AEMM Graduate Degree Requirements

MAM Graduate Curriculum / Begins - Fall 2002

Core and Required Courses	37 Hours

Specialty Courses	9 Hours

Workshop (One hour courses)	3 Hours

Total	49 Hours

COURSES
Courses classified "core" are required of all AEMM graduate students.
Specialty courses are required for the student's area of concentration.

Core Courses for all Concentrations (total 37 hours)

Introduction to Arts Management [VAM, MM, MB, PAM] or Introduction to Youth Arts Practicum [AYCD]	1

Basic Accounting for Graduate Students	3

Advanced Accounting for Decision Making	3

Financial Management	3

Planning and Policy Making	3

Human Resources	2

Labor Relations [PAM & MM] or Negotiating Skills [VAM & MB] or Partnership Building workshop [AYCD 2 cr]	1 (2)

Data Analysis and Statistics	3

Arts, Media and the Law	3

Economics for Arts Managers & Marketing I [VAM, MM, MB, PAM] or Workshop on Community Organizing and Marketing I [AYCD]	3

Marketing II & Applied Marketing [VAM, MM, MB, PAM]	3

AEMM Seminar / Symposium-Practicum I, II, III, IV [AYCD]	3

Capstone class determined by specialty	3

Internship/Thesis [VAM, MM, MB, PAM] or Thesis [AYCD]	2 (1)


Total	37

Specialty Courses by Concentration (9 hours required)

Music Business - MB	Visual Arts Management - VAM
AEMM Record Co. Marketing The Press, Consumers, and the Music Business E-Business II: Strategies MIDEM: Foreign Distribution of Music Music Supervisor: Entertainment Industry New Anatomy of the Record Industry Presenting Live Entertainment Producing Live Performances Producing Recorded Music III Producing Recorded Music IV Music Management in Entertainment: Semester in L.A.	An Introduction to Arts Entrepreneurship Building Leadership Skills Comparative Cultural Policy Critical Analysis of Small Business E-Business II: Strategies Exhibition Management Fund Raising Grant Proposal Planning and Writing International Arts Management Issues for Visual Arts Managers: Artists and Identity
Media Management - MM	Performing Arts Management - PAM
Business of Broadcasting (required) Business of the Film Industry Decision Makers in Media E-Business II: Strategies Management for the Independent Film Industry Management Applications of the Web Motion Picture Marketing Classes from Journalism selected in consultation with an Advisor	Box Office and Beyond Comparative Cultural Policy Facility Management Fund Raising Grant Proposal Planning and Writing Major Gifts Online Presenting Live Performances Producing Live Entertainment Sponsorship for Sports and Live Entertainment Touring Live Performance
Arts in Youth and Community Development - AYCD	Sample of Workshop Offerings:
Program and Curriculum Planning Applied Youth Development Grant Proposal Planning & Writing or Fund Raising	An Introduction to Arts Entrepreneurship Arts Management Research Practicum Introduction to Investments An Introduction to Project Management in Arts Organizations Labor Relations Cyberlaw (Legal Aspects of Managing Technology) Music Industry Workshop Negotiation Techniques Workshop II Partnership Building Workshop Presentation Skills Pro Tools Workshop for Music Producers Working with Non-Profit Boards Workshop Negotiation Techniques
Sample of J-Term Offerings:
Advocacy for Arts Majors Audience Participation Survey Customer Relationship Management Workshop European Experience in Arts and Policy Management Taxation 1: Personal Taxes

This list represents a sample of course offerings available as of October 2007.

Important please read:
Students will be held to the AEMM major requirements in effect at the time of their enrollment or re-enrollment as listed in the Columbia College Chicago catalog. The AEMM Department reserves the right to substitute courses without changing the total number of credit hours required for the major.

Students are expected to be aware of the AEMM Department policies and are advised to read the Columbia College Chicago catalog and AEMM Department materials each semester before registering. In addition, students are urged to meet with their faculty advisor at least once each semester.