AD 46700 - Entrepreneurship In The Arts

This course is intended to meet the general education requirements outlined and pertaining to the learning outcomes for a general education Capstone course and is intended to examine business and entrepreneurial practices in the arts. The course will include discussions and study of arts administration, accounting practices, grant seeking/writing, marketing and publicity, personnel relations and not-for-profit regulations/procedures. Specific attention will be given to the ideas and concepts of business entrepreneurship as they relate specifically to the arts including producing a research-based fundable grant proposal.

Preparation for Course
P: Junior or senior class standing.

Cr. 3.
Student Learning Outcomes
1. Produce an original work involving the creation or application of knowledge, performance or service.
2. Report the results of original work through a discipline-appropriate product.
3. Demonstrate a high level of personal integrity and professional ethics by understanding the ethical responsibilities related to the profession associated
with the subject of the capstone project.
4. Demonstrate critical-thinking activities and familiarity with quantitative and/or qualitative reasoning.
5. Students will learn basic business practices of arts administration of both commercial and not-for-project business models.
6. Students will learn and apply ideas and concepts of business entrepreneurship including but not limited to financial budgeting and reporting, marketing and public relation concept and practices, etc.
7. Students will complete assignments and apply critical thinking in group projects that require applied knowledge of the laws, procedures and practices which govern arts administration, including but not limited to taxes, business ethics, arts ethics, personnel policies for private contractors, copyright laws, grant writing, Board policies and practices, etc.