Arts Entrepreneurship, Undergraduate Certificate

About the Arts Entrepreneurship Certificate

The Arts Entrepreneurship Certificate seeks to educate students about the management process that artists use to create artistic, social, and economic value. Students will learn how to build creative partnerships and networks among artists, audiences, communities, businesses, teachers, and students. They will learn how to become self-directed business owners or employees in arts industries and how to identify and pursue opportunities that challenge them to recombine resources in innovative ways to produce creative arts projects. The certificate will equip them with career skills to define professional goals, develop marketing strategies, launch ventures, conduct fundraising campaigns, and organize artistic events.

General Requirements:

• Declaration of the certificate must be approved by Department of Interdisciplinary Arts advising or administrative personnel.
• Students must complete a minimum of 15 credit hours.
• Hours applied to this certificate may also be used to fulfill requirements in the student’s major.

(Note: Courses generally can be taken in any order as long as any necessary prerequisites have been met.)