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UK Arts Administration Undergraduate Program Degree Requirements

UK Core Requirements

  Core Requirements Hours  
  I. Intellectual Inquiry in Arts and Creativity  
  Choose one course from approved list 3  
  II. Intellectual Inquiry in the Humanities 3  
  Choose one course from approved list 3  
  III. Intellectual Inquiry in the
Social Sciences
   
  Choose one course from approved list 3  
  IV. Intellectual Inquiry in the Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences    
  Choose one course from approved list 3  
  V. Composition and Communication I    
  Choose one course from approved list 3  
  VI. Composition and Communication II    
  Choose one course from approved list 3  
  VII. Quantitative Foundations    
  Choose one course from approved list 3  
  VIII. Statistical Inferential Reasoning    
  Choose one course from approved list 3  
  IX. Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA    
  Choose one course from approved list 3  
  X. Global Dynamics    
  Choose one course from approved list 3  
 
Subtotal: UK Core Hours
30  
NOTE: Students majoring in Arts Administration may use no more than six credit hours within the Arts Administration major requirements to fulfill UK Core requirements.
For a complete explanation of UK Core Requirements, plus a listing of approved courses in each of the ten categories, go to:
www.uky.edu/Registrar/bulletinCurrent/ukc.pdf

Premajor Requirements

  Courses Hours  
  AAD 150 Introduction to Arts Administration 1  
  AAD 200 Arts Administration Communications 3  
  AAD 202 Graphic Design for Print and
the Web
3  
  ACC 201 Financial Accounting I
3  
  ECO 201 Principles of Economics I 3  
  CIS/WRD 111 Composition and
Communication II
3  
 
Subtotal: Premajor Hours
16  

Major Requirements

  Professional Requirements Hours  
  AAD 101 Arts Administration Professions (2 semesters complete satisfactorily required) 2  
  ACC 202 Managerial Uses of
Accounting Information
3  
  ECO 202 Principles of Economics II 3  
  AAD 302 Web Site Design and Maintenance 3  
  *AAD 310 Marketing the Arts 3  
  *AAD 320 Fund Raising for the Arts 3  
  *AAD 340 Arts Management Issues 3  
  *AAD 350 Financial Management of
Arts Organizations
3  
  *AAD 399 Arts Administration Practicum 1  
  **AAD 402 Topics in Arts Administration
(Subtitle required)
3  
  *AAD 499 Internship in Arts Administration 6  
  *Prereq: Completion of AAD 200, AAD 202 or consent of instructor.
**Additional AAD 402 courses may be taken under different subtitles as Directed Electives; may be repeated up to 12 credits.
     
  Directed Electives Hours
  Nine credits chosen in consultation with the student's academic advisor from the following areas:
  1. AAD 402 Topics in Arts Administration (Subtitle required): May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credit hours when identified by different subtitles. Must be different subtitle than that used to meet Arts Administration Core Requirement.
  2. Courses from the College of Business
and Economics.
  3. Courses from the College of Communications and Information Studies.
  4. Courses from an arts discipline, such as architecture, art, dance, English, music, and theatre, outside of the student's Fine
Arts minor.
9  
       
  General Fine Arts Courses Hours  
  In addition to the above courses, students must take 30 credits within the College of Fine Arts, outside of their Arts Administration courses. Within these 30 credits, students must complete a minor in one of the arts disciplines of Art, Dance, Music or Theatre. Additionally, no more than 24 credits may be in a single arts discipline.

 

 

 

30
 
 
Subtotal: Major Requirements
72  
Note: Directed electives may not be used to meet UK Core requirements.

College Requirements

  College Requirements Hours  
  In addition to meeting their UK Core, premajor and major requirements, students must earn 6 credits in any area(s) of
their choosing.
6  
  Art, Music, Theatre or Dance courses outside of AAD arts minor. 6  
 
Subtotal: College Required Hours:
12  
Note: 39 hours must be completed at the 300-level or above.

The University of Kentucky Requires at least 120 total hours to graduate with an undergraduate degree.