Leadership and Administration
One of the following or other university leadership class approved by your Advisor (min. 3 credits required).
MUS 588: Leadership in Museums (3)
EDLPS 570: Critical Views on Educational Leadership (3)
Understanding and Caring for Collections
One of the following required.
MUS 581: Preservation and Management of Collections I (5)
MUS 582: Preservation and Management of Collections II (MUS 581 Prerequisite) (5)
MUS 586: Issues and Philosophy of Collections (3)
Research Methods
The following course or other research class approved by your Advisor is required (min. 3 credits).
MUS 598: Research Design and Museology Practice (4)
Communication and Public Engagement
A minimum of 12 credits required.
MUS 594: Seminar in Museum Education (5)
MUS 592: Social Issues and Museums (3)
MUS 588: Planning for People in Exhibits (3)
MUS 588: Community-based Museum Model (3)
MUS 593: Seminar in Museum Exhibition (5)
MUS 588: Public Engagement in Science (3)
MUS 588: Public Engagement in Art (3)
MUS 588: Fundraising
MUS 588: Introduction to Learning Sciences for Museum Practitioners (3)
MUS 596: Introduction to Audience Research in Informal Learning Settings (3)
MUS 597: Directed Fieldwork in Audience Research (up to 5 credits)
Others to be announced.
Museology Electives
You may take as many electives as you want to get your total of 60 credits.
MUS 588: Changing Dynamics of Curation (3)
MUS 583: Directed Field Work in Museum Operations
MUS 584: Directed Field Work in Archaeology
MUS 585: Directed Field Work in Museum Collections
MUS 597: Directed Field Work in Audience Research
* NOTE: Courses with a 588 designation are special topic courses that are not necessarily offered each year.