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Program Description
This Minor is for Arts Majors
This minor in designed for College of Arts & Architecture majors and teaches students how to create a sustainable arts career.
Why should arts Majors care about entrepreneurship?
Learning the business side of the arts will empower you to create an exciting and fulfilling career in the arts based on who you are and what interests you, utilizing your natural talents and gifts. The Arts Entrepreneurship Minor is designed to help you create the future you want by empowering you with entrepreneurial knowledge and skill to help you make a living as an artist, or as someone who connects audiences to artists and their work.
Goal of Arts Entrepreneurship
Use arts products, services, and experiences to create, communicate, and deliver a variety of forms of value – such as aesthetic, social, and/or cultural – and capture value in the form of achieving an organizational mission and/or making a profit. Artists and designers can provide value to society through freelance, non-profit, for profit, leadership, and/or social entrepreneurship ventures.
Types of Arts Entrepreneurs
- One who creates/produces art – composer, painter, performer, etc. (Lifestyle Entrepreneur)
- One who supports the production of art – by developing a product or service that aids creators/producers in their task (Lifestyle or Growth Entrepreneur)
- One who draws audiences to art and artists – by developing a product or service that connects audiences to art and artists (Lifestyle or Growth Entrepreneur)
The Director of the Arts Entrepreneurship Minor actively engages arts entrepreneurs and alumni as guest speakers who serve as tangible examples of success, role models, and mentors for students in the program. Each spring semester, students have the opportunity to enter the Arts Business Idea Competition where they can gain valuable experience pitching their arts business concept to a panel of judges. The competition offers cash prizes for students to use as start-up funds for their venture and facilitates the expansion of their network by bringing them into contact with potential mentors and investors.
Program Requirements
| Requirement | Credits |
|---|---|
| Requirements for the Minor | 18 |
Requirements for the Minor
A grade of C or better is required for all courses in the minor, as specified by Senate Policy 59-10. In addition, at least six credits of the minor must be unique from the prescribed courses required by a student's major(s).
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Prescribed Courses | ||
| Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better | ||
| AA 323 | Arts Enterprise Development | 3 |
| AA 424 | Arts Entrepreneurship Capstone Research Project | 3 |
| Additional Courses | ||
| Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better | ||
| Select 2-7 credits from the following: | 2-7 | |
| Architectural Professional Practice | ||
| Curator's Workshop | ||
| Practical Communications | ||
| Graphic Design Studio - Communities | ||
| Professional Practice | ||
| Music Entrepreneurship | ||
| Professional Photography Capstone Seminar: Self-Marketing and Professional Presence | ||
| Theatre Portfolio & Business Practices I | ||
| Musical Theatre: Business of the Business | ||
| Theatre Management | ||
| Supporting Courses and Related Areas | ||
| Supporting Courses and Related Areas: Require a grade of C or better | ||
| Select 5-10 credits from the following: | 5-10 | |
Design Thinking and Creativity  | ||
| Architectural Design Studio | ||
| Advanced Architectural and Related Design/Construction Work Experience II | ||
| Independent Studies | ||
| Independent Study - Honors | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Art and Life: Where They Intersect | ||
| Seminar in Contemporary Art | ||
| Performance Art | ||
| Drawing | ||
| Advanced Figure Drawing | ||
| Advanced Sculpture | ||
| Installation Art | ||
| Flexible Molds: Parting Seams and Sculptural Concepts | ||
| Sustainable Studio | ||
| Advanced Printmaking | ||
| Advanced Painting Critique | ||
| Advanced Ceramic Arts | ||
| Internship | ||
| Independent Studies | ||
| Independent Studies | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Trumpet: Primary VI | ||
| French Horn: Primary VI | ||
| Trombone: Primary VI | ||
| Euphonium: Primary VI | ||
| Tuba: Primary VI | ||
| Trumpet: Performance VI | ||
| French Horn: Performance VI | ||
| Trombone: Performance VI | ||
| Euphonium: Performance VI | ||
| Tuba: Performance VI | ||
| Trumpet: Primary VII | ||
| French Horn: Primary VII | ||
| Trombone: Primary VII | ||
| Euphonium: Primary VII | ||
| Tuba: Primary VII | ||
| Trumpet: Performance VII | ||
| French Horn: Performance VII | ||
| Trombone: Performance VII | ||
| Euphonium: Performance VII | ||
| Tuba: Performance VII | ||
| Trumpet: Primary VIII | ||
| French Horn: Primary VIII | ||
| Trombone: Primary VIII | ||
| Euphonium: Primary VIII | ||
| Tuba: Primary VIII | ||
| Trumpet: Performance VIII | ||
| French Horn: Performance VIII | ||
| Trombone: Performance VIII | ||
| Euphonium: Performance VIII | ||
| Tuba: Performance VIII | ||
| Digital Portfolio Elements | ||
| Digital Arts & Media Design Capstone I | ||
| Digital Art & Media Design Capstone II | ||
| Advanced New Media: Capstone | ||
| Fundamentals of Digital Audio | ||
| Fundamentals of Digital Audio | ||
| Jazz Performance Studies | ||
| Jazz Performance Studies | ||
| Piano: Primary V | ||
| Piano: Performance V | ||
| Piano: Primary VI | ||
| Piano: Performance VI | ||
| Piano: Primary VII | ||
| Piano: Performance VII | ||
| Piano: Primary VIII | ||
| Piano: Performance VIII | ||
| Internship | ||
| Independent Studies | ||
| Independent Studies - Honors | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Techniques of Composition | ||
| Jazz Pedagogy | ||
| String Pedagogy | ||
| Woodwind Pedagogy | ||
| Brass Pedagogy | ||
| Percussion Pedagogy | ||
| Voice Pedagogy | ||
| Piano Pedagogy I | ||
| Song Writing and Recording | ||
| Jazz Harmony and Arranging | ||
| The Business of Music | ||
| Emphasis in Elementary General Music | ||
| Emphasis in Secondary General Music | ||
| Choral Emphasis in Secondary Music Education | ||
| Emphasis in Elementary and Intermediate Band | ||
| Emphasis in High School Band | ||
| Emphasis in Strings and Orchestra | ||
| Teaching Marching Band | ||
| Computer Programming for Musicians | ||
| Computer Music Synthesis | ||
| Recording Studio Training | ||
| Technology in Music | ||
| Electronic Music Composition I | ||
| Electronic Music Composition II | ||
| Advanced Conducting I | ||
| Advanced Conducting II | ||
| Opera Workshop | ||
| Acting for Singers | ||
| Internship | ||
| Independent Studies | ||
| Independent Studies - Honors | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Percussion: Primary V | ||
| Percussion: Performance V | ||
| Percussion: Primary VI | ||
| Percussion: Performance VI | ||
| Percussion: Primary VII | ||
| Percussion: Performance VII | ||
| Percussion: Primary VIII | ||
| Percussion: Performance VIII | ||
| Photographic Narratives | ||
| Photographic Narratives | ||
| Creative Projects in Photography | ||
| Product Photography | ||
| Portrait Photography | ||
| Photographing Motion and Athletic Events | ||
| Internship | ||
| Independent Studies | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Violin: Primary V | ||
| Viola: Primary V | ||
| Violoncello: Primary V | ||
| Double Bass: Primary V | ||
| Guitar: Primary V | ||
| Violin: Performance VI | ||
| Viola: Performance VI | ||
| Violoncello: Performance VI | ||
| Double Bass: Performance VI | ||
| Guitar: Performance VI | ||
| Violin: Primary VII | ||
| Viola: Primary VII | ||
| Violoncello: Primary VII | ||
| Double Bass: Primary VII | ||
| Guitar: Primary VII | ||
| Violin: Performance VII | ||
| Viola: Performance VII | ||
| Violoncello: Performance VII | ||
| Double Bass: Performance VII | ||
| Guitar: Performance VII | ||
| The Art of the Theatre | ||
| Performance and Society | ||
| Fundamentals of Acting | ||
| Introduction to Theatre | ||
| B.F.A. Acting Foundations | ||
| Acting I | ||
| Survey of Theatre Production Practice | ||
| Fundamentals of Design for the Theatre | ||
| Script Analysis | ||
| Dramaturgy | ||
| Theatre Production Practicum | ||
| Theatre Performance Practicum | ||
| Theatre Production Practicum | ||
| Internship Practicum | ||
| Independent Studies | ||
| Independent Studies - Honors | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Voice: Primary V | ||
| Voice: Performance V | ||
| Voice: Primary VI | ||
| Voice: Performance VI | ||
| Musical Theatre Voice V | ||
| Voice: Primary VII | ||
| Voice: Performance VII | ||
| Musical Theatre Voice VI | ||
| Voice: Primary VIII | ||
| Voice: Performance VIII | ||
| Flute: Primary V | ||
| Oboe: Primary V | ||
| Clarinet: Primary V | ||
| Bassoon: Primary V | ||
| Saxophone: Primary V | ||
| Flute: Performance V | ||
| Oboe: Performance V | ||
| Clarinet: Performance V | ||
| Bassoon: Performance V | ||
| Saxophone: Performance V | ||
| Flute: Primary VI | ||
| Oboe: Primary VI | ||
| Clarinet: Primary VI | ||
| Bassoon: Primary VI | ||
| Saxophone: Primary VI | ||
| Flute: Performance VI | ||
| Oboe: Performance VI | ||
| Clarinet: Performance VI | ||
| Bassoon: Performance VI | ||
| Saxophone: Performance VI | ||
| Flute: Primary VII | ||
| Oboe: Primary VII | ||
| Clarinet: Primary VII | ||
| Bassoon: Primary VII | ||
| Saxophone: Primary VII | ||
| Flute: Performance VII | ||
| Oboe: Performance VII | ||
| Clarinet: Performance VII | ||
| Bassoon: Performance VII | ||
| Saxophone: Performance VII | ||
| Flute: Primary VIII | ||
| Oboe: Primary VIII | ||
| Clarinet: Primary VIII | ||
| Bassoon: Primary VIII | ||
| Saxophone: Primary VIII | ||
| Flute: Performance VIII | ||
| Oboe: Performance VIII | ||
| Clarinet: Performance VIII | ||
| Bassoon: Performance VIII | ||
| Saxophone: Performance VIII | ||
Academic Advising
The objectives of the university's academic advising program are to help advisees identify and achieve their academic goals, to promote their intellectual discovery, and to encourage students to take advantage of both in-and out-of class educational opportunities in order that they become self-directed learners and decision makers.
Both advisers and advisees share responsibility for making the advising relationship succeed. By encouraging their advisees to become engaged in their education, to meet their educational goals, and to develop the habit of learning, advisers assume a significant educational role. The advisee's unit of enrollment will provide each advisee with a primary academic adviser, the information needed to plan the chosen program of study, and referrals to other specialized resources.
READ SENATE POLICY 32-00: ADVISING POLICY
University Park
Jonathan Gangi
Assistant Professor of Music and Arts Entrepreneurship
104G Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-9523
jjg27@psu.edu
Contact
University Park
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE
104G Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-9523
jjg27@psu.edu