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AAPA - Performing Arts Administration Minor

Program Title

Performing Arts Administration

Program Type

Minor

Degree Designation

Minor

Department(s)

Program Description

Effective: Fall 2018

Modifications Made to Curriculum: Fall 2021

Performing Arts Administration is for students interested in the business side of running an Arts organization. By its very nature Performing Arts Administration is interdisciplinary, drawing from the Arts, Business, Political Science, Sociology, Media and Communications, Accounting, Computer Science, and Leadership. Students will learn about marketing, strategic planning, advocacy, fundraising, budgeting, grant writing and other skills vital to the work of an arts manager.  Arts managers make it possible for artists to create their art. Minors in this field have gone on to a wide range of careers in arts management, from starting small theatre and dance companies, managing orchestras, to producing Broadway shows and working at major record labels. 

Requisites

Requirements for the Minor (28 credits)


I. Core (4 credits)

Complete the following:

  • course - Performing Arts Administration OR course - Introduction to Performing Arts Administration

II. Understanding the Art (8 credits)

Note: Music Ensembles and Theatre Practice may need to be taken multiple times to meet the credit requirement.

Complete 8 credits, selected from the following:

  • course - Beginning Movement Studies

  • course - Intermediate Movement Studies

  • course - Movement for the Musical Stage

  • course- Special Topics in Dance

  • course - Choreography and Performance Studies

  • course - Music in Context

  • course- Choral Union

  • course - Chorale

  • course - Madrigal Singers

  • course - University Orchestra

  • course - Flute Ensemble

  • course - Jazz Ensemble

  • course - Chamber Music

  • course - History of Opera

  • course - Music and the Soundscape of Film

  • course - Music of the Whole Earth

  • course - History of Jazz

  • course - Women and Music

  • course - African American Music History

  • course - Music in the American Century

  • course - Music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Eras

  • course - Music of the Classic and Romantic Eras

  • course - Music of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

  • course - Choral Music Intensive

  • course - Recital

  • course - The Art of the Play

  • course - Introduction to Acting

  • course - Theatre Histories I: Global Perspectives

  • course - Show: Business

  • course - Special Topics in Dramatic Literature

  • course - Theatre Practice: Playwriting

  • course - Theatre Practice: Shop Technician

  • course - Theatre Practice: Design - Sets One or Two OR course - Theatre Practice: Design- Sets Three or Four

  • course - Theatre Practice: Stage Management - Sets One or Two OR course - Theatre Practice: Stage Management - Sets Three or Four

  • course - Theatre Practice: Acting - Sets One or Two OR course - Theatre Practice: Acting - Sets Three or Four

  • course - Theatre Practice: Dance

  • course - Theatre Practice: Design for Dance

  • course - Theatre Practice: Electrician/Technical Director - Sets One or Two OR course - Theatre Practice: Electrician/Technical Director - Sets Three or Four

  • course - Theatre Practice: Dramaturgy OR course - THEA Practice: Dramaturgy - Sets Three or Four

  • course - London Semester Interdisciplinary Colloquium

  • course- British Political Drama

III. Electives (12 credits)

Complete 12 credits, selected from three different categories:

Writing and Communication

  • course - Introduction to Journalism

  • course - Business Communications

  • course - Blogs, Tweets, and Social Media: The Practice of Digital Communication OR course - Blogs, Tweets, and Social Media: The Practice of Digital Communication

  • course - New York Semester on Communications and Media Colloquium OR course - New York Semester on Communications and Media Colloquium

  • course - International Business in French

  • course - Italian for Business

  • course- Doing Business in the Hispanic World

  • course - Speech Fundamentals

Quantitative Skills: Technology Management/Research Methodology

  • course - Fundamentals of Financial Accounting

  • course - Data Science: Introduction, History, and Case Studies

  • course - Economic Principles: Microeconomics

  • course - History by the Numbers

  • course - Introduction to Statistics

Organizational Leadership: Institutional Leadership and Management Skills

  • course - Anthropology of Business

  • course - Applied Analysis of Social Entrepreneurship

  • course - Market Strategy & Marketing

  • course - Management

  • course - Sports Marketing

  • course - Social Entrepreneurship: Theorizing Global Trends

  • course - The Non-Profit Sector

  • course - Leadership in Practice

Organizational Behavior/Public Policy and Advocacy

  • course - Cultures, Economies, and Globalization

  • course - Economics of Business and Sustainability

  • course - Culture and Exchange

  • course - American Government and Politics

  • course - Business and Government in the U.S.

  • course - American Political Economy

  • course - Social Policy and Inequality in America

  • course - Environmental Policy and Politics

  • course - Seminar in Industrial Organizational Psychology

  • course - Business Ethics

  • course - The Sociology of Management

  • course - Sociology of Work

  • course - Sociology of Mass Communications

IV. Internship (4 credits)

All Minors will complete an administrative internship in their field of interest in consultation with the Program Director.

  • course - Internship Project

Note

Students taking this Minor are encouraged to have a companion Major or Minor in one of the following fields:

  • Applied Performance

  • Business

  • Dance

  • Economics

  • Film Studies

  • Media and Communications

  • Music

  • Theatre