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Arts Management

  • Major
  • Minor
  • Major
  • Minor
  • BA
  • BA

Academic Requirements

Effective Fall 2025, in addition to meeting General Education requirements and other degree requirements, Arts Management majors who choose not to pursue the optional Music Industry or Performing Arts concentrations (available fall 2025) must meet the following requirements (46-49 credits):

  1. AMG 1100/Introduction to Art, Society, and the Creative Industries (3 credits)
  2. AMG 2200/Finance for the Arts I or AMG3030/Finance for the Arts II (3 credits)  
  3. Elective courses in literary, performing, or visual arts history, theory, or practice (1000/2000 level, 8 credits). At least 3 credits should be completed in the freshman year and before registering for AMG 1100. 
  4. AMG3015/Leadership and Management Techniques or AMG3035/Intercultural Leadership and Management (3 credits)
  5. AMG 3100/Funding the Arts or AMG 4115/Arts Funding and Capital Formation (3 credits)
  6. AMG 3170/Arts and Entertainment Law (4 credits) or AMG4090/Law and the Arts (3 credits)
  7. AMG 3520/Principles of Arts Marketing (3 credits)
  8. AMG 3995/Arts Management Internship (3 credits) 
  9. AMG —/Arts Management electives (3000/4000 level, 6-8 credits)
  10. LBS2017/Structured Inquiry Across the Disciplines (3 credits)*
  11. SPJ 4991/Senior Project I (4 credits)
  12. SPJ 4990/Senior Project II (4 credits)

 

Students enrolled in the program prior to Fall 2025 are subject to the following requirements:

1. AMG 1100/Fundamentals of Arts Management (4 credits)
2. AMG 2200/Finance for the Arts (4 credits) or AMG3030/Finance for the Arts II (3 credits) or ECO 2085/Arts and Entertainment in Economics (4 credits)
3. AMG 2300/Communicating the Arts or AMG3015/Leadership and Management Techniques (3 credits)
4. Elective courses in literary, performing, or visual arts history, theory, or practice (1000 or 2000 level, 6 credits). At least 3 credits should be completed in the freshman year and before registering for AMG 1100.
5. AMG 3100/Funding the Arts (4 credits) or AMG 4115/Arts Funding and Capital Formation (3 credits)
6. AMG 3170/Arts and Entertainment Law (4 credits) or AMG4090/Law and the Arts (3 credits)
7. AMG 3520/Principles of Arts Marketing (4 credits)
8. AMG 3995/Arts Management Internship (4 credits)
9. AMG —/Arts management elective (3000/4000 level, 3-4 credits)
10. LBS2017/Structured Inquiry Across the Disciplines (3 credits)*
11. SPJ 4990/Senior Project I (4 credits)
12. SPJ 4991/Senior Project II (4 credits)

 

Additional Notes:

  1. Students must earn a grade of C or higher in all courses required for the major, excluding the internship and senior project. Students who do not meet these standards must repeat the course(s) or complete acceptable substitutes (for example, ECO 2085 instead of AMG 2200), chosen in consultation with the program faculty.
  2. AMG 1100 is a prerequisite for required upper-level arts management courses.
  3. Students are strongly encouraged to take additional courses in the literary, performing, and visual arts and in arts management, beyond those required for the major.
  4. *Effective Fall 2024, LBS 2017/Structured Inquiry Across the Disciplines replaced AMG 3880/Junior Seminar as a program requirement.