Creativity and Culture
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
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About Creativity and Culture
What is Creativity and Culture?
Creativity and culture is an integrated fine arts and humanities major. Flexibility is built right into this program by combining course options in art, creative writing, drama, English, languages and music of the past and present. This means you can tailor this program – and your education – to your own creative interests.
Why Choose This Program?
If you are interested in the creation of media and cultural works, this program is for you.
In fine arts courses, you will work with award-winning writers, artists, musicians and directors to explore your creative potential and hone your skills in creative writing, drama, music and visual art. In humanities courses, you will explore the history and theory of literature, art, music and theatre.
Major Map
View what studying in this program could look like each year, from courses to experiential learning to career development.
Program Information
Degree
Bachelor of Arts
Major
Interdisciplinary Studies: Creativity and Culture
Specializations (Optional)
- Creative Writing
- Drama
- Music
- Visual Art
Minors (Optional)
- Management
- Music
Students in this program are eligible for 155+ Augustana awards (totalling over $520,000)
Low 70s program admission-average range
Analyze and produce different types of media
Study classical history and literature in Greece
Program Objectives
In this program, you will:
- Engage with and analyze various media types from a variety of perspectives, cultures and traditions.
- Develop strong analytical and critical-thinking skills that you can use across various topics, issues and experiences beyond the classroom.
- Gain confidence as a scholar by analyzing concepts and ideas while learning how to argue your own perspective on a topic.
Learning Outcomes
You will leave this program with the ability to:
- Present information confidently, showing command of oral and written expression.
- Create different media with an understanding of contemporary concepts and how art is made across cultures.
- Use the knowledge and skills gained in this program in professional contexts.
Careers
An undergraduate degree in creativity and culture is great for entry into the workforce or graduate and professional programs. Potential career options include:
Course Highlights
Further exploration of drawing practice with the application of observational and conceptual skills that focuses on the figure. Includes an examination of anatomy, the portrait, and the expressive potential of the human form.
Advanced study of creative non-fiction and memoir. Students will analyze selected readings in the art of autobiography and will write three works of memoir, through an intensive workshop process.
An examination of the use of music in film, television, and video games, with an emphasis on semiotic analysis and the historical development of the aesthetics and technologies of linking music to moving images.
This course explores the key themes, debates and movements in post colonial literature and theory. Attending to the depth and diversity of postcolonial literatures written in or translated into English, we will read authors from a range of regions, perspectives, cultures and traditions.
Ensemble production of improvisational or scripted plays. Involves an extensive research component appropriate to the chosen production.
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Featured Faculty
Stephanie Oliver
Stephanie Oliver is an associate professor of English who has recently won awards for her teaching. She teaches courses on Canadian, postcolonial and diasporic literatures. Her research focuses on representations of smell in Canadian diasporic women's writing and environmental literature.
