elective

Semester 2
LANG3101 Business Communication: Principles and Practice
CLTR3507 Culture , Gender & Sexuality in Caribbean Popular Music **
CLTR3905 Caribbean Fashion: Theory, Development and Industry*
Elective

*Students who have taken CLTR2905 (AR29E) are not allowed to do this course, but may choose an elective instead. 
** Research-linked course required by the Faculty.

Recommended Electives

Level 1
MUSC1100 Music in World Cultures

Level II
CLTR2018/AR20R Introduction to Caribbean Folk Philosophy
CLTR2501/AR25A Caribbean Cultural Studies
CLTR2506 / AR25F Caribbean Films and their Fictions
CLTR2518/AR25R The Culture of Rastafari
CLTR2524/AR25X African Religious Retentions in the Caribbean Studies
CLTR2591/AR25S Deconstructing the Culture of Sports
MUSC2001 Popular Musics of the Caribbean
MUSC2200 A History of Jazz and the Blues

Level III
CLTR3501/AR35A Discourses in Cultural Studies
CLTR3506/AR35F African Diaspora Film
CLTR3516/AR35P Performing Culture: Dancehall as Ritual and Spectacle
CLTR3518/AR35R Rastafari in the Global Context
MUSC3300 Bob Marley and his Music