Degree Requirements

Arts Administration M.A.

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Core Arts Administration Courses (9 hours) - Required
AADM 6501	Development for Arts Organizations
AADM 6502	Arts Administration: Legal and Business Applications
AADM 6503	Marketing the Arts

Arts Administration Courses (21 hours) - Required
AADM 6200	Arts Organizations & Businesses
AADM 6223	Nonprofit Finance
AADM 6507	Research Methodology in the Arts
AADM 6508	Arts Leadership & Board Development
AADM 6509	Arts Education for the Administrator
AADM 6601	Writing & Presentation for Arts Administrators
AADM 6607	Arts Public Policy & Advocacy

Arts Administration Elective Options (6 hours) - Required**
AADM 6609	Arts and Community
AADM 6506	A Music Overview for Arts Administrators
AADM 6610	Public Relations in the Arts
AADM 6611	Branding in the Arts
AADM 6620	Fundraising Event Planning
AADM 6621	Grant Writing
AADM 6600	Practicum

**Students must take 2 electives. They may be a combination of any of the classes listed above, practicum(s)**, SUNO Classes in Museum Studies, or other approved graduate level classes

Internship (6 hours)-Required
AADM 6990	Internship
or
AADM 7000	Thesis Research

Student Course Load

Complete 36 hours of courses, maintaining a 3.0 GPA
Students must take 2 electives. They may take AADM elective classes, complete practicum(s)**, or take approved graduate level classes at UNO or in SUNO’s Museum Studies Master’s program.
During the course of study, a student must take and pass Comprehensive Exams which cover material from the Core Arts Administration classes (Arts Marketing, Arts Law, and Development) and successfully complete AADM 6507 Research Methodology in the Arts. Comprehensive Exams must be passed before you will be allowed to register for AADM 6990 Internship or AADM 7000 Thesis Research.

AADM 6990 Internship is a six-credit course. A required 480 hour internship within New Orleans or elsewhere in the country or internationally. Established internship relations exist with leading area visual and performing arts institutions and new opportunities are continually developed. This culminate in an internship report and report defense.

AADM 7000 Thesis Research is a six-credit course that is an alternative option to the Internship. Students must have passed a Comprehensive Exam and have successfully completed AADM 6507 Research Methodology in the Arts before registering for AADM 7000.