Minor in Arts Administration and Cultural Advocacy


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CONTACT:
Joel Dodson
dodsonj2@southernct.edu 

Michael Skinner
skinnerm2@southernct.edu 

19 Credits Required

Core Requirements (7 Credits)
Select one option from the following choices:

Option 1:
AAC 200 – Topics in Arts Administration and Cultural Advocacy (3 cr.)
AAC 497 – Internship in Arts Administration and Cultural Advocacy (4 cr.)

Option 2:
AAC 200 – Topics in Arts Administration and Cultural Advocacy (3 cr.)
AAC 490 – Capstone Project in Arts Administration and Cultural Advocacy (3 cr.)
AAC 497 – Internship in Arts Administration and Cultural Advocacy (1 cr.)

Areas of Professional Focus (6 Credits)
Select one course from each of the following areas:

Arts and Cultural Administration 
AAC 210 – Fundamentals of Arts Marketing
AAC 280 – Writing for Non-Profit Organizations
AAC 317 – Nonprofit Development: Communication and Planning
AAC 370 – Public and NonProfit Administration
AAC 465 – Entrepreneurship for Musicians

Additional Professional Skills
AAC 210 – Fundamentals of Arts Marketing
AAC 280 – Writing for Non-Profit Organizations
AAC 317 – Nonprofit Development: Communication and Planning
AAC 370 – Public and NonProfit Administration
AAC 465 – Entrepreneurship for Musicians
ACC 200 – Principles of Financial Accounting
CMS 261 – Managing Social Media
JRN 230 – Fundamentals of Public Relations
MGT 285 – Management and Organization
MKT 200 – Principles of Marketing
REC 363 – Event Management 
REC 390 – Grant Writing
THR 460 – Theater Management

Knowledge of Artistic Practice (6 Credits)
Select one course from each of the following areas: 

Applied Skills in the Arts

AAC 280 – Writing for Non-Profit Organizations
ART 114 – Digital Foundations for Art & Design
ART 215 – Principles of Graphic Design 
CMS 336 – Writing Copy for Integrated Media
ENG 318 – Writing for the Web
HIS 259 – Digital New Haven
HIS 480 – Seminar in Oral History
JRN 305 – Precision Editing
MUS 428 – Electronic Music
THR 415 – The Critical Eye

Arts and Cultural Knowledge
ART 215 – Principles of Graphic Design 
ART 216 – Typography 
ART 264 – Introduction to Digital Photography
ART 300 – History of Modern Art 
ART 301 – History of Italian Renaissance Art 
ART 302 – History of Art of the United States 
ART 303 – History of the Art of East Asia 
ART 306 – History of Medieval Art 
ART 307 – History of Baroque Art 
ART 311 – History of Chinese Art 
ART 315 – Advanced Problems in Design 
ART 317 – History of Women and Art 
ART 322 – History of Northern Renaissance Art 
ART 400 – History of Architecture 
ART 429 – History of Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt 
ENG 201 – Intro to Creative Writing
ENG 202 – Intro to Poetry Writing
ENG 203 – Intro to Fiction Writing
ENG 342 – Shakespeare I 
ENG 343 – Shakespeare II 
ENG 367 – Modern Comedy 
ENG 371 – Literature into Film 
ENG 423 – Contemporary African-American Novelists 
ENG 424 – The Harlem Renaissance 
ENG 447 – American Drama 
ENG 462 – Gay and Lesbian Film and Literature 
ENG 463 – 20th Century American Novel 
ENG 465 – Postcolonial Literature
HIS 200 – The Historian's Craft
HIS 259 – Digital New Haven Project
HIS 262 – Connecticut 
HIS 315 – American Roots 
HIS 349 – Dress in Recent U.S. History: Lives and Times of Ten Iconic Fashions 
HIS 480 – Seminar in Oral History
LIT 406 – Classical Drama
LIT 431 – Contemporary Drama: Brecht to Present
MUS 210 – Music History I
MUS 211 – Music History II
MUS 300 – Beethoven and Revolution 
MUS 301 – American Music 
MUS 303 – In Search of Mozart
MUS 311 – Jazz History 
MUS 314 – Music of the Jewish People
MUS 315 – Jazz History since 1945 
MUS 428 – Electronic Music
MUS 429 – Producing Music for Visual Media 
MUS 430 – Advanced Audio Recording
THR 122 – Professional Voice and Diction
THR 131 – Principles of Theatrical Design
THR 211 – History of Theatre 1
THR 212 – History of Theatre 2
THR 220 – Acting: Advanced Scene Study
THR 223 – Historic Dance for Actors
THR 240 – Play Analysis and Dramaturgy
THR 315 –The American Musical
THR 415 –The Critical Eye
THR 460 – Theater Management