MacEwan University is a prominent institution of higher education located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. With a history dating back to 1971, the university offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs across various disciplines, including arts, sciences, business, health, and social sciences. MacEwan University is known for its emphasis on hands-on learning, practical experience, and industry partnerships, ensuring students are well-prepared for their chosen careers. The university's supportive and inclusive environment fosters critical thinking, creativity, and community engagement. MacEwan University is committed to providing quality education, advancing research, and making a positive impact on its students and the community.

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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. Show less

Practicum
Every student completes a six-credit, eight-week field placement in an arts and cultural organization either in Canada or abroad.

You take the lead in searching for and securing your field placement with guidance from a faculty advisor. Through this work-integrated learning course, you learn job search techniques, match your career aspirations with real-life opportunities, practice interviewing and prepare a resumé and portfolio.

Student placements often take place at local well-known organizations, such as the Citadel Theatre, the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival and the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. Many community-based volunteer galleries, festivals and events across Alberta rely on MacEwan University placement students to assist with annual events. Further afield, our students have completed field placements in British Columbia, Quebec and Scotland.

Major Requirements
Course List
AGAD 100 Foundations of Arts and Cultural Management
AGAD 105 Accounting in Arts and Cultural Management
AGAD 107 Computer Applications in Arts and Cultural Management
or MGTS 107 Business Computing
AGAD 112 Introduction to Audience and Resource Development
AGAD 120 Managing and Leading in Arts and Culture
AGAD 122 Applied Audience and Resource Development
AGAD 123 Human Resources in Arts and Cultural Management
AGAD 203 Introduction to Project Management in Arts and Culture
AGAD 209 Publicity and Media Relations in the Arts
AGAD 223 Applied Project Management in Arts and Culture
AGAD 232 Advanced Audience and Resource Development
AGAD 250 Fund Development in Arts Management
AGAD 301 Cultural Policy and Advocacy
AGAD 307 Advanced Accounting
AGAD 340 Community Cultural Development and Engagement
AGAD 350 Arts Law: Contracts, Copyright and Entertainment
AGAD 400 Cultural Entrepreneurship
AGAD 420 Senior Leadership Seminar
AGAD 429 Work Integrated Learning Prep
AGAD 435 Work Integrated Learning
ENGL 102 Analysis and Argument

Choose 3 credits of ENGL from the following:
ENGL 103
Approaches to Literature: Trends and Traditions
ENGL 104
Approaches to Literature: Narrative Across Media
ENGL 105
Approaches to Literature: Contemporary Literature and Culture
INTA 210 The Arts in Culture
INTA 362 First Peoples and The Arts

Program Options
Choose 18 credits from the list of program options.
Interdisciplinary Options
Choose 6 credits from available INTA courses.

Electives
Choose 24 credits of electives with at least 3 credits at the senior level. Students must take 9 credits from available ARTE, BCSC, DESN, INTA, MUSC, PREL, THAR, and THPR courses.

Total Credits 120

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