Arts Administration
The Arts Administration programs at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Degree Requirements
Seth Macari, Class of 2011, and Jessica Reed, Class of 2012 working hard for the Indiana Festival Theatre
Master of Arts in Arts Administration at Indiana University
45 Credit Hours required for the MA/AA
| Fall | Semester I |
| (15 cr.) | AADM-Y500 – Organizational Behavior and Arts Management (3 cr.) |
| AADM-Y511 – Performing Arts Center Management (3 cr.) | |
| AADM-Y525 – Museum Management (3 cr.) | |
| AADM-Y535 – Arts Administration and the Cultural Sector (3 cr.) | |
| Elective (3 cr.) | |
| Spring | Semester II |
| (12 cr.) | AADM-Y515 – Financial Management for the Arts (3 cr.) |
| AADM-Y530 – Audience Development and Marketing the Arts (3 cr.) | |
| BUS-L575 – Legal Issues in the Arts (3 cr.) | |
| Elective (3 cr.) | |
| Summer | Internship |
| (6 cr.) | AADM-Y750 – Internship (3 cr.) |
| Students also have the option of completing their internship in the Spring following semester III. | |
| Practicum | |
| AADM-Y550 – Practicum (3 cr.) | |
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Three different 50-hour arts management projects are completed throughout the three semesters of coursework. Students can register for all three credits at once or one credit per semester, so long as the total number of credits equals three. Students can register for the Y550 Practicum at any time, but generally register simultaneously with the Y750 Internship. For more infomation on Practica and possible host organizations, click here. |
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| *Note that very few courses, if any, are offered during the summer semester. Students should ensure they take their elective courses in the fall or spring semesters. | |
| Fall | Semester III |
| (12 cr.) | SPEA-V525 – Management in the Nonprofit Sector (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V558 – Fund Development for Nonprofits (3 cr.) | |
| AADM-Y650 – Seminar in Arts Administration (Capstone) (3 cr.) | |
| Elective (3 cr.) |
For more information on courses, please see our arts administration course descriptions.
Electives
Electives chosen must be graduate-level courses or the equivalent. Upper level undergraduate courses may count toward graduation only if the student has prior approval and written documentation from the professor of the course verifying that additional, graduate-level work will be required. Documentation is approved by the University Graduate School.
At least 9 graduate-level credit hours, suggested but not limited to:
Arts Administration (AADM):
Y412 Opera Management
Y500 Repertoire Appraisal for Arts Managers
Y505 Programming in the Performing Arts
Y559 Public Policy and the Arts
Y564 The Economics and Administration of Artistic Organizations
School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA):
V521 The Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector
V522 Human Resource Management in Nonprofit
V523 Civil Society and Public Policy
V541 Cost Benefit Analysis
V547 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
V550 NGO Management in Comparative Perspective
V557 Proposal Development and Grant Administration
V561 Public Human Resources Management
V562 Public Program Evaluation
V569 Managing Interpersonal Relations
V570 Labor Relations
V602 Strategic Management for Government and Not for Profits
V611 Design of Information Systems
Kelley School of Business (BUS):
Z518 Labor/Employee Relations
Z519 Aligning Business/Human Resource Strategy (1.5)
W504 New Venture Business Planning (1.5)
W505 Power Persuasion Influence Negotiation Strategy (1.5)
W520 Turnaround Management (1.5)
W550 Management Consulting
M544 Managing Advertising and Sales Promotion
M512 Marketing Strategy (1.5)
M550 Customer Oriented Strategies (1.5)
L508 Legal Issues, Human Resource Management
F509 Financial Analysis for Corporate Decisions (1.5)
Education (EDUC):
Z550 Community Arts Programming
Journalism (JOUR):
J531 Public Relations for Nonprofits
J542 Arts, Media, and Society
J552 Reporting the Arts
J563 Computerized Publications
Anthropology (ANTH):
A590 Museum Studies
A403/503 Introduction to Museum Studies
Fine Arts (FINA):
R590 Seminar in the Visual Arts
A442 Twentieth-Century Art 1900-1924
A449 Twentieth-Century Art 1925-Present
Theatre and Drama (THTR):
T573 Studies in Modern and Contemporary Theatre
T428/700 Production and Event Management
Jacobs School of Music (MUS):
M561 History & Literature of Opera I
M562 History & Literature of Opera II
M563 History & Literature of Opera III
M564 History and Literature of Opera IV
M525 Survey of Operatic Literature
M527 Symphonic Literature
M653 Baroque Music
School of Library and Information Sciences (SLIS):
L571 Information Architecture for the Web
L546 User-Centered Database Design
L566 Digital Libraries
L548 Computer Programming for Information Management
L540 Foundations of Information Architecture
L561 The Information Industry
Communications and Culture (CMCL):
C560 Motion Picture Production
C592 Media Genres
C596 National Cinemas
Telecommunications (TEL):
T570 Art Entertainment & Information
