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The Master of Arts in Creative Enterprise and Cultural Leadership empowers students to advance innovation in the cultural sector, support creative work and careers and design public and private enterprises that will strengthen arts and design in the future. The program prepares graduates to understand the complex economic, legal, political and social context that surrounds any innovation or enterprise. Students are exposed to design thinking pedagogy as they increase their capacity for interpersonal communication, public communication, opportunity recognition, network/systems thinking, problem recognition and creativity as well as demonstrated ability in cultural leadership and knowledge of the creative industries, distribution of creative products, the creative process and management of innovation in the creative industries.
The MA degree is 31 credit hours and can be completed in 3 semesters, the last of which does not require full time residency.
Semester 1
Course Number/Name | Credit Hours |
HDA 511 Leadership in the Creative Industries | 1 |
HDA 513 Creativity and Design Thinking | 3 |
HDA 521 Arts, Culture and the Economy | 3 |
Semester 2
Course Number/Name | Credit Hours |
HDA 512 Strategy: Problem Identification and Opportunity Recognition in the Creative Industries | 2 |
HDA 583 CURB Creative Connection Field Experience/Practicum | 1 |
HDA 522 Media Literacy and Distribution in the Creative Industries | 3 |
GRA 501 Creative Environment and Collaborative Leadership | 3 |
Creative Enterprise Development Elective | 3 |
Approved Elective | 3 |
Semester 3 (residency not required; Applied Project defense must be conducted on campus)
Course Number/Name | Credit Hours |
Leadership Elective (may be taken online) | 3 |
HDA 593 Applied Project | 6 |
Graduate handbook for the MA in Creative Enterprise and Cultural Leadership
The applicant must meet all admission requirements of the Graduate College. In addition, a bachelor’s degree in arts or design discipline, business, sociology, public policy or related discipline is required. A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required in the last 60 undergraduate semester hours of coursework.
Application requirements
Application deadlines
August 15 (semester start date) for Fall 2018 cohort
Application opens each year in September
Applications are considered on a rolling basis through June on a space-available basis, but those received by February 1 of each year will be given priority for that fall's session start
Accelerated Masters 4+1 program
The Accelerated Masters (4+1) program enables Herberger Institute students completing approved Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) degrees and interested in the Master of Arts in Creative Enterprise and Cultural Leadership to complete both degrees in a five-year period.
Students, in consultation with their advisor, will choose six credits of coursework that complements their undergraduate course of study from among the following 500 level courses during their senior year
Six credits of 400 level coursework chosen from within each of the bachelor’s degree courses will count toward the MA degree (click on the bachelor degrees below to get specific classes for each program):
MA in Creative Enterprise and Cultural Leadership +