Arts and Culture program offers interdisciplinary education

Lauren Fournier will become the Faculty of Arts first graduate to receive a Bachelor of Arts in Arts and Culture. The unique degree program allows students to create their own individualized program of study. "When looking at the trajectory of my studies I have a wide variety of interests -- I started in Art History and then began to study English. When I found out about the new Arts and Culture program, I knew that it would give me the flexibility to study what I wanted while working toward a degree," says Fournier. Jointly administered by Luther College, the Faculty of Fine Arts and the Faculty of Arts, the program offers students at the U of R an Arts and Culture major and minor and allows them to combine different subject areas across a broad range of disciplines in the Fine Arts and the Arts. Program Coordinator and English Professor, Garry Sherbert says the option to individualize your own education is one that increasingly more students are seeking. "A program such as this provides students with a wide variety of skills and knowledge. They control their own education and take a unique combination of classes that no one else is taking. Interdisciplinary studies provides a variety of career options for students such as politics, tourism, fine arts, community development, policy analysis, publishing and the list goes on," says Sherbert.