Minor in Museum Studies
No major is currently available.
Requirements for the Museum Studies Minor
6 courses from at least 3 departments: a minimum of 2 courses should be at the 300-level or above. An internship or independent study is strongly recommended. A grade of C- or better must be earned in all courses counted toward the minor. Courses taken Pass-NoPass may count towards the minor in Museum Studies, as long as the grade originally earned in the class is “C-” or better.
Core Courses (Two of the following from two different departments)
- ARTH 239: Museum Histories and Practices
- COMM 212: Visual Rhetoric
- SOAN 215 Archaeological Field Methods or
- SOAN 216 Introduction to Archaeology
Four Electives chosen from among
- ARTH 201: Writing Art Criticism
- ARTH 238: Curating a College Collection (Prerequisite: ARTH 110)
- ARTH 338: Museum/Gallery Practicum (Prerequisite: ARTH 110)
- ARTH 323: Monuments and Memory (Prerequisite: One Art History course)
- ART 334: Installation (At least two prerequisites including Art 130, or Art 131, or Art 133 AND a Studio Art course from recommended list.)
- CHEM 105 Chemistry of Art
- COMM 212: Visual Rhetoric
- COMM 388: Rhetoric and Public Memory
- EDUC 210: Observing the Schooling Process
- EDUC 215: Instructional Communication Theory and Practice
- HIST 285: Public History
- HIST 318: Chicago: History and Public Memory (Prerequisite: one course in American history, politics, African American Studies or American Studies, or permission of the instructor.)
- HIST 368: Museums and Exhibitions (Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing, or permission of the instructor.)
- RELG 355: Exhibiting Religion in the Museum
- SOAN 215: Archaeological Field Methods
- SOAN 216: Introduction to Archaeology
- SOAN 225: Historic Artifact Analysis (Prerequisite: SOAN 205 OR SOAN 215 OR SOAN 220 OR consent of instructor.)
- SOAN 318: Archaeology of the Contemporary (Prerequisite: SOAN 110 OR SOAN 216 OR SOAN 220 OR consent of instructor.)
An internship or independent study is strongly recommended
Internship for 1 or 2 credits at a local museum or other relevant institution.
