While the needs of the field and its organizations are specific, the arts management major emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary study blending concepts and skills from multiple arts disciplines, public policy environments and management operations.

Students will be able:

• To map the relationships within the creative sector: the artist, the artistic product/service, the industries and the infrastructure;
• To understand the legal, economic and technological influences shaping the cultural landscape.
• To describe the internal structure, cultures and operations of non-profit arts and cultural organizations;
• To examine issues of organizational governance, leadership, and human resources;
• To reflect on the personal, social and cultural value of arts and culture;
• To develop entrepreneurial skills for the marketplace of ideas, arts products and cultural services;
• To practice creative and critical thinking;
• To recognize trends and opportunity for arts and cultural in various environments;
• To create social and economic value through innovative art practice;
• To actively engage the public in arts and cultural activity.