Welcome to the student website for the Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture program at the University of Prince Edward Island! Here you can find program information such as upcoming events, opportunities for students, and ACLC course descriptions.

What is the ACLC Program?

The Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture program explicitly connects the communication skills and leadership training of a Liberal Arts education to successful post-graduation employment. This program is defined by its focus on the transferability of the written, oral and visual communication skills, the critical thinking, and the cultural awareness acquired during a Liberal Arts education to the world beyond academia. Technical skills, work-integrated learning (internships, cooperatives, workplace-generated projects), and career-related mentoring are key components of its design.

The ACLC program began in the fall of 2017.

ACLC Courses

Follow this link for detailed course descriptions, short syllabi, and course-related news.

Major and Minor Requirements

ACLC Major Program (42 semester hours of program-specific courses)

All of the following courses are required for a Major in ACLC:

  • English 1010 – Academic Writing
  • ACLC 1060 – Putting Arts to Work I
  • ACLC 1080 – Digital Literacy
  • University 2030 – Introduction to Leadership Studies
  • English 2340 – Public Speaking
  • ACLC 2090 – Digital Humanities
  • University 3030 – Leadership Theory and Practice
  • ACLC 3060 – Putting Arts to Work II
  • ACLC 3080 – Leadership for a Changing World
  • English 3810 – Professional Writing
  • Arts 4010 – Capstone Arts
  • either
    • English 4040 – Communication and Rhetoric: Capstone Writing OR
    • ACLC 4000 – Advanced Workshop in Applied Communication
  • ACLC 4060 – Putting Arts to Work III
  • ACLC 4070 – Work Integrated Internship

ACLC Minor Program (21 semester hours of program-specific courses)

The following courses are required for a Minor in ACLC:

  • ACLC 1060 – Putting Arts to Work
  • ACLC 3060 – Putting Arts to Work
  • ACLC 1080 – Digital Literacy
  • and four (4) other courses from the ACLC Majors list, including one at the 4000 level.