Bachelor of Fine Arts with Arts and Cultural Management Major

About this programme

Meet us at the intersection of business and the arts. Music, theatre and dance; art galleries and museums; heritage conservation and the literary arts—if you are passionate about promoting arts and culture in the community, this major is for you. Our award-winning faculty, who are both scholars and practitioners, prepare you to lead and manage—yourself or others—in the creative sector. In this hands-on program, you participate in community-engaged learning activities, which include eight weeks of work in the field. In the Arts and Cultural Management major, you learn the foundational skills you need to successfully lead and manage an arts or cultural organization (or an individual artist's career). You are immersed in core aspects of arts and cultural management, as well as in specialized and customized aspects of the business. The program focuses on the unique and innovative settings inherent in arts and cultural organizations, with business and management courses adapted specifically for the sector by incorporating information on topics such as non-profit accounting practices, human resource management that includes boards and volunteers, and case studies that focus on non-profit management. Using an experiential learning approach, you participate in community-engaged course work, independent study, internal Allard Hall practicum work and a capstone eight-week Work-Integrated Learning course. Every student completes a six-credit, eight-week field placement in an arts and cultural organization either in Canada or abroad.