AAPA - Performing Arts Administration Minor
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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:
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 OR course - Anthropology of Business
course - Applied Analysis of Social Entrepreneurship OR course- Applied Analysis of Social Entrepreneurship
course - Market Strategy & Marketing
course - Management
course - Sports Marketing
course- Social Entrepreneurship: Theorizing Global Trends OR 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