AAD 630. Managing Performing Arts Organizations (3)
This course examines the particular challenges related to theatre, music, and dance organizations as well as those involved in presenting performances and in management of performing arts venues. Course topics include contractual agreements, cooperative ventures between organizations, and managing organizations in transition. Organizational needs are considered from various points of view  (staff, artists, board, patrons, funders, etc.). Issues are examined through a case study approach.
Wildman, Fall Semester

AAD 631. Managing Visual Arts Organizations (3)
This course dissects and examines the myriad challenges facing the director of an art museum, nonprofit art gallery or alternative space. Topics will include ethical issues, board governance, the pros and cons of facility expansion, provenance issues, fundraising strategies and their "Catch-22" components, audience development, media communication, managing controversy and change, the organization's role as educator, collaborative ventures, the critical investment in exhibitions, collecting and deaccessioning, and working with contemporary artists.
Rynd, Fall Semester

AAD 634. Planning and Managing New Ventures in the Arts (3)
This course is designed to provide the student with insights into setting up a new artistic venture or re-designing an existing program. Students will explore creating a concept, vision and mission; the life cycles of a non-profit, leadership issues; building support in the larger community; developing financial viability on many levels; public relations, marketing, outreach and audience development.
McFarland, Spring Semester

AAD 636. Arts in Education (3)
This course will study the various arts education methodologies practiced in the classroom, explore models of best practices in different settings in urban and rural schools, discuss the role of the arts in academic learning, and examine public support for arts in education and advocacy for such support.  Students will survey their own communities and professional backgrounds to build a context for their understanding of the coursework, discuss assigned readings and issues in arts education, and practice resolution of real-life situations in arts instruction, seeking public support, and developing advocacy strategies to ensure the permanence of arts in the core curriculum of all schools. 
Chiu, Spring Semester

AAD 637. Directed Reading in the Chosen Art Field (3)
Directed Reading can be designed by a student on an individual basis to broaden the student's knowledge in a particular area of arts administration.  Students interested in taking this course must have the prior approval of the director, an outlined bibliography, and a faculty member who has agreed to advise their work. 
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