Curriculum (18 Credits)

• ARTH 317 -- Laboratory in Museum Studies (3 credits)

• Two elective courses (3 credits each)

• Internship (6 credits)

• Culminating project/paper   

• 315 – Art Museum Studies (3)
  Prereq: ARTH 114 and 115, advanced standing in Studio Art or Art History, or permission of instructor.  Examines the art museum and its role, including: developing and managing collections and exhibits; interpretation and museum education for diverse audiences; funding, governance; and ethics and values. 

• 317 – Laboratory in Museum Studies (3) 
  Prereq:  ARTH 315 or HISP 200 or permission of instructor. Through the creation of a hypothetical museum, students gain experience working in a team environment as they apply their knowledge about museum audience, collections, education, exhibition, organization and administration, physical plant, and public relations.

• 200 – The History Museum (3)
  Survey of the history, philosophy, and management of history museums, including curatorship and public interpretation.

• 309 – Anthropology of Art (3)
  Anthropological approaches to understanding art, focusing but not limited to non-western art forms such as painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, textiles, body art; relationship among meaning, material, and aesthetic; mutual influences of western & non-western art; collection, globalization, and copyright of non-western art.

• 341 – Practices of Memory (3)
  Prereq: ANTH 101 or 200 or permission of  instructor.  Examines the concept of collective memory, considers the ways different groups construct representations of the past in different contexts, and explores conflicts over remembering.

• 342 – Touring Cultures (3)
  Prereq:  ANTH 101 or 200 or permission of instructor.  Explores the cultures of tourists and tourism, as well as the cultures of those toured and the effects of tourism on them.

• 380 – Archaeology of the Greek and Roman World (3)
  Prereq: ARTH 114 or Classics/CPRD 101.  Overview of the history of Greek and Roman archaeology; techniques of excavation, cataloguing, and conservation; and ethics, global issues, and sensitivities classical archaeologists face.

• 208 – Introduction to Conservation (3)
  Overview of conservation as a specialized professional discipline, including the field’s history, ethics, and common practices for documentation, stabilization, analysis, and treatment.

• 463 – Laboratory in Museum Design and Interpretation (3)
  Prerequisite: HISP 200 or permission of instructor.  Examination of the principles of museum exhibit design and interpretation, including participation in exhibit preparation.

For Spring 2010:

• 471-TT -- Museum Curation and Collections Management in the 21st Century - a new offering. While incorporating philsophical issues of curation and collections management, this course also will provide practical background for those planning on entering the museum field.

• 303 -- Archives & Society: combines both the organization, maintenance, and preservation of archives with the use of archives for research. Availability of this course is dependent upon funding.

• 471 C3 – Digital History (3)
  Prerequisite: HIST 299 or with permission of instructor
  Study of the process of creating digital history. The course readings, workshops, and discussions expose students to the philosophy and practice of the emerging field of History and New Media.