The following requirements must be fulfilled:
The general requirements stated under Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate Programs.
36 credits, including 6 credits in required methodology courses, 6 credits in selected museum skills courses, 3 credits in applied work, a 3-credit capstone project, and 18 credits in elective courses.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Required | ||
Methodology courses | ||
AMST 6100 | Scope and Methods in American Studies | |
or HIST 6005 | Introduction to Historiography | |
CMST 6107 | Museum Ethics and Values | |
Museum skills selected courses | ||
Two courses (6 credits) selected from the following: | ||
CMST 6101 | Museum Management | |
CMST 6201 | Introduction to Museum Collections | |
CMST 6301 | Museum Exhibition Curatorial Research and Planning | |
Applied work | ||
CMST 6501 | Museum Studies Internship | |
or CMST 6304 | Exhibition Development and Scriptwriting | |
Capstone project | ||
One 3 credit semester course approved by the director in which the student produces a capstone project. * | ||
Electives | ||
18 credits (six courses) in a combination of Museum Studies (CMST), History (HIST), and American Studies (AMST) courses selected in consultation with the program director. |
*The capstone course usually will be AMST 6195 Research Seminar in American Studies or a History (HIST) course designated as a research seminar. Students can arrange to use an independent study to fulfill the capstone requirement with the approval of the program director and a specific professor. The final project completed in a course listed above also could be used to fulfill the requirement for a capstone with the approval of the program director; in such cases the student must take an additional elective course within one of the participating departments.