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Overview
To earn a Museum Studies Certificate, you must complete four
courses and an internship. When you apply, you are asked to select a
concentration in either Art History, Classics, Education, or History.
Based on your selection, an academic adviser will be assigned to
guide you through your program of study. Everyone must take the
foundation course and complete an internship. However, you have the
option of selecting your remaining three courses from a wide variety
of certificate electives and a select group of area-specific
graduate courses. This flexibility allows you to design a program
best suited to your career goals.
Concentrations
Art History
A concentration in art history provides you with skills to integrate
the theoretical study of art history with practical concerns of
displaying, managing, and interpreting art objects in a variety of
museum settings. Students are prepared for positions in
administration, development, collections care, or curatorial work in
both small and large museums.
Visit the Art & Art History website to learn more.
Classics
A concentration in classics/classical archaeology trains you to
contextualize material objects in their original archaeological and
cultural settings. This training will equip you with the analytical
skills necessary to address intellectual and ethical issues in the
display and management of ancient and anthropological collections.
Courses prepare students for positions at museums with
archaeological and anthropological collections and at heritage sites
and historical monuments.
Visit the Classics website
to learn more.
Education
A concentration in education offers course work combining
educational theory with museum curriculum design, and prepares you
to administer and design educational programming in large and small
institutions including children's museums, science museums, art
museums, and historic sites.
Visit
the Department of Education website to learn more.
History
A concentration in history prepares you for work in a historic
setting or living history museum. Specially designed courses in
collections care and material culture enhance the curriculum and
provide invaluable training for work in small to mid-size historical
settings.
Visit the History Department website to learn more.
Curriculum
Foundation Course
Museums Today: Mission and Function (Required First Course)
Certificate Electives
Select at least two courses from this group of electives. The third
course may be chosen from these electives or from other
graduate-level courses.
Collections Care and Preservation
Collections Management
Curriculum Development for Museum-School Collaborations
Exhibition Planning
Historical Interpretation of Material Culture
Material Culture and Its Archaeological Context
Museum History and Theory
Museum Education and Interpretation
Museums and New Media
Philanthropy and Fundraising
Proseminar in Museum Education
PLUS Graduate-Level Courses
Art History, Classics, Education, and History (To be approved by your academic adviser)
Internship
Museum Internship (Required)
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