Leadership for Creative Enterprises

Students in the MS in Leadership for Creative Enterprises program acquire the knowledge + skills necessary to become successful leaders in Entertainment, Media and the Arts. We connect students to a wide array of professionals and organizations to expose them to current trends and career opportunities. Key features of the MS in Leadership for Creative Enterprises include:

• A curriculum focused on areas such as marketing, finance, entrepreneurship, leadership, and law specifically designed for the creative sector
• An annual trek to a media capital + monthly site visits and professional speakers
• A summer internship, bridging the program curriculum to a real-world setting
• Rolling admissions and matriculation – Start the program in the fall or winter quarter
• Earn your master’s degree in one year

The curriculum is designed to help you acquire the knowledge and skills needed to lead creative people, projects, and teams. Core courses teach you the principles that are essential for creative projects. Elective courses allow you to more fully understand the demands, opportunities, and challenges of leadership that arise within and across particular creative genres and to focus on additional skills that you deem important for your career. Full-time students are registered for three to four credits of courses each quarter, which are a mix of the core and elective courses listed below and the professional development course. During the summer, students are enrolled in an online, three-credit internship course. Where an internship may not be feasible for a student, a thesis option is available.

Core Courses

• Understanding the Creative Industries 
• Organizational Processes in Creative Enterprises 
• The Business of the Creative Sector 
• Professional Development
• Marketing Strategies in Creative Industries 

Elective Courses

• Understanding Media Markets 
• Arts and Entertainment Law and Ethics
• Digital Television
• Business Models in Creative Enterprises 
• Leading Creative Teams
• Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries
• Pitching Creative Projects
• Culture and Globalization

Requirements

• Completed online application form
• Statement of Purpose
  • Why does the MSLCE program appeal to you and what makes you a strong candidate? How will the MSLCE program further your career goals?
  • Approximately two pages, double spaced
• Resume
• Transcripts or Transcript Evaluation from ECE or WES if degree is earned outside the US
  • Transcripts from all colleges and universities attended. See instructions below.
• Three letters of recommendation
  • Recommendations from individuals who are familiar with your academic or professional work and can comment meaningfully on your potential as a graduate student
  • Recommenders are emailed directly by the online application once contact information has been entered.
• Official TOEFL score
• $20 application fee

GRE/GMAT scores are not required and will not be reviewed by the admissions committee.

A minimum overall score of 100 is required with a minimum score of 26 on the “Speaking” section. Students with TOEFL scores below these standards will not be accepted. The test must have been administered no more than two years prior to the application date. The TOEFL code is 5956. The program does not accept the IELTS  or other tests.

The TOEFL may be waived for applicants who earned their bachelor’s or graduate degree from a university where English was the primary language of instruction.

Scholarships

• Program-based Funding. Merit-based grants are available from the MSLCE program. If the applicant is selected for a grant, it will be included in the admission offer letter. Scholarships are not currently available for international applicants. 
• University-based Funding
• Global Education