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DRA 201 - Fundamental Arts Management

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: General


A strong understanding of the fundamentals of arts management is essential to sustainability in the arts. This course is designed to help students establish the ability to create, develop, facilitate, and evaluate arts and cultural programs and organizations.
Competencies
  1. Examine the value of artistic experiences.
    1. Give examples of artistic experiences that are widely accepted within arts fields as effective.
    2. Demonstrate an understanding of potential benefits for target audiences of artistic experiences.
  2. Break down the value of cultural experiences.
    1. Summarize examples of cultural experiences that generally classified as effective.
    2. Demonstrate an understanding of potential benefits for target audiences of cultural experiences.
  3. Illustrate the value of arts education.
    1. Make sense of arts education programming that is successful.
    2. Develop an ability to effectively articulate the value of arts education.
  4. Investigate the meaning and purpose of nonprofit organizations.
    1. Break down the fundamental concepts of a vision statement.
    2. Determine how nonprofit organizations can affect society.
    3. Discuss fundamental terminology associated with nonprofit status.
  5. Distinguish what makes an arts marketing department effective.
    1. Classify foundational marketing terminology used in arts management.
    2. Explore effective arts marketing strategies.
    3. Explore effective cultural marketing strategies.
  6. Characterize the tools of an effective development department within an arts organization.
    1. Analyze foundational development terminology used in arts management.
    2. Interpret foundational development concepts.
    3. Distinguish effective development strategies for arts programming.
    4. Distinguish effective development strategies for cultural programming.
  7. Evaluate the ethical responsibilities of leaders within the field arts management.
    1. Analyze cultural workplace dynamics.
    2. Incorporate principles of effective leadership in the arts.
  8. Produce examples of effective arts programming.
    1. Compare various arts programs.
    2. Determine how effective arts programs are relative to their stated vision.
  9. Create the foundation of a potentially viable arts program.
    1. Develop a culturally relevant vision for the potential program.
    2. Examine potential outcomes of the programming based on the foundational concept.

 



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