Arts Administration

Courses

AADM 505 Overview of the Arts 3.0 Credits

Examines the role of culture in communities and how it is manifested. Explores how arts, culture, and creativity are valued in society through examinations of the role of professional artists, the history of the field, cultural heritage, cultural democracy, and current trends in research and professional practice.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

AADM 520 Creative Enterprise and Innovation 3.0 Credits

Explores the wide range of enterprises that make up the arts, cultural, and creative sector with an emphasis on successful business structures and practices. The role of innovation and innovative practices in start-up creative entities as well as established cultural institutions is studied as a means to develop leadership skills to create sustainable and resilient programs and organizations.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

AADM 660 International Cultural Policy 3.0 Credits

The course explores some of the major themes in international cultural policy today: globalization, culture and development, diversity and identity, and cultural diplomacy, in five different regions of the world (Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa).

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

AADM 690 Equitable Cultural Practices 3.0 Credits

This course will examine equitable practices in museums, arts, and cultural organizations. Through readings and case examples, students investigate racial and social identities that influence practices within museums, arts, and cultural organizations. Students will design a strategic action plan to disrupt patterns of inequities within a cultural organization, presenting it during the final class for feedback from peers in a supportive and co-creative manner.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

AADM 741 Arts Entrepreneurship 3.0 Credits

Provides students with hands-on learning and practice related to the development and implementation of an arts enterprise, program, or service. Students will have the opportunity to use the course to take a creative idea from conception to implementation. Working individually or in small groups, students can pursue any type of creative enterprise, program or service, from new arts ventures to new programs in existing organizations to creating services for the sector.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

AADM 745 Arts in Education 3.0 Credits

This course examines arts education with a focus on improving educational programs within schools, community groups and arts organizations. Concentration is placed on educational best practices, creating and cultivating school and community connections, and evaluating organization needs. Topics covered include advocacy, assessment, curriculum standards and national trends.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

AADM 746 Creative Placemaking 3.0 Credits

This course explores art practices that bear location and geography in mind, and seek to transform place through the inclusion of creative interventions. It includes examination of the economic and social impacts of arts, arts-led gentrification and neighborhood change, and the contemporary state of placemaking practices in the field. The course offers students the chance to be up to date on one of the driving issues of today's arts funding landscape.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

AADM 752 Performing Arts Management 3.0 Credits

Provides an introduction to and overview of management practices of non-profit performing arts organizations. The primary focus will be on current theory and practice in day-to-day operations, management, and associated planning for the performing arts: theatrical, dance and music organizations.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

AADM 753 Visual Arts Organization Management 3.0 Credits

Special problems and challenges related to managing visual arts organizations. The course will build on learning from foundation-level courses, discussing issues related to managing art museums, art schools, galleries, public art programs, and more.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

AADM 755 Community Cultural Planning 3.0 Credits

This course explores the practice of community cultural planning, investigating the work from technical and philosophical approaches. Students will learn the stages of a community cultural planning process and various methods for implementing such a process. Throughout the course, attention will be given to: the intersections of arts, culture, and community; the responsibilities of leading or participating in a community cultural planning process; and, ways to thoughtfully and authentically engage with a community in this work.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

AADM 757 Political Activism in the Arts 3.0 Credits

Course examines the strategies, trends and dynamics of arts based issues from a variety of political perspectives. Using case studies, class will explore systems that influence activism in politics and the arts and instances when art has been politically controversial, its causes and consequences.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

AADM 785 Research Design in the Arts 3.0 Credits

This course covers research design for the arts and culture field, including qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods. Students identify and shape a research question related to the arts and culture field, then conduct an in-depth literature review, shape a methodology for researching questions, and report their findings in a thesis.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

AADM 798 Thesis Development 3.0 Credits

Enables students to begin work on original research related to the thesis, a scholarly work related to the student's individual research interest. In the first term, students conduct primary research, including fieldwork such as interviews, observations, focus groups and surveys. In the second term, students write and revise their written thesis document.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Can be repeated 1 times for 6 credits
Prerequisites: AADM 785 [Min Grade: C]

AADM 799 Thesis Completion 0.5 Credits

This course allows the student to work with a thesis advisor to complete the thesis, which began during AADM 798. This optional course will be taken only by students needing more than two terms to complete the thesis.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Can be repeated 5 times for 3 credits
Prerequisites: AADM 798 [Min Grade: CR]

AADM I599 Independent Study in Arts Administration 0.0-12.0 Credits

Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit

AADM I699 Independent Study in Arts Administration 0.0-12.0 Credits

Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit

AADM I799 Independent Study in Arts Administration 0.0-12.0 Credits

Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit

AADM I899 Independent Study in Arts Administration 0.0-12.0 Credits

Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit

AADM I999 Independent Study in Arts Administration 0.0-12.0 Credits

Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit

AADM T580 Special Topics in Arts Administration 0.0-12.0 Credits

Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit

AADM T680 Special Topics in Arts Administration 0.0-12.0 Credits

Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit

AADM T780 Special Topics in Arts Administration 0.5-9.0 Credits

Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit

AADM T880 Special Topics in Arts Administration 0.0-12.0 Credits

Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit

AADM T980 Special Topics in Arts Administration 0.0-12.0 Credits

Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit