Please note we are not accepting new applications for the 2024-25 academic year.
Arts and cultural organizations — including museums, theatres, dance companies, music ensembles and opera companies — face issues that are unique among nonprofits. This essential sector needs informed and strategic leadership to help organizations adapt and thrive.
Visitor-facing nonprofit arts organizations face a competitive market with for-profit entertainment entities and shifting audience expectations, while funders now expect arts organizations to serve diverse audiences and address community issues and social concerns.
USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences offers the Arts and Culture Leadership Certificate to prepare those who want to address the challenges facing arts and cultural organizations. Offered for graduate-level and non-graduate level credit, you can choose the type of certificate that best works for your future endeavors.
Designed for:
- Experienced nonprofit arts and culture employees
- Nonprofit professionals seeking to transition to the arts sector
- Current or prospective board members, and those working in philanthropy
- Alumni and current students in the Nonprofit Leadership and Management MA who seek to enhance their existing degree
Graduate-Level Credit
- Enroll in three courses and earn 9 units of graduate-level credit
- Completed in about a year
- Units transferable to the department's degree-granting programs
- Total cost $8,154 ($906 per unit)
Professional Development
- Enroll in three courses (9 units)
- Completed in about a year
- Units not transferable to degree-granting programs
- Offers rolling admissions
- Total cost $4,950 ($550 per unit)
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