Curriculum - Professional Tracks
Cultural resource & informational studies track
Since 2000, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and the Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT) have called for revisions in the training of museum professionals that would reflect evolving needs for management, leadership, information technology, fundraising, and grant writing skills—all of which the cultural resource and information studies track includes. This track prepares you to work with curators, registrars, exhibit designers, preparators, librarians, and archivists. After you complete your introductory core courses, you will complete a series of business courses and courses in management information systems.
Courses by category for this track
Introductory core courses:
- Introduction to Museums and Collections
- Technologies of Inorganic Cultural Materials
- Technologies of Organic Cultural Materials
Advanced core courses:
- Conservation of Cultural Materials
- Legal and Ethical Issues for Collecting Institutions
- Display and Exhibition Design
- Collections Management and Museum Administration
- Fundraising, Grant Writing, and Marketing for Nonprofit Institutions
- Forensic Investigation of Art and Research Methods
- Senior Thesis in Museum Studies
Art history and studio arts:
- Survey of Western Art and Architecture I, II, III
- Freshman Studio (in two media, e.g. metals & jewelry, wood & woodworking, ceramics, glass & glass sculpture, fine arts studio)
- Introduction to Photography for Non-Majors
Business core:
- Financial Accounting
- Organizational Behavior
- Principles of Marketing
Management information systems track:
- Business Programming
- Systems Analysis and Design
- Business Information Systems and Process
- Database Management Systems
- Network Technologies
General education requirements
General education and university free electives
Typical course sequence for this track
| First Year | |
| Introduction to Museums and Collections 0533-370 | 4 cr. |
| Survey of Western Art and Architecture I, II, III 2039-225, 226, 227 |
9 cr. |
| Freshman Studio | 2 cr. |
| Introduction to Photography 2067-264 | 4 cr. |
| Liberal Arts* | 12 cr. |
| Math/science Requirements** | 14 cr. |
| First-Year Enrichment | 2 cr. |
| Second Year | |
| Technology of Inorganic Cultural Materials 0533-423 | 4 cr. |
| Technology of Organic Cultural Materials 0533-422 | 4 cr. |
| Freshman Studio | 2 cr. |
| Liberal Arts* | 24 cr. |
| Math/Science Requirements** | 8 cr. |
| General Education Electives | 8 cr. |
| Wellness Activity | 0 cr. |
| Third Year | |
| Display and Exhibition Design 0533-425 | 4 cr. |
| Collections Management and Museum Administration 0533-426 | 4 cr. |
| Fundraising, Grant Writing, and Marketing for Nonprofit Institutions 0533-427 | 4 cr. |
| Business Core | 12 cr. |
| Management Information Systems Track | 12 cr. |
| Institute Free Elective | 12 cr. |
| Fourth Year | |
| Conservation of Cultural Materials 0533-438 | 4 cr. |
| Legal and Ethical Issues for Collecting Institutions 0533-424 | 4 cr. |
| Forensic Investigation of Art and Research Methods 0533-437 | 4 cr. |
| Senior Thesis 0533-510 | 4 cr. |
| Management Information Systems Track | 8 cr. |
| General Education Electives | 12 cr. |
| Institute Free Elective | 4 cr. |
| Total Quarter Credit Hours | 185 cr. |
