Degree Requirements - Arts Leadership

The MFA in Arts Leadership requires 54 credits total. Students may share certain course requirements with students participating in two related graduate programs: Nonprofit Leadership and Public Administration. The Graduate Management Practicum experience continues each quarter allowing the student to apply their academic work in local arts organizations. This experience culminates in the Summary Project, synthesizing the work that each student has done in their focus area, visual or performing arts, with the work they have produced in their community practicum experiences. The following curriculum is required for MFA students beginning in the 2009-10 academic year.*

I. Required Courses

Forty-eight credits, including:

• ARTL 515 Fundamentals of the Non-Profit Arts Sector (3 credits)
• ARTL 525 Leadership & Interpersonal Behavior for Arts Leaders (6 credits)
• ARTL 536 Financial Management for Arts Leaders (3 credits)
• ARTL 537 Boards and Volunteers in Arts Organizations (3 credits)
• ARTL 538 Leading Staff in Arts Organizations (3 credits)
• ARTL 540 Marketing the Arts (3 credits)
• ARTL 541 Public Policy and Advocacy in the Arts (3 credits) 
• ARTL 543 Resource Development for Arts Organizations (6 credits) 
• ARTL 544 Persuasive Communication for Arts Leaders (3 credits)
• ARTL 580 Law and the Arts (3 credits)
• ARTL 595 Graduate Management Practicum (9 credits)
• ARTL 599 Summary Project (3 credits)

II. Program Electives

Six credits, from the following:

• ARTL 591 Special Topics
• ARTL 592 Special Topics
• ARTL 593 Special Topics
• PUBM 583 Mediation and Negotiation Skills
• PUBM 585 Leadership, Learning and Change Management

Minimum credits required for degree: 54