Core Required Classes:
HMUS 500 Introduction to Museums
HMUS 501 Collections Acquisition, Care, and Management
HMUS 502 Museum Administration
HMUS 503 Introduction to Museum Education and Interpretation
HMUS 510 Professional Seminar (2 years)
HMUS 515 Museum Project Management
HMUS 520 Research and Fieldwork
HMUS 521 Material Culture Methods
HMUS 580 Internship I
Research Courses (choose 2):
ARTC 545 African American Art
HISC 531 Migration and Community
HISC 545 Landscapes, Cultures, and the Environment
HMUS 512 Historic Preservation
HMUS 525 Civil Rights History
HMUS 530 American Material Culture: Gender and Domesticity
HMUS 531 American Material Culture: Modernism and Anti-Modernism
HMUS534 Cultural Encounters
HMUS547 Museum Finance
HMUS 695 Independent Research
Diversity Course (choose 1)*:
ARTC 545 African American Art
HISC 530 Identity and Activism
HISC 531 Migration and Community
HISC 570 History of the American City
HMUS 525 Civil Rights History
HMUS 534 Cultural Encounters
HMUS 535 Designing for Accessibility
HMUS 542 Boards and Governance
*Diversity courses and research courses cannot double count
Electives: 18-19 credits
HMUS 514 Introduction to History Museum Exhibitions
HMUS 525 Civil Rights History
HMUS 550 Topics in Museum Studies
SMUS 639 Digital Technology in Museums
HMUS 551 Independent Studies: Museum Studies
HMUS 581 Internship II
HMUS 546 Visitor Experience
HMUS 547 Museum Finance
HMUS 548 Cultural Entrepreneurship
HMUS 506 Fundraising and Development
HMUS 508 Strategic Planning in Museums
HMUS 506 Fundraising and Development
HMUS 538 Introduction to Museum Marketing
HMUS 540 Applied Museum Marketing
HMUS 507 Building Your Professional Identity
HMUS 542 Boards and Governance
HMUS 534 Cultural Encounters
HMUS 535 Designing for Accessibility
HMUS 698 Thesis Research*
HMUS 699 Thesis Writing*
*Thesis option available only to students wishing to pursue a PhD later
HISC 545 Landscapes, Cultures, & the Environment
HISC 531 Migration and Community
HISC 530 Identity and Activism
HISC 570 History of the American City
HISC 502 American Cultures I
HISC 503 American Cultures II
HISC 550 Topics in History
HISC 551 Independent Study: History
ARTC 540 Survey of American Art
ARTC 530 American Folk Art
ARTC 545 African American Art
ARTC 550 Topics in Art
ARTC 551 Independent Study: Art
SMUS 525 Science and Society
HMUS 504 Applied Museum Education and Interpretation
HMUS 536 Major Historical Issues for Museums
HMUS 530 American Material Culture: Gender & Domesticity
HMUS 531 American Material Culture: Modernism & Anti-Modernism
HMUS 512 Historic Preservation
SMUS 588 Museums, Landscapes and Society in the Canary Islands (Winter Field Trip)