Welcome To the Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management (AEMM) Department
We prepare students to be entrepreneurial leaders in the following careers: music promotion, distribution and executive production, international arts management, live entertainment and the performing arts, TV, film, radio, print, digital and social media, museums and galleries, professional and collegiate sports.
Behind every great artist, performer, and athlete are business
professionals who manage their careers, festivals, tours, films, galleries, museums,
albums, videos, magazines, mobile applications, sports teams and venues. Students majoring in Arts, Entertainment and
Media Management (AEMM) gain the knowledge and skills to launch a sustainable
career in the music industry, sports and live entertainment, visual art installation,
new media and mass communications—just to name a few. Studying on Columbia’s campus in the heart of
Chicago provides AEMM students the platform and opportunity to intern and work
for world-renowned companies while simultaneously earning their degrees. And
top executives from those very same companies are in our classrooms every
day—both as guests AND as faculty—teaching our students industry standards and
practices, and sharing their professional experiences and pathways to success.
AEMM students learn by doing. They make connections with an active network
of 3,000 alumni working for top arts and entertainment companies located in
Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and around the world. They study international business from the
experts by studying abroad—in Paris, London, Rome, Dublin, and Shanghai—at one
of our eight international partner universities. They work, for college credit,
in student-run ventures—two record labels, a talent agency, an online
distribution company, a gallery, a night club and a marketing agency. They are,
every day, applying the theory of business and management to practical,
real-world situations creating a body of work and experience that they can
carry with them into the professional world.
Our goal is to prepare students to be leaders in the arts and creative industries.
If you have questions about our undergraduate or graduate programs, please contact us today at 312-369-7652.
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