Museum Studies Minor

Students majoring or minoring in Anthropology, Art Conservation, Art History, Black American Studies, English, Fashion and Apparel Studies, History, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Public Policy, and Sociology may not count more than three credits of their major or minor toward the Museum Studies minor.

Minor Requirements:

Core:

MSST 203 - Introduction to Museums (3cr.)
MSST 464 - Museum Studies Internship (3cr.)
or
HIST 464 - Internship in History (1 to 6cr.)

Restricted Electives:

Take four courses (12 credits) from the approved list below:

AFRA 440 - Themes in African American Studies (3 to 9cr.)
ANTH 216 - Introduction to Material Culture Studies (3cr.)
ANTH 239 - Arts and Crafts of Native North America (3cr.)
ANTH 251 - Introduction to Ethnic Arts (3cr.)
ANTH 338 - Arts and Crafts of Native South America (3cr.)
ANTH 344 - Anthropology of Clothes (3cr.)
ANTH 341 - Issues, Methods Archaeological Rsrch (3cr.)
ANTH 424 - Introduction to Archaeological Field Methods (1 to 6cr.)
ANTH 463 - Historical Archaeology and the Public (3cr.)
ART 324 - The Art of Social Change (3cr.)
ARTH 243 - Design and the Decorative Arts (3cr.)
ARTH 399 - Topics in Art History (3cr.)
ARTH 402 - Undergraduate Seminar in the History of Art (1 to 4cr.)
ARTC 301 - Care and Preservation of Cultural Property I (3cr.)
ARTC 302 - Care and Preservation of Cultural Property II (3cr.)
FASH 214 - Costume History Before 1600 (3cr.)
FASH 224 - Clothing Design and Production: 1600 to the Edwardian Period (3cr.)
FASH 319 - Dress and Culture (3cr.)
FASH 426 - Historic Textiles & Clothing Collection Management (3cr.)
HIST 385 - History Behind the Scenes (1 to 6cr.)
MCST 402 - Material Culture Studies Research Seminar (3cr.)
MSST 367 - Experimental (1 to 6cr.) (may be taken more than once)
MSST 401 - Curatorship and Collections Management (3cr.)
MSST 402 - Archives and Paper Collections: Curatorship and Management (3cr.)
MSST 407 - Museum Education and Interpretation (3cr.)
MSST 410 - Exhibitions (3cr.)
MSST 413 - The Digital Museum (3cr.)
MSST 462 - Professional Development (1cr.) (one-credit course)
MSST 601 - Curatorship and Collection Management
MSST 607 - Museum Education and Interpretation
SOCI 449 - Sociology of Art and Culture (3cr.)
UAPP 330 - Public and Nonprofit Administration (3cr.)
UAPP 334 - Financial Management Public & Nonprofit (3cr.)
UAPP 429 - Historic Preservation Theory and Practice (3cr.)
UAPP 430 - Methods in Historic Preservation (3cr.)

Museum Studies Minor

Minor Requirements:

Core:

Restricted Electives:

Credits to Total a Minimum of 18

Last Revised for 2018-2019 Academic Year