The Museum Studies minor provides foundational knowledge of the history, theory, and practice of museums and their collections. Students learn to think critically about how museums and their collections have defined history, culture, and art. The minor also introduces students to practical skills in museum management, educational programming, and grant writing. The primary courses provide opportunities for experiential learning about the curation, interpretation, preservation, and display of works of art and anthropological, historical, and scientific artifacts. The courses in the secondary curriculum provide essential content knowledge for successful museum internships and graduate work.
The requirements for the minor in Museum Studies are as follows:
Completion of 18 credit hours in the following distribution:
I. Completion of at least 12 credit hours from the primary curriculum:
B. AFAM-3310, ALE-4090, ALE-4190, ALE-4290, ALE-4390, ALE-4490, ALE-4590, ALE-4690, ANTH-4171, ANTH-4371, ANTH-4671, ARTH-3197, ARTH-3297, ARTH-3397, CLAS-4397, HIST-3094, HIST-3194, HIST-3294, HIST-3394, HIST-3494, HIST-3594 or HIST-3694; internship locations must be preapproved by the Director of the minor in Museum Studies.
C. Remaining course work from the following list of courses:
Course ID | Course Title |
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ANTH-1304 | Introduction to Classical Archaeology (also listed as CLAS-1304) |
ANTH-1305 | Introduction to Prehistoric Archaeology |
ANTH-1309 | Pirates, Merchants, and Marines: Seafaring in the Ancient Mediterranean (also listed as CLAS-1309) |
ANTH-2310 | Human Evolution |
ANTH-3335 | Pre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica (also listed as ARTH-3335) |
ARTH-1407 | Art History I: Prehistoric Through Medieval Art |
ARTH-1408 | Art History II: Renaissance to Modern Art |
ARTH-1413 | Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt |
ARTH-2457 | History of Photography |
ARTH-3325 | Art and Power in Ancient Rome |
CLAS-1304 | Introduction to Classical Archaeology (also listed as ANTH-1304) |
CLAS-1309 | Pirates, Merchants, and Marines: Seafaring in the Ancient Mediterranean (also listed as ANTH-1309) |
CLAS-1319 | Monuments, Memory, and Power |
CHEM-1305 | The Chemistry of Art |
HIST-1360 | The History of the United States Through Reconstruction |
HIST-1361 | The History of the United States Since Reconstruction |
HIST-2435 | Native American History Through Removal (before 1830) |
ALE-3301 | Grant Writing and Fundraising |
ART-4396 | Gallery Practicum (also listed as ARTH-4396) |
ARTH-3344 | Northern Renaissance in the 16th Century |
ARTH-3335 | Pre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica (also listed as ARTH-3335) |
ANTH-3356 | Seminar on the Ancient Maya |
ARTH-3444 | Albrecht Durer and His World: Painting And Printmaking in the Age of Reform |
ARTH-3395 | Colloquium on Museum Studies |
ARTH-4396 | Gallery Practicum (also listed as ART-4396) |
II. Completion of at least 6 credit hours from the secondary curriculum:
Course ID | Course Title |
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ACCT-1300 | Understanding the Language of Business |
ANTH-3368 | Anthropological Ethics |
ART-3314 | Issues of Contemporary Art |
ARTH-1412 | Art & Architecture of Latin America Since the 16th Century |
ARTH-2431 | This is America: Rethinking American Art at the San Antonio Museum of Art |
ARTH-3452 | Nineteenth-Century Architecture and Urbanism |
ARTH-3458 | Jackson Pollock and New York |
BAT-1101 | Spreadsheet Based Modeling and Data Analysis |
BAT-1102 | Intermediate Spreadsheet Modeling and Analysis |
BAT-2301 | Statistics for Business and Economics |
BUSN-3302 | Legal Concepts of Business I |
BUSN-3461 | History of American Business and Capitalism (also listed as HIST-3461) |
CLAS-1308 | Daily Life in Ancient Rome |
CLAS-1310 | Daily Life in Ancient Greece |
CLAS-2406 | Technology and the Classical World |
EDUC-1331 | Understanding Learners With Exceptionalities in School and Society |
FNCE-3301 | Fundamentals of Financial Management |
HIST-1370 | The African American Experience Through Reconstruction |
HIST-1371 | The African American Experience Since Reconstruction |
HIST-2436 | Native American History Since Removal |
HIST-2440 | U.S. Society and Politics Since 1945 |
HIST-3333 | History of Paris |
HIST-3461 | History of American Business and Capitalism (also listed as BUSN-3461) |
MGMT-2301 | Management of Organizations |
MGMT-3371 | Human Resources Management |
MKTG-2301 | Principles of Marketing |
PHIL-2455 | Aesthetics |
RELI-3456 | Digging for the Truth: Archaeology, Bibles, and Popular Media |
RELI-3481 | Native American Religions |
SPAN-3312 | Latin American Civilization |
SPMT-3314 | History of Sport in the United States |
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