Arts Management MA

Arts managers matter because they are the ultimate mediators between the arts and its best audience. Arts leaders must negotiate the increasingly complex cultural, socioeconomic, legal, and political systems that challenge sustainable arts environments.

The University at Buffalo’s MA in Arts Management prepares you to face these challenges. Through its unique blend of critical inquiry, analysis, and experiential learning, the program builds your capacity to identify and solve the problems inherent in the areas of arts management, production, and cultural policymaking.

Required Core (24 credits)

AAP 501SEM - Managing Arts in 21st Century Credits: 3
AAP 508SEM - Cultural Policy Values and Per Credits: 3
AAP 509SEM - Research in Arts Mgmt Credits: 3
AAP 511TUT - Fieldwork in Arts Mgmt Credits: 3
AAP 551LEC - Leadership & Finance in Arts Credits: 3
AAP 552LEC - Marketing the Arts Credits: 3
AAP 585LEC - Legal Issues in Arts Mgmt Credits: 3
AAP 560TUT - Managing Arts Spaces Credits: 3

Electives & Culminating Experience (15 credits)

Elective Courses (12 credits)

Select from:

AAP 510SEM - Issues in Music Mgmt Credits: 3
AAP 514SEM - Int’l Issues Theatre Mgmt Credits: 3
AAP 518SEM - Issues in Museum Mgmt Credits: 3
AAP 519SEM - Contextualizing the Museum Credits: 3
AAP 507SEM - Special Topics Credits: 1 - 3
AAP 502SEM - Arts Management & Society Credits: 3
AAP 525LEC - Grant Writing Credits: 1
AAP 517SEM - Intl Iss in Arts Mgmt Credits: 3
AAP 598TUT - Practicum Support Credits: 1 - 3
Other courses accepted, as approved by director.

Culminating Experience: Project or Thesis (3 credits)

AAP 512TUT - Project Guidance Credits: 1 - 6
AAP 513TUT - Thesis Guidance Credits: 1 - 6

Total Credit Hours: 39

3.0 Degree GPA required

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

1) Identify, recall, and reproduce elements of critical arts management and cultural policy theory and practice.

2) Comprehend, explain, and discuss critical arts management and cultural policy theory and practice

3) Interpret, employ, and apply critical arts management and cultural policy theory and practice.

4) Critically understand and analyze the presuppositions implicit in the arts management and cultural policy models considered

5) Identify and solve complex, interdisciplinary problems and tensions that are inherent in the areas of arts management and cultural policy making

6) Develop, contextualize, and implement creative arts management solutions

SED Statement

This program is officially registered with the New York State Education Department (SED).