Arts, Media & Entertainment (AM&E)

Testimonials

• “The program allows you to develop strategies in the Arts & Media sectors and defend these strategies to the architects of the sectors themselves. It is a rewarding and rigorous challenge of your abilities and your commitment to the field. Luckily this challenge is understood by the specialization, whose professors and staff offer invaluable support through it all.”

• “My MBA in Arts & Media was instrumental in making my career transition into the broadcasting and communications sector. My degree has provided me with excellent business fundamentals and a depth of knowledge in art and media policies and realities that I continue to use every day. I believe the Arts and Media MBA at York is a unique opportunity in business education.”

• “Schulich’s Arts & Media program gave me the tools to build strategy in a creative and complex world with limited resources and rapidly changing technology. I have used these tools every day, to design funding programs, manage a radio station, chair not-for-profit boards, build effective teams and create paths for the future.”

• “The MBA in Arts & Media Administration was a great educational, professional and personal experience for me. It gave me solid business skills, excellent networking opportunities and the confidence to pursue my career.”

• “Doing the Schulich Arts & Media MBA opened my eyes to a side of the arts landscape I wasn’t aware of before. I was able to build on my BFA and encompass the full spectrum of the world of the arts, particularly film. The skills and knowledge, as well as the contacts I made through the program, have helped me succeed in this business beyond my expectations.”

• “ARTM brought me in-depth into the nuances of the cultural industries, and helped me build a framework of how cultural-creation and business-creation work hand-in-hand. I continually find myself discovering new value from my ARTM MBA education, years after I graduated. Indeed, ARTM has deeply impacted my career path and gives me significant differentiated value that I in-turn offer to the organizations I lead. ”

• “I use the knowledge and skills I learned at both York and Schulich for all of the challenges I am now facing in the workplace. But more importantly, my MBA gave me the confidence required to be a leader in the arts and culture sector. I had a great learning experience at Schulich. I recommend the program to anyone who might be considering it.”

• “The MBA taught me business skills "beyond the text book" which prepared me for the challenges of the dynamic world of arts administration and fostered the self-awareness which is essential to work collaboratively and creatively.”

• “The Schulich Arts and Media MBA experience allowed me to launch my career in a competitive field at a time when jobs were scarce -- I have no doubt the Arts and Media MBA made the difference.”

• “I reached a point in my career where I needed to obtain specialized business skills in order to achieve my full potential. The MBA program in Arts & Media from Schulich was the right choice for me, as it provided me with broader business skills while simultaneously allowing me to enhance my arts & media knowledge. I use the knowledge from the program every day in the workplace, and would recommend the program to anyone interested in the business side of the creative industries.”

• “My MBA has been an invaluable part of my personal toolbox. As an entrepreneur and business owner, not a day goes by what I don't draw up on the skills foundation I received while at Schulich.”