Museum Studies Components

The program consists of four components:

1. A foundation course: Art History 258: Introduction to Museum Studies.
2. A summer or semester internship at a museum, gallery, historical society, or related organization. The internship must be approved by the Director of Museum Studies.
3. Either of two elective courses selected from (but not limited to) the following list of courses, or one elective course and a senior project (see below). Debating Museums; Museum Education; Museum Administration and Management; Collectors and Collecting; Authenticity in Art and Culture; The Museum as Building Type; Historic Houses and Sites; Art and Anthropology
4. Senior integrative project: an independent or collaborative project presented as an Individual Study or as an Honors Study in the major. The project is created with the guidance of a faculty member in one's major and the Director of Museum Studies. The project might involve designing and implementing an exhibition, developing interactive computer software or a museum web site, producing an educational outreach program, or writing a research essay on some aspect of museums or museology.

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