Museum Studies Certificate:
Certificate Description:
The Museum Studies Certificate is designed to introduce students to the history, departments, tasks, and current methods of a working museum; reinforce knowledge of the museum field through practical and hands-on experience within the museum environment and through the study of cultural objects; and require students to show mastery of the material through research and critique.
Curriculum and Course Descriptions (21 hours):
3 hours: Choose on of the following:
ANTH 2233 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
- Introduction to the concept of culture
ANTH 3203 - Introduction to Archaeology
- Methods, theory, history, and techniques of archaeology as a branch of anthropology and a world survey of the prehistoric development of culture.
6 hours: Choose two courses in area of interest
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Art History
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Literature
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Folklore Studies
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Etc.
12 hours of required coursework:
ARTM 4023 - Museum Fundamentals I: Collections Management and Museum Law
- Instruction and hands-on practice in managing historical and anthropological collections including object-handling, accessioning, deaccessioning cataloguing, loans, valuating collections, conservation environments, registration transactions and forms, museum law and policies.
Taught by Dr. Marti Allen, ASU Museum Director
ARTM 4033 - Museum Fundamentals II: Exhibition Seminar
- Hands-on practice in exhibit development and production including topic and object selection, curatorial research, mocking-up, label writing, and basic program evaluation.
Taught by Dr. Marti Allen, ASU Museum Director
ARTH 4013 - History of the Museum and Collecting
- Examines the history of collecting and the institution of the museum, from private collections in the Dutch Republic to contemporary exhibition practices.
Taught by Dr. Temma Balducci
ARTM 401V - Museum Internship (with one of the following)
- Arkansas State University Museum
- Historic Dress Colony - Johnny Cash Boyhood Home
- Hemingway - Pfeiffer Home
- Southern Tenant Farmers' Museum
- Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
- Bradbury Art Museum
- The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas (Pine Bluff)
- International Center for Photography, New York City (competitive application process)