Visual Arts Management

Visual Arts Management offers opportunities in a broad-ranging field that explores 21st century issues and innovation in traditional museums, commercial galleries, and alternative visual arts settings.

The AEMM curriculum is divided into three levels. Students may take Level I, Level II and Level III courses concurrently, provided prerequisite requirements are met.
Please view the core requirements courses for all AEMM majors.

Level III - Visual Arts Management

Unless otherwise advised by a faculty advisor, students should select from among the courses in a single arts genre in Visual Arts Management. The order of the course listing does not infer priority or sequencing; students should consult with an advisor to select the courses that best fit their needs.

The Visual Arts Management sub-concentrations
Management in Art & Design
Management in Advertising, Graphic Arts or Interactive Multimedia
Management in Photography

Management in Art & Design (min. 15 cr. hrs. req.)
Art in Chicago Now	3
Arts Entrepreneurship I*	3
Arts Entrepreneurship II*	3
Critical Analysis of Small Business*	3
Decision-Making Visual Arts Management*	3
Exhibition Management*	3
Fundraising*	3
Grant Proposal Planning and Writing*	3
Practice Courses (min. 6 cr. hrs. req.)
Contemporary Issues in Painting and Drawing*	3
Drawing I*	3
Drawing II*	3
Fundamentals of 2-D Design	3
Fundamentals of 3-D Design	3
Mixed Media*	3
Context Courses (min. 6 cr. hrs. req.)
History of Art I	3
History of Art II	3
History of 20th Century Art*	3
Contemporary Issues in New Media*	3
20th Century Art Theory & Criticism*	3
21st Century Aesthetics	3

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Advertising, Graphic Arts or Interactive Multimedia (min. 15 cr. hrs. req.)
Arts Entrepreneurship I	3
Arts Entrepreneurship II	3
Decision-Making: Visual Arts Management	3
E-Business I*	3
E-Business II*	3
Fund Raising*	3
Grant Proposal Planning & Writing*	3
Management Applications of the Web	3
Sales and Management for Arts Entrepreneurs*	3
Practice Courses (min. 6 cr. hrs. req.)
Advertising Art Direction: Introduction*	3
Advertising Design*	3
Designing for the Web I*	3
Authoring Interactive Media II*	3
Photography for Interactive Multimedia	3
Visual Design for Interactive Multimedia	3
Context Courses (min. 6 cr. hrs. req.)
Consumer Behavior (Adcult)	3
Aesthetics/Interactive Multimedia Program	3
Culture, Race and Media*	3
Digital Media Culture	3
History of Communication Design*	3

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Management in Photography (min. 15 cr. hrs. req.)
Arts Entrepreneurship I*	3
Arts Entrepreneurship II*	3
Critical Analysis of Small Business*	3
Decision-Making: Visual Arts Management*	3
E-Business I*	3
E-Business II*	3
Fundraising*	3
Grant Proposal Planning & Writing*	3
Photography in Chicago Now	3
Practice Courses (min. 6 cr. hrs. req.)
Digital Imaging I*	3
Foundations of Digital Imaging*	6
Foundations of Photography I & Darkroom Workshop (taken concurrently)	3
Fundamentals of 2-D Design	3
Website Publishing I*	3
Website Publishing II*	3
Context Courses (min. 6 cr. hrs. req.)
History of Art I*	3
History of Art II*	3
History of Photo I: 1839-1920*	3
Pinhole Photography	3
Photography Seminar	3
Twentieth Century Art Theory & Criticism	3

Please note: Asterisks (*) = prerequisites required

Internship: Management 28-3188

See your Internship Coordinator to select and register for your internship. You must have a cumulative gpa of 3.0 or higher and you must have completed a minimum of 60 total credit hours to register for internship.

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