Executive Arts Management Curriculum

The Executive MA in Arts Management is a 48 unit degree offering a special emphasis in leadership. The program can be completed in two years of full-time study or in a part-time basis in a maximum of five years. All courses are in the late afternoon, early evening, or Saturday mornings in either downtown Los Angeles or in Claremont.   

Participants have access to all executive courses, not open to regular Arts Management students.  Fees for these courses include all materials and meals

Drucker Executive MA core requirements (16 units):

• The Drucker Difference (4 units)
• Budgeting/finance/accounting for non-profits or Financial Accounting (4 units)
• Organizational Theory and Behavior (2 units)
• Marketing (2 units)
• Choice of Leadership Course(s) (4 units)
   

Arts & Humanities core requirements (16 units)

• Theory and Practice of Arts Management (4 units)
• Arts and Cultural Policy (4 units)
• Research Methods or Quantitative Methods (4 units)
• Arts Consulting Clinic/Final Research Paper (4 units)

The Arts Consulting Clinic capstone course provides participants in the program professional arts management consulting experience with a world-class arts organization.

Elective Options (16 units)

The electives may be selected from any of the academic areas listed below. You can also create an area of concentration or specialization within an elective area.

• Leadership
• Strategy
• Nonprofit Management
• Organizational Science
• Politics and Policy
• Human Resources
• Information Systems and Technology
• Archival Studies
• Cultural Studies
• Museum Studies
• Educational Studies
• Evaluation
• Music