About
Change Makers
Arts and Social Entrepreneurship means using your skills as an artist to help find sustainable solutions to our biggest social challenges – in education, the environment, or community health — among others. It means understanding the latest in business-based, non-profit structures; the latest in audience and community engagement; and the latest in community teaching methods. It means becoming part of a generation of artists who are leaders in their communities as they strive to make meaningful social change.
Artists in all fields can be catalysts for community change and invaluable team members for community-based organizations or partnerships of organizations in collective action. This certificate prepares students with arts training in all disciplines (film, creative writing, visual art, theatre, music and dance) for careers in community and civic leadership at non-profits or governmental agencies.
Degrees
Curriculum below is approved for students currently enrolled in the respective program, depending upon original date of declaration. Future adjustments for new/incoming students will be posted by Fall Semester. After reviewing, please connect with our advising office to start planning your degree path today!
For questions, or to declare a minor/certificate, contact the Peck School of the Arts Advising Office at (414) 229-4763 or psoa-advising@uwm.edu
Students must be in good standing at the university and in their own department to complete the certificate. Maximum of 6 transfer credits can be applied.
Degree Curriculum | 18 CREDITS |
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Required | |
THEATRE 320 Arts & Social Entrepreneurship | 3 |
Home Department Capstone (non-arts students select Capstone with participating faculty) |
3 |
Peck School of the Arts Multicultural Courses | |
(Choose from below) | 3 |
ART 150 Multicultural America | |
FILM 150 Multicultural America | |
THEATRE 150 Multicultural America | |
Educational Policy Courses | |
(Choose from below) | 3 |
ED POL 111 Comm. Engage. & Comm. Change | |
ED POL 612 Community Participation & Power | |
Approved Electives | |
(Choose from below) | 3 |
ART ED 227 Intro to Art Education | |
ART 306 Intro to Community Arts | |
DANCE 420 Creating Dance in the Community | |
FILM 301/319 Radical Film | |
FILM 380/420 Documentary Project | |
FILM 460 Ethnographic Film | |
MUSIC 310 World Music | |
THEATRE 120 Performance & Popular Culture | |
THEATRE 204 Theatre & Social Change | |
THEATRE 260 Storytelling | |
THEATRE 360 Service Learning in Theatre | |
THEATRE 448 How to be a Teaching Artist | |
BUS ADM 292 Intro Entrep. & Small Bus. Formation | |
BUS ADM 360 Principles of Marketing | |
BUS ADM 393 Bus. Ethics & Social Responsibility | |
BUS ADM 447 Entrepreneurship | |
BUS ADM 492 Business Models of New Ventures | |
ED POL 409 Community Partnerships | |
ENGLISH 233 Intro to Creative Writing | |
ENGLISH 234 Writing Fiction: Structure & Technique | |
ENGLISH 235 Writing Poetry: Forms, Styles, Voices | |
ENGLISH 236 Introductory Topics in Creative Writing | |
PH 101 Introduction to Public Health | |
PH 303 Climate Change, Envrion. & Human Health | |
URBPLAN 140 Issues in Cont. Urban Planning | |
URBPLAN 141 Urb. Plan. Solutions to Urban Problems | |
URBPLAN 315 Great Cities of the World: Their Growth & Guided Urbanization | |
URBPLAN 316 Planning for the Great Cities of America | |
URBPLAN 350 Social Justice, Urban Planning & the New Multicultural America |
Careers+Alumni
Careers
Art Museums & Galleries
Administration
Archivist
Conservation/Restoration
Curator
Education
Exhibit Design/Preparation
Exhibiting Artist
Public Relations
Publications
Owner/Director
Registrar
Reproductionist
Research
Sales
Travel/Tour Guides
Visiting Artist
Art Sales
Art Agent/Consultant
Art Dealer
Art Manufacturer Sales
Art Sales
Corporate Curator
Framer
Design & Visual Communication
Digital Photo Editor
Fashion
Graphic Designer
Illustrator
Multimedia Design
Product Design
Packaging
Publication
Web Design
Education
Arts Administration
Art Councils
Art Libraries
Artist-in-Residence
Community Centers
Museums
Public & Private Schools
Public Policy
Media
Art Criticism
Art Journalism
Faculty
Faculty within the Arts & Social Entrepreneurship Certificate program are comprised of select Peck School of the Arts faculty & staff dependent upon your chosen focus of study. For a list of all Peck School of the Arts faculty please follow the link below.
Dedicated Arts & Social Entrepreneurship Faculty

Professor, Theatre

Senior Lecturer, Community Arts

Outreach Coordinator, Dance
Senior Lecturer, Dance

Area Head, BA Theatre
Associate Professor, Storytelling & Theatre History