2020-2021 Catalog

THTR 290 History & Mission of Arts Institutions 

This course provides a comprehensive view of visual and performing arts administration and serves to prepare students for specialized courses.  The course traces the development of arts institutions and explores the relationship of economic, political and social factors on arts and culture in the United States, with comparisons to arts organizations abroad. It provides an overview of management functions including planning, organizing, and managing within non-profit, public, and for-profit structures, and the interrelationship of organizational mission, vision and leadership.  Readings and lectures will be supplemented by weekly discussions of current developments in the field.  

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

Same as ART 290/DANC 290

Prerequisite

WRIT 101 or WRIT 201