Nov 26, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Arts Administration, B.A.

Arts Administration is the business of managing nonprofit and for-profit arts organizations in order to facilitate day-to-day operations and fulfill the overall organizational mission.

The University of Kentucky’s undergraduate degree in Arts Administration is designed to prepare students for a future in the management of arts organizations and for graduate study. Students are provided with a strong liberal arts education, an understanding of the business world, and a comprehensive education in one of the four arts disciplines of art, music, dance, and theatre.

Students in the Department of Arts Administration take courses that introduce them to the best practices in arts administration. These courses are designed to provide students with a sound basis for meeting the unique political, economic, financial, marketing, and developmental challenges facing the arts community. Additionally, students acquire a background in business and economics, fundamental to running a financially viable arts organization, as well as devote considerable study to the fine arts and art creation through courses with the College of Fine Arts’ accomplished faculty of artists and scholars.

The department emphasizes applying information learned in the classroom to hands-on, relevant work experiences, including volunteer activities, internships, and jobs both on and off-campus. Advisors and faculty within the Department of Arts Administration are readily available and are committed to establishing a one-on-one relationship with each student.

Admission

All students declaring a major in arts administration will begin as a premajor. In order to be admitted in the B.A. in Arts Administration as a full major, students must first:

be enrolled in the University of Kentucky;
complete 30 credit hours of course work;
have a minimum 2.8 cumulative grade-point average;
complete all premajor courses with a grade-point average of 3.0 in premajor courses;
submit an application; and
participate in an interview process with the arts administration faculty.

Students meeting these requirements will be accepted as majors in the program.

Students in Arts Administration must complete the following program requirements:

College Requirements

Students must complete 6 credit hours outside of the arts administration discipline, but within the College of Fine Arts. This requirement is satisfied by the student’s required CFA minor. Students must complete 39 credit hours at the 300- level or above. This requirement is satisfied by the required course work in Arts Administration.

Subtotal: College Required hours: 6

UK Core Requirements

See the UK Core section of this Catalog for the complete UK Core requirements . The courses listed below are (a) recommended by the college, or (b) required courses that also fulfill UK Core areas. Students should work closely with their advisor to complete the UK Core requirements.

NOTE: Students majoring in Arts Administration may use no more than six credit hours within the Arts Administration major requirements to fulfill UK Core requirements.

UK Core hours: 30

Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR)

AAD 450 - ARTS ADMINISTRATION SENIOR SEMINAR Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: GCCR hours: 3

Premajor Requirements

AAD 103 - EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ARTS ADMINISTRATORS: SELF-AWARENESS Credit(s): 1
AAD 150 - ARTS IN ACTION Credit(s): 3
AAD 203 - EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ARTS ADMINISTRATORS: EMPATHY Credit(s): 1
AAD 240 - ARTS ADMINISTRATION TECHNOLOGIES Credit(s): 3
CIS 111 - COMPOSITION & COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3
OR
WRD 111 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Quantitative Foundations
Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Statistical/Inferential Reasoning
Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: Premajor hours: 17

Major Requirements

AAD 180 - ORGANIZING THE ARTS Credit(s): 3
AAD 299 - WORKPLACE READINESS AND CAREER PLANNING Credit(s): 1
AAD 300 - MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING FOR THE ARTS Credit(s): 3
AAD 303 - EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ARTS ADMINISTRATORS: COLLABORATION AND TEAMWORK Credit(s): 1
AAD 305 - ARTS ADMINISTRATION BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS Credit(s): 3
AAD 310 - MARKETING FOR THE ARTS Credit(s): 3
AAD 320 - FUNDRAISING FOR THE ARTS Credit(s): 3
AAD 350 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS I Credit(s): 3
AAD 353 - EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ARTS ADMINISTRATORS: MANAGING SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Credit(s): 1
AAD 370 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS II Credit(s): 3
AAD 380 - EVENT PLANNING & MANAGEMENT FOR THE ARTS Credit(s): 3
AAD 403 - EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ARTS ADMINISTRATORS: DECISION-MAKING Credit(s): 1
AAD 410 - ARTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP Credit(s): 3
AAD 420 - LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF ARTS ADMINISTRATION Credit(s): 3
AAD 425 - ARTS ADVOCACY Credit(s): 3
AAD 450 - ARTS ADMINISTRATION SENIOR SEMINAR Credit(s): 3
AAD 480 - ARTS PROGRAMMING Credit(s): 3
AAD 498 - NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATION INTERNSHIP Credit(s): 3 - 6 (Variable)
AAD 499 - INTERNSHIP IN ARTS ADMINISTRATION Credit(s): 1 - 12 (Variable)

Subtotal: Major hours: 43

In addition to the Major Requirements, students must take 18 credit hours with the College of Fine Arts, outside of their Arts Administration courses. Within these 18 credit hours, students must complete a minor or double major in the College of Fine Arts. The College of Fine Arts requires that all students must complete 6 credit hours outside of their major but within the college. For Arts Administration students, this requirement is satisfied by the student’s required CFA hours.

Additionally, students must complete 30 credit hours at the 300-level or above.

The B.A. in Arts Administration requires a 2.8 cumulative GPA for graduation.

Directed Electives, Option A

Twelve (12) credits of Directed Electives chosen in consultation with the student’s academic advisor from the following areas:

AAD electives at the 300-level or above.
AAD 500-level courses. At least 3 credit hours must be from 500-level AAD courses.
AAD 395 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN ARTS ADMINISTRATION . May complete up to 6 credit hours of an individually designed and approved project under the guidance of a faculty member.
AAD 399. ARTS ADMINISTRATION PRACTICUM . Up to 2 credit hours of arts administration practicum may be used toward directed elective credit.
AAD 402 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN ARTS ADMINISTRATION: SUBTITLE REQUIRED
. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 credit hours when identified with different subtitles.
AAD 498. NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATION INTERNSHIP . An additional 3 credit hours (above the required 6 credit hours) of arts administration internship may be used toward directed elective credit.
AAD 499 - INTERNSHIP IN ARTS ADMINISTRATION . An additional 3 credit hours (above the required 6 credit hours) of arts administration internship may be used toward directed elective credit.
•Approved education abroad courses may apply to directed elective credit. Consult department chair for approval.
Individual courses from any of the approved certificates listed in Option C.

Directed Electives, Option B

Students may complete one of the following approved minors outside the College of Fine Arts:

African American and Africana Studies
Appalachian Studies
Communication
Community and Leadership Development
Gender and Women’s Studies
Information Studies
International Studies
Journalism Studies
Media Arts and Studies
Professional and Technical Writing
Statistics
Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies

Directed Electives, Option C

Students may complete one of the following Undergraduate Certificate programs:

Arts Emergency Management
Creative Social Entrepreneurship

Subtotal: Directed Electives: 12-18

Free Electives

In addition to meeting their UK Core and major requirements, students must earn 6 credits in any area(s) of their choosing.

Arts Administration, B.A.

Admission

College Requirements

Subtotal: College Required hours: 6

UK Core Requirements

I. Intellectual Inquiry in Arts and Creativity

II. Intellectual Inquiry in the Humanities

III. Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences

IV. Intellectual Inquiry in the Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences

V. Composition and Communication I

VI. Composition and Communication II

VII. Quantitative Foundations

VIII. Statistical Inferential Reasoning

IX. Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA

X. Global Dynamics