艺术行政，教育和政策部的任务是批判性地运用文化意义，促进社会变革，并通过艺术和视觉文化的卓越表现来促进社会变革，并提高公众利益：研究，政策，教学和领导才能。我们的课程通过基于研究，跨学科并且致力于与大学，州，国家和世界范围内外的社区进行合作的课程，促进所有学生对艺术和视觉文化的理解。我们强调在全球化，文化多元和技术社会中对艺术和文化尤其是视觉文化的理解。通过以下方法探索该内容：教学理论和实践，对历史和当代艺术品的批判性探究，对艺术和文化中的公共和教育政策的分析以及对艺术教育，艺术管理的哲学，历史和政策基础
The mission of the Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy is to critically engage cultural meaning that fosters social change and advances the public interest through the arts and visual culture through excellence in: Research, Policy, Teaching and Leadership. Our programs promote understanding of the arts and visual culture for all students through a curriculum that is research-based, interdisciplinary and intent on collaboration with communities both within and outside the University, state, nation and world. We emphasize understanding of arts and culture, especially visual culture, in a global, culturally diverse and technological society. This content is explored through the following: Pedagogical theory and practices, Critical inquiry of historical and contemporary artworks, Analysis of public and educational policy in the arts and cultures and Inquiry in the philosophical, historical, and policy foundations of art education, arts management, and cultural policy administration.<br><br>The PhD program gives students the opportunity to achieve a high level of scholarly competence and to develop the capacity to contribute to the field. It consists of a set of required foundational courses, a cohesive collection of courses and other educational experiences oriented to a particular aspect of the field, candidacy examination, a dissertation and a final oral examination. Students have five years to complete the PhD requirements after passing the candidacy examination. The program is an 80 semester hour program, 30 hours of which may be transferred from a student's master's degree.