Arts Management (Minor)
Dominican’s Minor in Arts Management is a cross-disciplinary program that combines selected courses in the arts fields with selected courses in the business program. With this minor students can pursue their interests in the visual and performing arts and receive training in specific career related arenas such as non-profit and for-profit arts management, grant writing, exhibition and program planning, budget management and basic accounting, fundraising, marketing, strategic planning, etc. The Arts Management Minor accords with the University goals of connecting the liberal arts and professional programs through practical application and connecting theory and practice.
Program Learning Outcomes
The student will demonstrate:
- Identify and employ basic business and management skills applicable to the general needs of arts organizations.
- Analyze, explain, and value existing and future roles of artists and arts administrator in society.
- Employ the skills and knowledge needed to create, support, and direct a creative project, production and/or activity.
- Apply theory to practice via internship experience.
Requirements
Core Courses
Two core courses (3 units each) may be selected by students according to their interests; the following are suggested sequences:
Art and Art History
| ARTH 1031 | World Art 1:Prehistory-Renaissance | 3.00 units |
| ARTH 1032 | World Art 2:Renaissance-Contemporary | 3.00 units |
| or | |
| ARTH 3000 | Art of the Western World | 3.00 units |
| ARTH 3100 | Art of the Non-Western World | 3.00 units |
Dance
Music
| MUS 3301 | History & Literature of Music from Antiquity-1750 | 3.00 units |
| MUS 3302 | History & Literature of Music from 1750 to the Present | 3.00 units |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Business Courses
Required Course
| BUS 3011 | Organizational Behavior | 3.00 units |
Select two courses from the following:
| BUS 3007/BUS 2000 | Financial Accounting | 3.00 units |
| BUS 3012 | Marketing Principles | 3.00 units |
| BUS 3013 | Corporate Finance | 3.00 units |
| BUS 3016 | Sustainability Driven Business Innovation | 3.00 units |
| BUS 4073 | Managing Not-For-Profit Organizations | 3.00 units |
| BUS 4074 | Entrepreneurship | 4.00 units |
| BUS 4075 | Leadership, Teams & Change | 3.00 units |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
May be selected by Sophomore, Junior or Senior students
Elective
Select one additional 3 unit course from the following:
| ARTH 3120 | Museum Studies | 3.00 units |
| ARTH 3122 | Global Arts Organizations | 3.00 units |
| BUS 4073 | Managing Not-For-Profit Organizations | 3.00 units |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Internship
A variety of internship experiences are offered for students pending their needs, time, and interests.
Total Credit Hours: 19-21