Southern Methodist University

SMU offers undergraduate studies with a minor in Arts Entrepreneurship or a minor in Arts Management. In addition, a joint degree of MA/MBA in Business & Arts Management is offered by the Meadows School of the Arts and the Cox School of Business.

Division of Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship in the Meadows School of the Arts offers two undergraduate minors. The minor in arts entrepreneurship provides an overview of how to develop and launch a new arts venture, either for-profit or nonprofit. The minor in arts management provides an overview of how professional arts organizations are managed, with an emphasis on understanding the practical issues facing today’s arts manager.

The MA/MBA is a joint degree in Business & Arts Management offered by the Meadows School of the Arts and the Cox School of Business. The innovative combination of courses in both business and the arts, as well as internships and intensive experience with arts organizations and their particular challenges, creates graduates who are well-prepared to hold leadership positions in arts, entertainment, education and non-profit organizations around the world. The Meadows curriculum consists of 27 hours of Arts Management seminars with a strict limitation on class size. These seminars focus on fundraising, nonprofit finance, marketing the arts, legal issues affecting the arts, philanthropy, strategic planning, and cultural policy. Students have the opportunity to spend their second fall semester taking coursework at Bocconi University in Milan, Europe's leading arts and cultural management program. In addition, you will gain real-world experience in arts management through internships with Dallas professional arts organizations as well as a full-time internship with a national or international organization of your choice.