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Arts Entrepreneurship & Small Business

The Arts Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management Concentration prepares creatives/artists for a career as a self-employed artist or as an arts entrepreneur.

The Arts Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management Graduate Curriculum
Suggested Full-Time course schedule

Two Year Educational Plan:

The typical graduate student in this concentration will follow the plan shown below. This two-year plan is only a general guide.
Depending on the needs of individual students this plan will be modified by the advisor. Based on student interest, the total number of credit hours may increase.

Year One
Credits
First Semester

3
1
Graduate Arts Entrepreneurship I* (Fall Only Course)
3
1
2
 

Total Credits
10
Second Semester

3
Graduate Arts Entrepreneurship II* (Spring Only Course)
3
3
2
1
 

Total Credits
12
Summer Semester

Human Resources & Negotiating Skills
3
Total Credit for Year One
25

 

Year Two
Credits
First Semester

3
3
Decision Making: PAM, VAM, MB or MM*
3
Graduate Arts Entrepreneurship III* (Fall Only Course)
3


Total Credits
12
Second Semester
 
3
3
3
This leaves students the option of three workshops
or an elective course for 3 hrs
3
Total Credits
12
Total Credit for Year Two
24

 

Total Credits Required for Master of Arts Management Degree
49

* These courses may need additional pre-requisites or a waiver

Note:  The decision making course is a study of the decision makers.
The graduate arts entrepreneurship I & II & III will address the decision making processes and how decisions are made in the small business context. 
 
"An Introduction to Arts Entrepreneurship" workshop will remain and be offered to other students in the program.

Students in the Arts Entrepreneurship concentration cannot apply credits from the workshop towards the AEMM major.

Students who start in the spring term will be advised suitably.