The Arts and Culture Management (ACM) second major provides students with the perspectives, foundational knowledge, introductory skills and vocabularies for entry into the arts and culture industry.
ACM grooms the cosmopolitan manager who is at ease with cultural diversity, and able to capitalise on the new ideas and energies through engagement with the arts affords. ACM uniquely brings together theory, practice, and management through hands-on experience.
ACM second major graduates will not be limited to the Arts & Culture industries, but will have knowledges and understandings that will prepare them for successful working in global cities. Cities are the powerhouses of global economies. Singapore, London, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dubai, Seoul, Shanghai, and Sydney, are notable as centres of creativity and entrepreneurship fuelled by a vibrant arts and culture scene. It is this clear vision that has informed the Singapore government’s goal to double the active engagement of Singaporean in arts and culture activities by 2025. 1
The Programme Structure enables students to plan an educational pathway to desired learning goals. For example, after equipping themselves with foundational and managerial knowledge, a student interested in the literary arts might choose From Text to Screen: Shakespeare on Film and Creative Writing, and An Introduction to Festival (Literary, Visual Art, Theatre) Design and Staging; and An introduction to Theatre Space Management (for theatre is staged literature, and poetry and text are the subject of poetry slams and dramatized readings.) A student interested in working in the public sector might select Women in Film; Popular Culture in Asia; or Cultural Identities and Arts. The two mandatory courses - Arts, Culture & Society and Arts Leadership will prepare students for the broad-based domain skills in term of knowledge and understanding.
To fulfil the requirement of the Arts and Culture Management second major, students must complete eight courses. Please click here for the programme structure and other details.
Faculty will join with practice leaders to provide learning that will move beyond classrooms into the field.
This second major is open to students admitted from AY2011/12 onwards. Students who are admitted prior to AY2011/12 may declare ACM provided they can complete the second major courses within their candidature period as not all the ACM courses would be offered within the next one academic year.
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1 Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA), Singapore, Arts and Culture Strategic Review, 2010, http://www.acsr.sg/introduction.aspx 5 February 2012, accessed 30 Aug. 2012.
