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Arts Administration Minor

Any Rider University student may choose to pursue the 18-credit Arts Administration Minor. Interested students should declare the Arts Administration Minor by completing a form available in the Assistant Registrar’s Office at Westminster Choir College.



Arts Administration Minor (18 semester hours)
Required Courses

12 Credits

AR121  Introduction to Arts Management1
or
CBA110  Introduction to Business
3
AR202  Communications & Marketing in the Arts1 3

AR203  Arts Fundraising2

3

Choose one of the following:3

  • ENG321  Workplace Writing, Business & Professional Contexts
  • ENG322  Workplace Writing, Grant Proposals, Fundraising & Development
  • COM102  Writing for the Media
3
 
Electives 6 Credits

Electives chosen from the following:

  • AR290 Arts Management Independent Study (3)
  • ART227 Gallery Management (3)
  • AS406 Internship4 (6)
  • BED202 Word Processing Advanced (1)
  • BED203 Desktop Publishing and Graphics (1)
  • BED204 Spreadsheets (1)
  • BED211 Web Page Development (1)
  • BED212 Word Processing Applications (1)
  • BED213 Database Software (1)
  • BUS210 Introduction to Law Contracts (3)
  • CIS185 Introduction to Computing (3)
  • COM212 Publication Design (3)
  • COM240 Public Relations (3)
  • COM290 Professional and Strategic Speech (3)
  • MGT201 Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior (3)
6

Important Notes:

  1. Satisfactory completion of AR121 or CBA110 and of all English Composition requirements of a student’s college is a prerequisite for AR202 and AR203.
  2. A student who chooses to take both AR121 and CBA110 may count the credits for the second course toward electives in this minor.
  3. A student who chooses to take two of the three writing courses may count the second course toward electives in this minor.
  4. An internship must be undertaken in an arts organization venue in order to count toward this minor. While it may be arranged for three or more credits, a maximum of three internship credits may be counted toward electives.

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