MBA, Arts Management Concentration

Equipping artists to lead. Preparing potential arts and cultural managers seeking training in business strategic and innovative thinking to manage arts-based organizations.

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Master of Business Administration (MBA): Arts Management Concentration

Offered as an MBA Graduate Degree

The MBA for the Arts Concentration at SOU is for high-potential arts and cultural managers seeking training in business, strategic and innovative thinking, and a broad knowledge of nonprofit management. The degree and concentration are designed to prepare artists to manage and lead on a local, regional or national scale; combine business strategy with community insights in innovative and resourceful ways; and connect artists, the arts, and audiences in ways that transform their communities. This program can be completed in five years along with a Bachelor’s degree from the Oregon Center for the Arts at SOU (Art, EMDA, Creative Writing, Music, or Theatre) or other arts-related course of study. Acceptance into the program is based upon declaration and acceptance into the SOU graduate programs.

We offer our students the added benefits of small class sizes in a cohort system, which means you begin the MBA program with a group of students and continue throughout the program with those same students. Working in a cohort-based program has proven incredibly rewarding and has many advantages for developing future business leaders. The MBA program is accredited through the Northwest Commission of Colleges and Universities and the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

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Degree Fit

Program Preparation

The perfect candidates are students with drive and desire to develop business knowledge with a creative edge. Students prepared to develop critical thinking skills, analytical skills, mindful innovative thought and ethical environmental awareness through the arts are perfect candidates for the SOU Master of Business Administration Arts Program.

Degree Roadmap

Students working toward an MBA for Arts Management degree will take 33 core MBA course credits covering the essential functional areas in business management. Fifteen credits are composed of specific elective courses that must be completed for the concentration.

Capstone

The capstone course is intended to provide an experience that integrates the MBA coursework using intensive business cases and analysis. The students’ business knowledge is tested and applied to demonstrate mastery of business concepts and theory.