Museum Studies is an interdisciplinary endeavor that addresses the theory, organization, and management of museums and museum collections. Museums themselves are complex organizations within which a diversity of knowledge specialists work together to acquire, conserve, research, communicate and exhibit tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. The Museum Studies minor crosses the disciplines of Anthropology, History, and the History of Art & Architecture. The purpose of the minor is to provide students from diverse majors with knowledge about the role and function of museums in our lives as global citizens.
Interest in museums is at an all-time high as students and faculty as concerned with: (a) the role of museums in global tourism, urban economic development, multiculturalism and the creation of identities; (b) the developing importance of museums as sites of both research and employment; and (c) the way in which museums act as intersections among a broad range of academic disciplines. Additionally, as museums become more complex organizations, individuals seeking to work with or in these environments are increasingly expected to have formalized training in Museum Studies with transcript recognition of this training.
Course Requirements
Six courses are required -- at least two of which must be from the Core and three-four from Electives (i.e., two Core + four Electives OR three Core + three Electives), with no more than two Electives from any one department:
Core
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
ANT 374 | ANTHROPOLOGY AND MUSEUMS | 4 |
HAA 391 | THE EVOLVING MUSEUM: HISTORIES AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES | 4 |
HST 269 | MUSEUMS, MATERIAL CULTURE AND MEMORY: INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HISTORY | 4 |
Electives
No more than two from:
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
ANT 250 | MATERIAL CULTURE OF MODERN AMERICA | |
ANT 252 | MATERIAL CULTURE AND DOMESTIC LIFE | |
ANT 256 | MUSEUMS AND MATERIAL CULTURE | |
ANT 378 | MUSEUM EDUCATION | |
ANT 380 | INTERNSHIP IN ANTHROPOLOGY | |
ANT 382 | HERITAGE DISPLAYS AND MUSEUMS | |
No more than two from:
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
HAA 200 | SPECIAL TOPICS ON THE ART INSTITUTE | |
HAA 291 | MUSEUM AND NON-PROFIT ARTS MANAGEMENT | |
HAA 394 | MUSEUM STUDIES INTERNSHIP | |
HAA 398 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | |
HAA 393 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSEUM STUDIES | |
No more than two from:
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
HST 360 | DOING DIGITAL HISTORY | |
HST 382 | CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM EXPERIENCE | |
HST 389 | TOPICS IN PUBLIC HISTORY | |
HST 391 | DOING LOCAL AND COMMUNITY HISTORY | |
HST 392 | PUBLIC HISTORY INTERNSHIP | |
HST 396 | ORAL HISTORY: MEMORY, METHOD AND PRACTICE | |
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