Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions

Performing Arts Administration Graduate

Degree Requirements

Completion of the now 48-point program, on a full-time basis, takes two academic years.  Students are required to take 18 credits in management studies either at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business or the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.  At the same time, the students must fulfill their major requirements by taking seminars in the Environment of Arts Administration, Principles and Practices of Arts Administration, Development for the Performing Arts, Marketing the Performing Arts, Planning and Finance for the Performing Arts, and Governance, as well as six credits of internship.  In addition, electives are required in Management, Arts Administration, and/or Art with advice of the program director.  Prerequisites to study include a course in microeconomics and statistics or quantitative methods prior to coming into the program.  Alternatively, the economics and statistics requirements may be fulfilled while in the program.  Up to nine credits may be satisfied by taking courses in the Arts Administration Study Abroad Program.

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