FAR 5910 - Professional Internship in Arts Administration

The Professional Internship is the required, culminating experience of the Arts Administration MA degree and applies and synthesizes coursework. Advisor must approve all internship placements. During the professional internship, students continue to explore programmatic learning objectives and focus on topics including: organizational culture, structure and governance; marketing and resource allocation; programming and education; mission, vision, law, and ethics; fundraising and grants management; and community engagement. Students enrolled in the Professional Internship meet weekly to focus on various symposium issues of professional practice. The discussion component of this course is designed to be adaptive and responsive to emergent topics and issues that occur during the internship experience. As part of the course, and with instructor guidance and feedback, students develop their final capstone projects or portfolios.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 6
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 12.0 internship
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to apply academic knowledge and skills in a professional setting.
Students will be able to solve problems when working with new ideas, challenges, organizations, and stakeholders
Students will be able to demonstrate professionally relevant competencies and relationships.
Students will be able to advance analytical and ethical leadership skills to communicate and manage effectively.
Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the spoken and unspoken thoughts, assumptions, and principles that arts administrators might employ to guide professional practice and decision making.
Students will be able to critically evaluate personal views and performance compared to professional perceptions.
Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the range of topics, policies, and challenges that comprise organizational culture.