Arts Management Concentration

Overview

The Arts Management concentration will help students gain skills that are increasingly essential in the arts and culture sector. The competitive and changing arts and culture sector requires many students to effectively handle budgeting, marketing, project management, and professional communication by themselves, especially in the beginning years of their artist careers.

This program is designed to merge students’ passion for arts with organizational management skills and business skillsets as they plan their careers. The Arts Management Concentration is open to all students in any major but is particularly suited to students interested in a career path in the visual or performing arts or business fields related to the arts.

This new concentration curriculum helps students studying the visual and performing arts learn those relevant skills and develop the ability to be their own managers. The concentration curriculum also offers knowledge on the structure and operation of arts and culture organizations, preparing students to better establish competent artistic teams along with arts managers.

In addition, this new concentration opens the door for students outside majors in the arts who are interested in becoming professional arts managers. The curriculum gives those students opportunities to take introductory visual and performing arts courses, providing them with a good understanding of the techniques, issues, and challenges in the visual and performing arts world. In addition, students will have an opportunity to conduct an internship for credit either in VPA or Management.

Concentration Requirements

The Arts Management concentration would require 6 units.

Required courses (2 units):

MGMT 100 - The Art and Science of Management  

MGMT 226 - Arts and Entertainment Management  

Elective course (1 unit):

ACCT 101 - Principles of Accounting  

BCOM 170 - Managerial Communications  

ENT 115 - Entrepreneurship: Art of the New  

MGMT 210 - Management and Behavioral Principles  

MKT 230 - Marketing Management  

MGMT 296 - Special Topics in Management  

MGMT 298 - Internship  

*other elective options in management, marketing or entrepreneurship may be open based on coursework taken

MUSC or TA courses (3 units). At least one course must be at the 200-level.

MUSIC

MUSC 102 - Music of the Classical and Romantic Periods  

MUSC 104 - Music and Modernism in Society, 1885-1945  

MUSC 119 - Hip Hop & Social Identity  

MUSC 127 - The Mediated Voice  

MUSC 133 - Beginning a Music Career  

MUSC 142 - Recording Practice and Audio Art  

MUSC 151 - Jazz History  

MUSC 201 - Music, Media & Public Spheres  

MUSC 216 - Workshop in Music Criticism and Analysis  

MUSC 226 - Music Theater Masterclass  

MUSC 235 - Community Music and Social Action  

MUSC 242 - Soundtracks  

MUSC 298 - Internship  

Other courses may fulfill the requirement with the prior approval of the Music Program Director

THEATRE ARTS

Courses in the student’s particular area of study, with a strong focus on Directed Studies, Internships, and Independent Projects. For example, a student might work as a stage manager, producer, and/or assistant director on a number of stand-alone productions on and off campus.

Program Faculty