Studies in Arts and Culture Majors (BA)

Director
David Vivian

Professor
Catherine Parayre

Co-operating faculty from:
Canadian Studies, Communication, Popular Culture and Film, Dramatic Arts, Geography and Tourism Studies, Goodman School of Business, History, Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Music, Sociology, and Visual Arts

Academic Advisors
Elizabeth Maddeaux

General Information

Administrative Assistant

Erin Knight
905-688-5550, extension 4820
stac@brocku.ca
Marilyn I. Walker

The Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture, part of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, is designed for students who wish to gain a critical view as well as experiential knowledge of contemporary culture from the perspectives of observer, creator, performer or cultural agent.

Our aim is to contribute to the vitality of the arts by developing informed audiences, practitioners or critics who are engaged by interdisciplinary practices and discourses in creative work, whether dance, video, music, theatre or the visual arts. The Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture is dedicated to developing a context in which the contemporary artist, performer, critic, curator or cultural agent can examine pragmatic and theoretical approaches to understanding the creative process and its cultural implications.

In consultation with the Director, students organize their program of study around one of the following emphases: arts and cultural management, editorial and curatorial practices, intermedia and interdisciplinarity, and cultural critique and agency.

As part of their Studies in Arts and Culture Honours degree program, students may complete a Concentration in Cultural Management offered in co-operation with the Faculty of Business, a Concentration in Languages, Arts and Cultures in co-operation with the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures or a Concentration in Cultural Transmission and Heritage Studies in co-operation with the Department of History and the Department of Geography and Tourism Studies.

Students intending to work in the public sector for culture in Canada are encouraged to have a working facility in the other official language.

Program Notes

1. SOCI 1P90  and SOCI 1P91  (1F90) are recommended in Year 1.
2. APCO 1P00 , APCO 1P50 , COMM 2P63  and COMM 3P63  are recommended.
3. PCUL 2P20  and PCUL 2P21  are recommended.
4. Students concentrating in Cultural Management complete one and one-half credits from the list.
5. Students concentrating in Cultural Management complete one and one-half credits from the list.
6. Students concentrating in Cultural Management complete one and one-half credits from this list, which must include STAC 3P93  or STAC 4P01 .
7. Students concentrating in Cultural Management complete one-half credit from the list.
8. In 20 credit degree programs a maximum of eight credits may be numbered 1(alpha)00 to 1(alpha)99; at least three credits must be numbered 2(alpha)90 or above; at least three credits must be numbered 3(alpha)90 or above; and the remaining credits must be numbered 2(alpha)00 or above.
   
   In 15 credit degree programs a maximum of eight credits may be numbered 1(alpha)00 to 1(alpha)99; at least three credits must be numbered 2(alpha)90 or above; and the remaining credits must be numbered 2(alpha)00 or above.
   
   In some circumstances, in order to meet university degree and program requirements, more than 15 or 20 credits may be taken.