Millikin announces new dual degree program and major

DECATUR, Ill. – Millikin University has announced an opportunity for undergraduates to accelerate their careers in arts management through a new accelerated Arts Administration/Master of Business Administration (MBA) 3+1 dual degree program. Millikin will begin enrolling students in the program in the fall 2022 semester.

Through the accelerated Arts Administration + MBA program, students can earn a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science degree in Arts Administration and an MBA degree in just four years. Students will spend three years completing the Arts Administration major and will enroll as a graduate student in Millikin

University’s 13-month Daytime MBA program in their fourth year.

Millikin’s Arts Administration major consists of courses and experiences that lay the foundation for students to engage with the arts as makers and managers. The Arts Administration curriculum consists of a core of foundational courses in a range of arts management topics along with courses in marketing, entrepreneurship and other business areas. Students choose a concentration area focusing on performing or art-making skills, which allows them to become practicing artists or technicians in an arts discipline.

Concentration options

include:
•Art Administration

•Arts Technology Administration •Dance Administration •Music Administration •Theatre Administration

“We are proud that Millikin continues to be forwarding thinking in creating programs and paths that best serve our traditional and nontraditional

students,”
Wilcoxen,
professor
the Arts Technology & Administration Department at Millikin. “This accelerated plan will provide future leaders in creative and

said Jessa associate and chair of

entertainment
with both
performance
opportunities necessary for success.”