Museum Studies

This certificate program is designed for individuals interested in working or volunteering in a museum environment.  A set of core courses in museum methods, exhibit design and management is supplemented by eight units of required internships within one or more museums and by a set of elective courses, chosen from three groups, that focus mostly on archaeology, cultural anthropology, and art history.  Armed with this certificate students will be well prepared to enter the museums workforce or to go on to further studies in this field.

Certificate Requirements(34 units):

1.    Four units chosen from:
      ANTH 375.         Museum Methods (4)
      HIST 375.          Museum Methods (4)
2.    Four units chosen from:
      ANTH 376.         Exhibit Design (4)
      HIST 376.          Exhibit Design (4)
3.    HIST 327.          Museum and Archival Management (4)
4.    ANTH 576.         Internship in Museum Studies (2-5) for a total of (8)
5.    ART 345.           Gallery Management (2)
6.    A minimum of twelve units of electives, chosen from one of the following three groups of courses (A, B or C):

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Group A

Course No.	Course Name	Credit Units	Required
ANTH 300	Archaeology	4	Yes
ANTH 302	African Archaeology	4	Yes
ANTH 303	Prehistory of the Middle East and Europe	1	Yes
ANTH 305	North American Prehistory	4	Yes
ANTH 306	Aztecs, Maya and Their Predecessors	4	Yes
ANTH 307	Incas and Their Predecessors	4	Yes
ANTH 315	Archaeology of the Southwest and California	4	Yes
ANTH 320	Archaeological Survey and Excavation	4	Yes
ANTH 321	Archaeological Laboratory Analysis	4	Yes
ANTH 307	Incas and Their Predecessors	4	Yes
ANTH 307	Incas and Their Predecessors	4	Yes

May choose only one of the following two courses:

Course No.	Course Name	Credit Units	Required
ANTH 312	Historical Archaeology	4	optional
HIST 312	Historical Archaeology	4	optional

May choose only one of the following two courses:

Course No.	Course Name	Credit Units	Required
ANTH 323	Native North American Art	4	optional
ART 323	Native North American Art	4	optional

May choose only one of the following two courses:

Course No.	Course Name	Credit Units	Required
ANTH 324	Pre-Columbian Art	4	optional
ART 324	Pre-Columbian Art	4	optional

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Group B

Course No.	Course Name	Credit Units	Required
ANTH 351	Indians of North America	4	Yes
ANTH 352	Indians of the Southwest	4	Yes
ANTH 354	Cultures of Mexico and Central America	4	Yes
ANTH 357	African Societies	4	Yes
ANTH 358	Peoples of the Middle East	4	Yes
ANTH 360	Peoples of Australia	4	Yes
ANTH 361	Peoples of Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia	4	Yes
ANTH 362	Peoples of Asia	4	Yes
ANTH 365	Asian American Cultures	4	Yes
ART 221	Art History: Prehistoric Times through the Middle Ages	4	Yes
ART 222	Art History: Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania	4	Yes
ART 223	Art History: Renaissance to the Present	4	Yes
ART 306	Greek and Roman Art	4	Yes
ART 311	Art of the United States to the End of the Nineteenth Century	4	Yes
ART 314	The Art of Indigenous Peoples	4	Yes
ART 316	Arts of the Ancient Near East and Egypt	4	Yes
ART 321	Renaissance Art	4	Yes
ART 327	Baroque and Rococo Art	4	Yes
ART 328	Mexican Art	4	Yes
ART 329	Chicano Art	4	Yes

May choose only one of the following two courses:

Course No.	Course Name	Credit Units	Required
ANTH 323	Native North American Art	4	optional
ART 323	Native North American Art	4	optional

May choose only one of the following two courses:

Course No.	Course Name	Credit Units	Required
ANTH 324	Pre-Columbian Art	4	optional
ART 324	Pre-Columbian Art	4	optional

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Group C

Course No.	Course Name	Credit Units	Required
ART 410	Studies in Art History: Renaissance	4	Yes
ART 423	Nineteenth Century European Art	4	Yes

Any upper-division history course except HIST 327, 375, 376, 395, 396, 399, 575, 589 and 595.