Each year students taking Business and Entrepreneurship classes travel to Austin, Texas, for South by Southwest where they produce a music showcase.
Creative careers start here. The School of Business and Entrepreneurship is focused on creative business practice. Columbia’s School of Business and Entrepreneurship is a business school like no other. Select your own journey with hands-on projects, internships, and study away opportunities focused on your interests in creative industries, marketing, entertainment, arts management, social media, advertising, and entrepreneurship. Our faculty are professionals who do what they teach and leverage industry relationships to connect students globally. Don’t just learn business, own it. Produce corporate events, run a gallery, work at a record label, develop a digital marketing campaign, or plan your own business venture. Your creative career starts here.
CAREER READINESS
MAJORS
From connecting you to internships to helping you develop door-opening bodies of work to making an important professional connection, Columbia helps students launch their careers.
Arts and Entertainment Management (BA) Concentrations: – Design Management – Film and Television Business
CAREER EXAMPLES Artist and Repertoire (A&R) Professional Concert Promoter
– Live and Events Management
96%
Entrepreneur
– Visual Arts Management
Creative Professional Studies (BA) Entrepreneurship and Innovation (BA)
Festival Manager of recent graduates reported being employed, continuing their education, or achieving success in their creative practice within a year.*
Film Marketer Marketing Director Gallery Manager Record Label Executive
Marketing (BA) Concentrations: – Advertising and Content Creation – Digital Strategy – Fashion Marketing
Social Media Manager
– Public Relations
Talent Agent
Music Business (BA)
ALUM SPOTLIGHT
POPULAR MINORS
Ramon Alvarez-Smikle ’13 Co-President of Urban at Interscope Records.
Music Business Pre-Law Studies Sports Management Talent Management
Emily Sorlie ’10 Founder of Barnstorm, an event production and management company.
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colum.edu/business *Rates are based on institutional surveys. Learn more: colum.edu/effectiveness
Marketing Presentations for Real Clients
South by Southwest (SXSW) Showcase
Semester in LA
Gala Preparation
Study-Away Opportunities
At Columbia, you can immerse yourself in Chicago’s vibrant cultural scene with field trips to galleries, theaters, and music venues that connect you to the city’s rich arts community. You can also broaden your perspective through study away opportunities in cities like Los Angeles, Austin, Paris, Rome, and Prague. Students learn from guest professionals and alumni and participate in hands-on programs such as organizing a music showcase at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, learning to manage cultural heritage sites in Rome, and by partnering with global brands on marketing initiatives in Prague and Paris. These experiences offer real-world insights and expand your professional network.
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LOCAL AND GLOBAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES