Museum Studies
Curriculum
Course credits for the Museum Studies Minor are divided into four areas: the Museum
Studies Core, the Methods Core, Elective Courses, and the Cultural Experience.
The preliminary core of courses in museology and marketing engage students in the
ethical and practical challenges facing curatorial institutions. An internship at
a museum, archive, or historic preservation institution provides students valuable
hands-on experience. The internship combines the practical experience in the operations
of the museum and exhibition strategies with firsthand experience handling art, artifacts,
archives, and specimens.
The choice of methods courses provides students with a solid foundation in the methods
and approaches to art, anthropological, historical, and scientific objects. Elective
courses build a breadth of knowledge into the minor. The choice of elective courses
allows students to design the minor to complement their major or to enhance their
expertise in an area outside their major. The cultural experience requirement--through
study abroad courses or through courses in a foreign or indigenous language--encourages
students to broaden their points of view and to expand their interpretive skills for
future research and practice.
Required Courses
The Museum Studies Minor introduces students to the discipline of Museum Studies.
The total credit requirement varies. In addition, the choice of a Study Abroad experience
or courses in a foreign language is in place to provide cultural breadth. All courses
for the minor must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
A. Museum Studies Core, 12 credit hours required:
I. The following courses:
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- ART 2070 - Introduction to Museology - Credits: 3
- ART 2075 - Museology II - Credits: 3
- Cross Listed ANTH/AMST/HIST 2075
Former Course Number ART 2705
II. Related Skills, 3 credit hours to be chosen from the following courses:
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- ENGL 4075 - Writing for Non-Profits - Credits: 3
- FCSC 4117 - Understanding Community Leadership - Credits: 3
- MKT 2100 - Introduction to Marketing - Credits: 3
III. Internship, 3 credits at an Internship:
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- ART 4078 - Museum Studies Minor Internship - Credits: 3
B. Methods Core, 6 credit hours to be chosen from the following courses:
- AMST 2400 - Introduction to Historic Preservation - Credits: 3
- AMST 4300 - American Culture and the Public Sector - Credits: 3
- AMST 4900 - Field Studies in American Culture - Credits: 1-4
- ANTH 3310 - Introduction to Anthropology Research Methods - Credits: 3
- ANTH 3300 - Ethnographic Methods in Anthropology - Credits: 3
- ANTH 4020 - Seminar - Credits: 3‑6
- ANTH 4190 - Public Archaeology - Credits: 3
- ENTO 4684 - Classification of Insects - Credits: 4
- ART 4790 - Art Seminar - Credits: 1‑3
- GEOL 2080 - General Field Geology - Credits: 3
- GEOL 4113 - Geological Remote Sensing - Credits: 4
- GEOL 4717 - Field Course in Geology - Credits: 1‑8
- HIST 2050 - Introduction to Public History - Credits: 3
- HIST 3020 - Historical Methods - Credits: 3
- HIST 4030 - Senior Capstone Seminar - Credits: 3
- ORTM 1000 - Foundations of Recreation and Tourism - Credits: 3
- ORTM 3000 - Tourism Theory and Practice - Credits: 3
C. Elective Courses, 3 credit hours:
3 credit hours to be chosen from the approved list of electives. Students will choose
courses from the elective list in conjunction with their advisor, based on their area(s)
of interest. Additional courses listed in the museum studies and methods cores (Parts
A.II. and B. above) can be chosen as electives.
See attached list of courses according to the department.
D. Cultural Experience / International Fieldwork, choose one of the following:
1. Study Abroad / International Field School Students may enroll or participate in
an approved study abroad course or program (credit hours vary);
2. Foreign or Indigenous Language - Students may enroll in 12 hours of a foreign or
indigenous
language. 8 of the 12 hours must be in the same language. American Sign Language
does not
qualify.
