Museum Studies Certificate Requirements
Please Note: The Undergraduate Catalog contains the most up-to-date Museum Studies Certificate Requirements.
The Museum Studies Certificate Program requires 15 credit hours consisting of two required courses (6 credits) and three electives (9 credits). Coursework for the certificate may be used toward the Core Requirements, the major and/or the minor.
If interested in the certificate, please contact the program director to begin the scheduling of your coursework, especially the internship experience.
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Required Courses: |
(6) | |
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ANTH/ARTS 228D |
P3 Introduction to Museum Studies |
(3) |
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DEPT 490 |
Internship The Internship must: take place with a museum, archive, or historic site; include an analytic research paper on a significant aspect of museum studies, as appropriate to the particular internship experience; and be approved in advance by the program director, regardless of any other requirements the internship course has for the department in which it is listed. Students pursuing the certificate who have already earned a baccalaureate degree, and who have at least one year experience with the operations of a museum or archive, paid or unpaid, may petition the director to substitute a one credit DEPT 496 Independent Study for the DEPT 490 Internship requirement. This course will consist of preparing an analytic research paper on a significant aspect of museum studies. The topic must be approved by the director. |
(3) |
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Three elective courses chosen from the following: |
(9) | |
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AMST 201C |
P1 Picturing the Past |
(3) |
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ANTH/ARTS 229D |
P3 Historic Site Administration |
(3) |
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CSCI/APIT 369 |
Web Design |
(3) |
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HIST 202 |
P1 Women and Gender in the 19th Century* |
(3) |
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HIST 296D |
History of Rochester* |
(3) |
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HIST 298D |
New York History* |
(3) |
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HIST 390 |
Public History |
(3) |
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HIST 395 |
The Usable Past |
(3) |
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Total: |
(15) | |
*Only one course from HIST202, 296D and 298D may be applied to the certificate