Minor & Concentration Requirements

  • Minor

    The Arts Management & Creative Industries Minor

    The grade point average of the coursework comprising the minor must be no less than 2.00 with no course grade below C- (1.70). 

    5.5-6 units, including;

    • AMCI101 Introduction to Arts Management and Creative Industries

    • 1 unit in Non-profit Arts Management, chosen from:

    • 2 units in Foundational Theories, chosen from:

      • ARTH230 Power and Desire: A History of Collecting and Museums

      • ARTH345 Philanthropy in the Arts

      • ARTH365 Theories and Methodologies

      • CLSC320 Cultural Property: Archeology, Ethics, and Law

      • FMST201/ENGL220 Introduction to Film Studies

      • LDST368 Leadership on Stage and Screen

      • LDST369 Culture & Resistance: Race, Gender, Power, and Pop Culture

      • MUS225 The Music Industry: History, Technology, and Promotion

      • MUS226 Music and Media in Popular Culture

      • VMAP351 Contemporary Theory and Practice for Artists

    • 1 additional elective in, chosen from:

      • CRWR398 Independent Study (with approval from the Department of English chair)

      • DANC319 Culture & Resistance: Race, Gender, Power, and Pop Culture

      • DANC407 Senior Thesis Capstone

      • FMST201/ENGL220 Introduction to Film Studies

      • FMST302 Intermediate Film Production

      • FMST303 Editing: Theory and Practice

      • MKT320 Principles of Marketing

      • MGMT247 Introduction to Entrepreneurship

      • MGMT351 Managing Innovation

      • MUS112 Recording Techniques

      • MUS213 Any Sound You Can Imagine: Recording, Transforming, and Organizing Sound

      • MUS235 I Want My MTV: Music Video and the Transformation of the Music Industry

      • MUS313 Advanced Music Production

      • THTR301 Scene Design

      • THTR305 Sound Design

      • THTR307/FMST307 Lighting Design

      • THTR322 Costume Design for Stage and Screen

      • THTR407 Collaboration and Production

      • VMAP261 Independent Film and Video: Curatorial Practice and Presentation

      • VMAP263 Digital America Journal Design and Production

      • VMAP296 Video Art & Alternative Media: History, Theory, Practice

      • VMAP360 Frames of Reference

    • 0.5-1 unit, Experiential Practicum

      • Track 1: For Arts and Leadership Studies majors with an arts-focused capstone or thesis project

      • Track 2: For non-arts or Leadership Studies majors without an arts-focused capstone or thesis project:

    Note: Students may count up to two units from their major or another minor – including cross-listed courses – toward the AMCI minor. Beyond this limit, additional coursework must be unique to the minor.

  • Concentration

    Interdisciplinary Concentration in Arts Management

    Five units, including:

    Students are expected to fulfill all prerequisites necessary for courses within the minor. Prerequisites do not count toward the minor unless otherwise noted. Courses in accounting and marketing may be taken in the School of Business, the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, or by transfer in consultation with one of the concentration's coordinators. A concentration coordinator should be consulted for approval of the internship as appropriate for the concentration.

    The arts management coordinators may be consulted for additional recommended courses in areas of arts, business, or leadership that support the student's particular area of interest. An arts course in an area other than a student's major or minor is encouraged, and may include applied music study or music ensembles.