Apr 28, 2024

2023-2024 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

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2023-2024 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Business Administration, M.B.A./Theatre Management, M.F.A.

The MBA/MFA degree will prepare arts professionals in all areas of both arts administration and business for professional careers in arts management-in performing and exhibiting arts organizations, in arts service organizations, in government, funding agencies and arts councils. The program prepares students for high level administrative positions and provides the background essential for advancement in professional management careers.

Admission

Candidates for this program must hold the equivalent of an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution of higher learning with a minimum of 24 units of upper division work in Theatre Arts. They should have achieved an undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.75 (B-) and 3.0 GPA in upper division theatre courses. For each applicant, there is a departmental evaluation, based upon diagnostic examination and an analysis of official undergraduate transcripts to determine deficiencies and all areas which must be strengthened by the graduate program.

Requirements

Business Core 1 (12 units)

Take all the following courses:

ACCT 500 - Financial Accounting (3 units)
FIN 501 - Financial Management Concepts (3 units)
MGMT 500 - Business Policies, Operations and Organizations (3 units)
MKTG 500 - Marketing Concepts (3 units)

Business Core 2 (21 units)

Take all the following courses:

ACCT 610 - Managerial Accounting and Control (3 units)
FIN 600 - Seminar in Business Finance (3 units)
HRM 652 - Seminar in Human Resources Management (3 units)
I S 601 - Quantitative Methods for Managerial Decision Making (3 units)
I S 602 - Management of Information Systems (3 units)
MGMT 647 - Seminar in Strategic Management (3 units)
MKTG 661 - Seminar in Marketing Management (3 units)

Business Elective (3 units)

Theatre Core (9 units)

Take all the following courses:

THEA 523 - Theory and Practice of Contemporary Theatre (3 units)
THEA 524 - Dramaturgy (3 units)
THEA 696 - Aesthetic Theory and Conceptualization (3 units)

Theatre Management (24 units)

Take all the following courses:

THEA 502 - Seminar in Theatre Management I (3 units)
THEA 503 - Leadership and the Arts (3 units)
THEA 504 - Managing the Not-For-Profit Arts Organization (3 units)
THEA 507 - Entertainment Law (3 units)
THEA 550 - Computer Graphics for Theatre (3 units)
THEA 602 - Seminar in Theatre Management II (3 units)

Theatre Practicum (12 units)

Take all the following courses:

THEA 517 - Repertory Theatre I (2 units)
THEA 518 - Repertory Theatre II (2 units)
THEA 519 - Repertory Theatre III (2 units)

Theatre Electives (6 units)

Electives from the University at large (per advisement)

Culminating Thesis/Project (3 units)

Take the following course:

THEA 699 - MFA Thesis/Project (1-6 units)
(Note: In order to satisfy the culminating activity requirement (thesis, project, or comprehensive examination dependent upon the program), students must earn at least three (3) units and no more than six (6) units related to the completion of the culminating activity.