Programs

The Graduate Certificate in Arts Entrepreneurship is designed for maximum flexibility to meet the needs of various tracks in arts entrepreneurial activity. Offered in collaboration with the Price College of Business, the #1 Business School in Oklahoma. It is very affordable, a great value, and can be completed 100% remotely.

The Graduate Certificate will help you combine your creative and artistic talents with business knowledge, skills, and strategies to establish and manage ventures related to the arts. Example of activities can range from starting a gallery, a theater company, a dance studio, a music production company, or a craft business. It can also involve freelance work, consulting, and other entrepreneurial endeavors in the arts sector.

• AMGT 5013 Overview of Arts Management & Entrepreneurship

• ENT 5902 Entrepreneurial Process
• ENT 5912 Capitalizing the New Venture
• ENT 5942 Launching the New Venture
• ENT 5992 ENT Growth Strategies
• MKT 5402 Marketing Management
• AMGT 5853 Theatre Management
• ARTC 5943 Business of Art
• AMGT 5173 Artist Management
• AMGT 5990 Special Topics

• AMGT 5853 Theatre Management
• ARTC 5943 Business of Art
• AMGT 5173 Artist Management
• AMGT 5990 Special Topics

In addition, choose one practicum of the following:

• AMGT 5030 Internship
• AMGT 5213 Arts Incubation Lab
• AMGT 5990 Special Topics

*This is only a small selection of possible options

Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions

To be eligible for the Arts Entrepreneurship Graduate Certificate, applicants must complete the online application along with the supplementary materials and be admitted to the graduate program through the Office of Graduate Admissions.

Submit the University of Oklahoma Application for Graduate Admission form. The following materials must be uploaded to the online application:

• Resume
• Two Letters of Recommendation
• Personal Statement
  1. Explain why you want to pursue the Arts Entrepreneurship Graduate Certificate. What are your career goals and how can this program assist you in achieving them?
  2. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? What are some ways you will get there?
• Transcripts: Upload a copy of transcripts from your last degree-granting institution. Official copies should also be sent directly to the Office of Graduate Admissions.

Office of Graduate Admissions
731 Elm Avenue, Rm 318
Norman, OK 73019

Application fees:

    Domestic: $50

    International: $100

Questions? Contact Arts Management & Entrepreneurship Coordinator Dr. Stan Renard at stan.renard@ou.edu

Undergraduates in their junior or senior year who are interested in pursuing the Arts Entrepreneurship Certificate Program may apply for graduate credit towards the program. If accepted, you gain the program director’s recommendation to earn graduate credit in courses fulfilling the certificate program requirements. However, as an undergraduate, this does not constitute an immediate offer of admission to the graduate certificate program. The graduate certificate may only be conferred after you have been admitted to the program and you have completed coursework while in the graduate certificate program code.

Undergraduate students in their junior and senior year.

Students must have a minimum overall and University of Oklahoma grade point average 3.0 in order to be eligible to receive graduate credit.

Once you have received the program director's recommendation, contact the Curiculum Advisor, Elizabeth Nunley (elizabeth.nunley@ou.edu) for assistance. She will guide you through the approval process for the desired graduate courses and request forms required by the Graduate College.