Visual Arts Management offers opportunities in a broad-ranging field that explores 21st century issues and innovation in traditional museums, commercial galleries, and alternative visual arts settings.

The AEMM curriculum is divided into three levels. Students may take Level I, Level II and Level III courses concurrently, provided prerequisite requirements are met.
Please view the core requirements courses for all AEMM majors.

Level III - Visual Arts Management

Unless otherwise advised by a faculty advisor, students should select from among the courses in a single arts genre in Visual Arts Management. The order of the course listing does not infer priority or sequencing; students should consult with an advisor to select the courses that best fit their needs.

The Visual Arts Management sub-concentrations
Management in Art & Design
Management in Advertising, Graphic Arts or Interactive Multimedia
Management in Photography

Management in Art & Design (min. 15 cr. hrs. req.)
Art in Chicago Now
Arts Entrepreneurship I*
Arts Entrepreneurship II*
Critical Analysis of Small Business*
Decision-Making Visual Arts Management*
Exhibition Management*
Fundraising*
Grant Proposal Planning and Writing*
Theory/Practice Arts Exhibitions
Practice Courses (min. 6 cr. hrs. req.)
Beginning Painting*
Drawing I*
Drawing II*
Fundamentals of 2-D Design
Fundamentals of 3-D Design
Mixed Media*
Context Courses (min. 6 cr. hrs. req.)
History of Art I
History of Art II
History of 20th Century Art*
New Art
20th Century Art Theory & Criticism*
21st Century Aesthetics

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Advertising, Graphic Arts or Interactive Multimedia (min. 15 cr. hrs. req.)
Arts Entrepreneurship I
Arts Entrepreneurship II
Arts Management Experiential Research*
Decision-Making: Visual Arts Management
E-Business I*
E-Business II*
Fundraising*
Grant Proposal Planning & Writing*
Management Applications of the Web
Sales and Management for Arts Entrepreneurs*
Practice Courses (min. 6 cr. hrs. req.)
Advertising Art Direction: Introduction*
Advertising Design*
Designing for the Web I*
Designing for the Web II*
Photography for Interactive Multimedia
Visual Design for Interactive Multimedia
Context Courses (min. 6 cr. hrs. req.)
AdCult: Culture & Psychological Aspects of Comm.
Aesthetics/Interactive Multimedia Program
Culture, Race and Media*
Digital Media Culture
History of Communication Design*

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Management in Photography (min. 15 cr. hrs. req.)
Arts Entrepreneurship I*
Arts Entrepreneurship II*
Critical Analysis of Small Business*
Decision-Making: Visual Arts Management*
E-Business I*
E-Business II*
Fundraising*
Grant Proposal Planning & Writing*
Photography in Chicago Now
Practice Courses (min. 6 cr. hrs. req.)
Digital Imaging I*
Foundations of Digital Imaging*
Foundations of Photography I & Darkroom Workshop (taken concurrently)
Fundamentals of 2-D Design
Web Site Design I*
Web Site Design II*
Context Courses (min. 6 cr. hrs. req.)
History of Art I*
History of Art II*
History of Photo I: 1839-1920*
History of Photo II: 1920 to present
History of Photography Seminar
20th Century Art Theory & Criticism

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