University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 1 courses 16 total credits
The Graduate Minor in Museum Studies is designed for MA and PhD students who wish to complement their degree program with interdisciplinary study of the theory, organization and management of museums and museum collections. The program offers broad coverage of different disciplines’ approaches to museum theory, and practice, including interdisciplinary perspectives from Anthropology, Art History, Landscape Architecture, History, Education, and Library and Information Sciences. The program also focuses on the collaborative, international and multicultural nature of museum work in curating, researching and communicating the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. Students acquire the applied theory required to successfully work on, with or in museums. Students may tailor the minor to their career goals by choosing among electives that emphasize different theoretical and technical aspects of museum studies. Students without the equivalent of the department’s undergraduate concentration may be admitted to either degree program, but they may be required to make up any deficiencies in their anthropological backgrounds. In addition to the Graduate College admission requirements, students are required to submit Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores. Students whose native language is not English are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) , with minimum scores set by the Graduate College. Students are admitted for the fall...
| Total Hours | 16 credits |
Required Courses
Electives from an approved list of museum-related courses, at least one of which must be at the 500-level. (12 hours)
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUSE 500 | Core Prob Museum Theory & Prac | 4 |
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