Undergraduate Minor
Museum Studies Undergraduate Minor
For the minor: 18-21 credit hours maximum. Six hours required courses; six hours field applications or three hours field applications and three hours by advisement; nine hours in one area of specialization.
Program Requirements
I. Required Courses (6 cr)
HIS 380 Introduction to Museums
(Prerequisite for all others courses)
HIS 419 Curatorship orHIS 420 Museum Administration
II. Electives (6 cr)
Select from the following:
HIS 450 Museum Internship (6 cr w/approval)
HIS/SSE 488 Internship (3 cr w/approval)
CRS 302 Creative Approaches to Problem Solving
III. Specialization Electives
Administration Specialization (9 cr)
Select from the following:
HIS 381 The Role of the History Museum
HIS 303 History of American Cities
ENG 300 Writing for the Professions
ANT 307 Urban Anthropology
COM 301 Public Relations Advertising
AED 200 Fundamentals of Art Inquiry
and
AED 315 Arts in Living
ECO 201 Macroeconomics
and
ECO 314 Corporate Finance
PLN 315 Intro to Community Planning
and
PLN 380 Neighborhood Revitalization
COM 210 Intro to Writing for the Media
and
COM 407 Organizational Communication
Curation Specialization (9 cr)
Select from the following:
HIS 389 Topics - Material Culture Theory
HIS 468 Black Material Culture (Readings)
THA 337 Set Design I
FIT 348 History of Costume
FIT 448 History of Western Dress
MUS 305 Modern Jazz
MUS 306 Urban Blues/Rock
FIT 206 Intro to Textiles
and
FIT 449 History of Textiles
ATS 320 Intro to Art Therapy
and
ATS 325 Arts and Special Needs
ANT 100 Human Origins
and
ANT 312 Archaeology of North America
or
ANT 377 Ancient Civilizations
FAR 250 Art History I
or
FAR 251 Art History II
and
FAR 362 19th Century Art
HIS 425 Museum Preservation and Practice
Archival/Technology Specialization (9 cr )
Select from the following:
HIS 106 American Life I
or
HIS 107 American Life II
HIS 201 Age of Discovery
HIS 302 History of Women in America
HIS 308 History of Canada
and
HIS 326 History of the Great Lakes
HIS 309 American Leaders
HIS 322 African-American History
HIS 340 History of Buffalo
LIB 300 Advanced Library Research Methods
FAR 325 History of Photography
GEG 320 U.S. Geography
GEG 326 U.S./Canada
CIS 370 Systems Analysis and Design
and
CIS 411 Database Systems
PLN 315 Intro to Community Planning
and
PLN 325 Map and Air Photo Interpretation
HIS 425 Museum Preservation and Practice
IV. Total Required Credits . . . . . 18-21 cr
