A career in arts and culture requires more than talent and hard work. You need the skills to navigate a crowded ecosystem of arts and cultural practitioners, organizations, and communities. Boost your competency in leadership and management, entrepreneurship, ethical and legal acumen, financial expertise, and creative problem-solving.

The Graduate Minor in Arts and Cultural Leadership provides in-demand expertise and a valuable credential that can complement your UMN master’s degree.

Admission

The Graduate Minor in Arts and Cultural Leadership (ACL) is available to any master’s student currently enrolled in a graduate degree program at the University of Minnesota. A minimum 2.8 GPA is required.

How to Declare the Minor

Declaring the Arts and Cultural Leadership Minor can easily be done electronically.

  1. Sign in to MyU.
  2. Go to onestop.umn.edu.
  3. At the top of the page, click on "Academics," then select “Grad and Professional Students.”
  4. Choose “Add or Remove a Graduate Minor” from the list.
  5. Click on the “Graduate Minor Request” form. (This will launch the form. Your name and primary degree program information will auto-fill on the form.)
  6. Go to the section "Add a Minor" and type in the field "Arts and Cultural Leadership."
  7. After you submit the form, please send an email to [email protected] to indicate you’ve initiated the Minor Request. 

Courses

To earn the ACL minor, choose 6 credits (two courses) from the list below and earn a B- or better. Each of the courses below is 3 credits.

  • ACL 5211 – Trends and Impacts in Arts and Cultural Leadership and Management
  • ACL 5221 – Creative Entrepreneurship and Resource Development
  • ACL 5231 – Ethical Dilemmas and Legal Issues for Cultural Leaders
  • ACL 6201 – Reimagining Cultural Leadership
  • ACL 5241 – Financial Management for Arts Nonprofits, Community Organizations, and Artists
  • ACL 5251 – Courageous Imagination in Action: Art and Culture as Forces and Resources of Change
  • ACL 5261 – Culture, Place, and Community: Ways of Living Together in the 21st Century