- Cultural entrepreneurship is an emerging discipline that examines how cultural products (such as art, theater, and literature) and cultural activities (like sports, music, food, and film events) have an impact on the growth of local, national, and global economies.
- The degree program is designed for Liberal Arts students to develop the critical business, entrepreneurship, creativity and intercultural skills necessary to participate in the booming culture and creative economy. University do not expect all students with this degree to start new ventures. Instead, the major helps students with a unique and valued skillset and mindset that can be applied in intrapreneurial ways throughout their careers.
- The degree program is designed for Liberal Arts students to develop the critical business, entrepreneurship, creativity and intercultural skills necessary to participate in the booming culture and creative economy
- Students can choose one of the two sub-plans: certificate of business administration or leadership development. To contextualize cultural entrepreneurship students are required to take a minor or major in another pre-approved field of study
- Students in this interdisciplinary program:
- Develop an entrepreneurial mindset involving creative problem solving, risk-taking, action-orientation, and proactivity among others
- Acquire functional communication skills in world languages
- Receive in-depth training in design-thinking process and in using design-thinker’s toolkit
- Learn approaches useful for managing cultural organizations