Salem College
Arts Management
PO Box 10548
Salem Station
Winston-Salem, NC 27108
United States
Main Phone: 336/721-2794
Main E-Mail: borwick@salem.edu
Degree/Credential: Undergraduate (BA in Arts Management)
Web Site: http://www.salem.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=370&Itemid=163
Program Director: DBorwick [link available to AAAE members only]
Program Goals and Objectives
Salem's Arts Management Program is among the oldest undergraduate arts management programs in the U.S., having been established in 1978. The Program, focusing on not-for-profit arts management, offers a major in arts management as part of the Bachelor of Arts degree. It is an interdisciplinary major that combines study in the arts and accounting with courses specific to the field of arts and not-for-profit management. The program prepares students for entry-level jobs in the field of arts management and for graduate study in arts management and related fields. (The program management agrees, however, with the AAAE preference that graduate study in the field be undertaken only after sufficient field experience.) Students may concentrate their focus on either the visual or the performing arts.Salem is a women's college, yet men above the age of 22 are allowed to earn a degree in arts management. In general, the population for this program is traditional college age women interested in a career in arts management or older women seeking to retool in a new field or gain academic credentials in an area in which they have been working.
Salem's Arts Management Program features a variety of courses specifically designed to deal with issues faced in arts management and not-for-profit management. A distinctive feature of the program is the quality of internships, both month-long in the January term and semester-long placements, which talented students have undertaken. They have ranged from Salzburg, Berlin, and Poland to Alaska, Texas and the Northeastern corridor, including, for example, a semester-long internship at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
Administration of the Program
Curriculum
The Arts Management major at Salem College is a Bachelor of Arts degree consisting of 36 courses, of which 14 1/2 are required for the major. (Salem is on a course credit rather than a credit hour system. Courses are equivalent to 3 or 4 semester hours.) The following courses are required for the major:
Arts Management
Introduction to Arts Management
Arts in the Community
Principles of Arts Management
Internship in Arts Management
Senior Seminar
Not-For-Profit Management
The Not-for-Profit Corporation
Not-for-Profit Fundraising
Not-for-Profit Management and Governance
Organizational Planning (Strategic Planning and Marketing)
Accounting
Financial Accounting and Analysis I and II
Financial Management for Not-for-Profit Organizations (may be substituted for Financial Account8ing and Analysis II)
Four additional courses are required in an arts discipline (performing or visual). Through these courses, students gain first-hand experience in the practice of the selected art form as well as an understanding of its history.
Admissions
Any student admitted to Salem College who maintains an acceptable academic record is permitted to enroll in Arts Management courses. Acceptance into the major and continuation in the Program are dependent upon satisfactory performance in course work. Application information is available at the College website (www.salem.edu/admissions). The Office of Admissions may also be reached by phone (800-327-2536 or 336-721-2621), facsimile (336-917-5572), e-mail (admissions@salem.edu) or USPS mail atSalem College
P.O. Box 10548
Salem Station
Winston-Salem, NC 27108