Department of Public Administration
www.brockport.edu/pubadmin
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN ARTS ADMINISTRATION
PLAN OF STUDY
The Plan of Study must be completed with your faculty advisor. Print responses on both sides legibly and sign the back
of the form. Your Plan of Study is tentative and subject to change depending on course availability.
Certificate in Arts Administration – Eligibility to apply to the Graduate Certificate in Arts Management
requires that the student be matriculated in either the Master of Public Administration (MPA) or Master of Fine
Arts (MFA) program in the Visual Studies Workshop at SUNY, The College at Brockport. Check your status
below:
I am currently a matriculated MPA student at Brockport and am applying for the Graduate Certificate in Arts
Administration (see Table #1 below)
I am currently a matriculated MFA student in the Visual Studies Workshop at Brockport and am applying
for the Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration (see Table #2 below)
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In order to obtain the advanced certificate, students must successfully complete (with a grade of “B” or better)
two graduate courses not already required for their degree. MFA students pursuing the certificate must
complete two courses from the list of MPA courses in Table #2 below. MPA students must complete two
MFA courses: either ART 735 Arts Organization Practicum or ART 790 Internship and one other MFA
course from Table #1 below.
Last revised 1/7/16
Table #1: PLAN OF STUDY FOR MPA STUDENTS
Courses for Completion of Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration
*Select from list of courses below.
Course
Semester
Grade
1) Art 735 Arts Organization Practicum OR
Art 790 Internship
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Total credits
Visual Art History and Related Issues:
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3
6
Exhibition, Visual Display, and Museum Studies:
ARH 565 Alt Views of Art: Spring (even years 2016, ‘18,
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‘20, etc.)
ARH 563 Contemporary Image Survey: Fall (even years
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2016, ‘18, ‘20, etc.)
ARH 660 or 661 History of Photo I or II: Spring (odd
years 2015, ’17, ‘19, etc.)
ARH 664 Media Culture: Fall (odd years, i.e. 2015, ’17, ‘19,
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etc.)
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Credits
3
ART 535 Expanded Issues in Exhibition Spring only
(offered every spring starting spring 2016)
ARH 661 History of Photo II: Spring (odd years 2015,
’17, ‘19, etc.)
Practicum and Internships offered every semester
customizable to students’ interests through advising
ART 735 Arts Organization Practicum
ART 790 Internship
Table #2: PLAN OF STUDY FOR MFA STUDENTS
Courses for Completion of Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration
*Select from list of courses below.
Course
Semester G Credits
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1)
3
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2)
3
d
6
Total credits
e
 PAD 513 Health Care in America
 PAD 653 Ethics in Administration
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PAD 541 Foundations of Public Administration
PAD 546 Foundations of the Nonprofit Sector
PAD 601 Leading Organizational Change
PAD 602 Economics for Public Managers
PAD 611 Professional Writing for Public
Administrators
PAD 612 Negotiation and Conflict Management.
PAD 613 Health Care in America
PAD 614 Higher Education Policy
PAD 619 Financial Management of Health Care
Organizations
PAD 622 Legal Aspects of Public Administration
PAD 629 Fundraising and Development
PAD 637 Marketing for Public Service Organizations
PAD 640 Financial Management
PAD 641 Foundations of Public Administration
PAD 646 Foundations of the Nonprofit Sector
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PAD 655 Medicare and Medicaid Policy Issues
PAD 661 Creating an Empowered Organization
PAD 663 The Leadership Roundtable
PAD 664 Non-Profit Advocacy and Government
Relations
PAD 678 Nonprofit Management
PAD 679 Grant Writing and Management
PAD 680 Public Policy
PAD 681 Strategic Management for Public
Organizations
PAD 682 Organizational Behavior
PAD 683 Intergovernmental Relations
PAD 684 Budget-State and Local Government
PAD 685 Human Resource Management
PAD 687 Statistics for Managers
PAD 688 Research and Program Evaluation
Advisor’s Signature
Date
Last revised 1/7/16