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ARCM 561: Patron-Based Arts Organization

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

Arts managers are presented with unique complexities in marketing and fundraising. By focusing on the patron, arts organizations can best engage audience members as lifelong organizational supporters. In this course, students will learn marketing and fundraising theories and strategies that lead to engaged and active audiences. Working with nonprofits and cultural organizations in Charleston and the Tri-County region, students will test and explore their own skills and interests in arts management by developing a professional portfolio of arts marketing and development products, including audience analysis research and a grant proposal. Research, discussion, and reflection are central components of the course.

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ARCM 562: Managing Arts & Cultural Resou

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

The unique nature of arts and cultural organizations presents complex management challenges for administrators. Leaders and managers are tasked with acquiring and managing limited financial, physical, human and communications resources in creative ways in order to effectively operate complex institutions. This includes innovative organizational partnerships and arrangements, and entrepreneurial models that help nonprofit organizations succeed in a competitive environment. Students will benefit from applied learning experiences at both the Gaillard Performing Arts Center and the Gibbes Museum in Charleston, SC. They will use these settings to analyze the operations of major performing and visual arts centers. In addition, students will examine the management and operations of resident and peer organizations like the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Spoleto Festival USA, the International African American Museum, Avery Research Center, and Charleston Museum.

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ARCM 563: Data Mgmt & Cloud-Based Tech

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

Arts and cultural leaders use technology every day to engage patrons, raise revenue, manage operations, secure data, market, and process ticket sales. Understanding cloud-based technologies ensures that these leaders are making cost-effective, productive, and secure technology-based decisions on behalf of their organizations. In this course, students will assess the potential value of new technologies as they become available; prioritize among the many choices available for a particular task or function in order to make the best technology choices for the organization; and apply technology to gather and analyze data to support decision-making processes. Students will have exposure to cloud-based technologies relevant to arts and nonprofit organizations, and learn from case studies and examples from the sector. In addition, students will analyze and integrate technology systems into an existing arts or nonprofit organization's operations and strategy.

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ARCM 564: Arts Education,Comm Engagement

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

This course will examine current trends in arts education. Dealing primarily from an administrative viewpoint, the course will focus on government funding (local, state, and national), arts education organizations, specific pilot programs and individual teaching situations. Although developed initially for the administrator, the course should prove equally valuable to the educator.

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ARCM 570: Leading Arts & Cultural Organ

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

This course focuses on the role of arts and cultural institutions in society, and the artists and managers who lead them. Students will examine the rapid changes occurring domestically and globally in the performing and visual arts, as well as the humanities, and analyze the impact of these changes within the nonprofit and public domain. Specifically, the course will address leadership, management, and ethics; cultural policy; creative placemaking; and strategic planning and evaluation in a changing environment.

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ARCM 571: Arts Edu, Comm Engage, & Advoc

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

Individuals of all ages benefit from arts education programs, which in turn bolsters the quality and power of communities. In this course, students will examine current trends in arts education within the context of school districts and community-centered cultural institutions. Through an exploration of related programs, funding, standards, and advocacy, students will design arts education programs and create plans for communicating their impact. Arts education will serve as the foundation for broader discussions of how artists and arts institutions should and do advance social justice. The course is designed for the arts administrator though it is equally valuable to the educator.

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ARCM 572: Data Mgmt & Cloud-Based Tech

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

Arts and cultural leaders use technology every day to engage patrons, raise revenue, manage operations, ensure cyber protection, market, and process ticket sales. Understanding cloud-based technologies ensures that these leaders are making cost-effective, productive, and secure technology-based decisions. In this course, students will assess the potential value of new technologies for organizations and apply those technologies to gather, analyze, and secure data. Students will have exposure to cloud-based technologies relevant to arts and nonprofit organizations and will analyze and integrate technology systems into an existing arts or nonprofit organization's operations and strategy.

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ARCM 573: Patron-Based Arts Organ

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

Arts managers are presented with unique complexities in marketing and fundraising. By focusing on the patron, arts organizations can best engage audience members as lifelong organizational supporters. In this course, students will learn marketing and fundraising theories and strategies that lead to engaged and active audiences, and ultimately sustainable institutions. Working with nonprofit organizations, students will test and explore their own skills and interests in arts and cultural management by developing a professional portfolio of arts marketing and development products, including audience analysis research and a grant proposal. Research, discussion, and reflection are central components of the course.

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ARCM 574: Managing Arts & Cultural Res

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

The unique nature of arts and cultural organizations presents complex management challenges for executive leaders, administrators, and governing entities. Leaders and managers are tasked with acquiring and managing limited financial, physical, human and communications resources in creative ways in order to effectively operate complex institutions. This includes innovative organizational partnerships and arrangements, and entrepreneurial models that help nonprofit organizations succeed in a competitive environment. In this course, students will benefit from active engagement with arts and cultural institutions by analyzing their management and operations.

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ARST 100: Intro Arab & Islamic World Stu

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

This course introduces Arab and Islamic world cultures through readings, audiovisual materials, and videoconferences. We will explore literature, music, art, architecture, Islam and other religions, and everyday lift. These expressions will enable us to trace ethnic, religious, and national identities and how they reflect historical trends and evolving social progress. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..

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