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Arts Administration & Policy

Undergraduate Overview

Arts Administration & Policy Undergraduate Overview

The Arts Administration and Policy department offers both electives and spine courses at the undergraduate level; we have also outlined a number of pathways for students who wish to do more extensive and focused work in arts administration. Undergraduate offerings are designed to support artists, designers, educators, managers, and entrepreneurs in the development of their professional practices.

Undergraduate curriculum in the Arts Administration and Policy department is designed to support students, both through hands-on work and through seminars, in the development of professional practice skills. Course material addresses two main professional routes: the development of a small business and/or working studio and the development of work in exhibition-making.

It is recommended that students interested in focusing their studies in the department take a mix of applied and discussion-based classes and at least one Arts Administration and Policy class each semester.

Course Listing

Title Catalog Instructor Schedule

Description

This class associates training in professional practices with an overview of social, political and philosophical contexts of the grant funding in the United States. We will approach topics through a practical and theoretical lens to consider how the relationship between granting organizations and the administrator operates. Through a robust practice peer reviews, and a final mock grant application, you will refine an approach to the ecology of grants. You are expected to read and summarize the assigned texts, participate in discussions, introduce your ideas and questions to the class, write several iterations of texts, and create one grant application project. 

The course will be supplemented with conversations with practicing administrators from the executive director branch of organizations. The course is comprised of five phases that overlap with the germination of a grant application. Students are expected to contribute to course through their own research findings and iterative versions of their projects.

Class Number

1456

Credits

3

Department

Arts Administration and Policy

Location

Online

Description

This class associates training in professional practices with an overview of social, political and philosophical contexts of the grant funding in the United States. We will approach topics through a practical and theoretical lens to consider how the relationship between granting organizations and the administrator operates. Through a robust practice peer reviews, and a final mock grant application, you will refine an approach to the ecology of grants. You are expected to read and summarize the assigned texts, participate in discussions, introduce your ideas and questions to the class, write several iterations of texts, and create one grant application project. 

The course will be supplemented with conversations with practicing administrators from the executive director branch of organizations. The course is comprised of five phases that overlap with the germination of a grant application. Students are expected to contribute to course through their own research findings and iterative versions of their projects.

Class Number

1460

Credits

3

Department

Arts Administration and Policy

Location

Online

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