MOB3518 Lights, Camera, Management!: Leadership in the Arts
(Formerly Arts & Entertainment Management: Balancing Creative Passion & Business Savvy)
4 Advanced Management Credits
In this course, students will explore leadership and management issues that surround the business side of the arts industry. Arts managers are responsible for all activities associated with the creation, running, and ultimately closing of an artistic production. This includes engaging in entrepreneurial activities to create and fund a production; networking across various stakeholders; marketing, sales and financial management to run the production, and working with various unions. Further students will gain an understanding of the overarching business models and operations within the arts. In this survey course, students will explore these issues across diverse arts industries including: Theatre, Film, Music, Dance, Events, Visual Art, and more. The course will culminate with an experiential class project that will allow students to use what they learned through the duration of the course. This course is ideal for students interested in a career in arts management and for students who love the arts and want to understand the management side of this industry.
Prerequisites: FME1000 and FME1001