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Arts and Media

Schulich offers Canada’s only MBA with a specialization in arts and media administration. The specialization is suitable for students who have either work experience in the cultural sector or an undergraduate education in areas of the arts such as music, theatre, dance or the visual arts, or areas of the cultural media such as film studies or literary studies. Schulich graduates from the arts and media administration specialization fill such positions as: general manager and marketing and development directors of major performing and visual arts organizations; cultural policy analysts at all levels of government; owners of entrepreneurial endeavours in the cultural sector; and business managers in the film industry.

For more information, see also the Arts & Media Web site.

Arts and Media
Tel: (416) 736-5217
Fax: (416) 650-8071
E-mail: artm@schulich.yorku.ca

FACULTY


Schulich arts and media administration faculty members are well known nationally and internationally for their research and teaching in the fields of cultural management and policy. Their work spans a wide range of related issues, including the strategic management of arts organizations, audience research, Canadian cultural policy and international comparative studies. All faculty members have played a vital role in the field of arts and culture outside York University and, as a result, bring a wealth of practical experience to the classroom.

Director, Arts and
Media Administration
Joyce Zemans, CM
University Professor Emerita (York)

Paul Audley
Adjunct Professor in Arts and Media

Patricia Bradley
Sessional Lecturer in Arts and Media
 Heather Clark
Sessional Lecturer in Arts and Media

Trina McQueen, OC
Adjunct Professor

Steve Ord
Sessional Lecturer in Arts and Media
 Arthur Siegel
Sessional Lecturer in Arts and Media

Brian Wynn
Sessional Lecturer in Arts and Media


GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ARTS AND MEDIA ADMINISTRATION

REQUIREMENTS
  • taken concurrently with a Schulich graduate degree (students must satisfy both Graduate Diploma and MBA requirements),
  • diploma must be completed within one term of completing graduate program degree requirements,
  • 12.0 credit-hours of elective courses at right consisting of:
    ~3.0 credit-hours of the prerequisite course (registration with permission of instructor)
    ~9.0 or more credit-hours of recommended courses (listed under "General Concentration" below)
    ~a 3 to 4-month internship in a cultural sector organization
  • MGMT 6100 3.00 Strategy Field Study in a cultural-sector organization.


GENERAL CONCENTRATION

REQUIREMENTS
  • 12.0 credit-hours of elective courses consisting of:
    - 3.0 credit-hours of the prerequisite course (registration with permission of instructor
    - 9.0 or more credit-hours of recommended courses
  • MGMT 6100 3.00 Strategy Field Study is recommended in a cultural sector organization

RECOMMENDED COURSES


ARTM 6300 3.00 Cultural Policy
ARTM 6301 3.00Issues in Arts and Cultural Management
ARTM 6330 3.00 Communications Policy
ARTM 6340 3.00Managing in the New Broadcast World
ARTM 6350 3.00The Business of Creativity in the Cultural Sector


STUDY OPTIONS

  • Joint Master of Business Administration/ Master of Fine Arts (MBA/MFA) or Master of Business Administration/Master of Arts (MBA/MA)
  • Graduate Diploma in Arts and Media Administration (MBA)
  • Concentration
  • Post-MBA Diploma in Advanced Management