THE CERTIFICATE IN MUSEUM STUDIES
Course Requirements for the Certificate: 26-28 units
The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this certificate.
MUSEUM CORE: 11-13 units
Administration
1 course required:
| ANTH | 405 | Museum Administration | 3.0 | FA |
Conservation
1 course selected from:
| ANTH | 461 | Museum Collections Management | 3.0 | FA |
| ANTH | 465 | Conserv of Arch/Ethno Res | 3.0 | Inq |
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
| BIOL | 305 | Museum Techniques | 2.0 | Inq |
Prerequisites: Previous biological sciences course work is recommended.
Exhibit Design and Interpretation
1 course selected from:
| ANTH | 466 | Museum Exhibit Planning | 3.0 | SP |
| ARTS | 384 | Human Factors in Design | 3.0 | FS |
| RECR | 444 | Environmental Interpretation | 4.0 | SP |
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing, a basic oral communication course such as CMST 131, or faculty permission.
Exhibit Installation
1 course selected from:
| ANTH | 467 | Exhibit Res, Design, Install | 3.0 | FA |
| ARTS | 396 | Gallery Production | 3.0 | FS |
BREADTH COURSES: 11-12 units
4 courses selected from:
Select four courses from three of the following four clusters, choosing no more than two courses from a single cluster.
Graphic Communications
| CDES | 131 | Visual Communication Concepts | 2.0 | FS |
| CDES | 214 | Computer Graphics | 3.0 | FS |
| CDES | 307 | Technology and Communication | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: CDES 102.
| JOUR | 351 | Public Relations Publications | 3.0 | FA |
Prerequisites: JOUR 260; JOUR 244 and JOUR 341 for public relations option; JOUR 321 for news-editorial option.
Public Relations
| JOUR | 244 | Intro to Public Relations | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing; concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of JOUR 260.
| MKTG | 305 | Survey of Marketing | 3.0 | FS |
| RECR | 422 | Leisure Services Promotion | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: Successful completion of computer literacy requirement, or faculty permission.
Museum Finances and Operations
| ACCT | 201 | Intro to Financial Accounting | 3.0 | FS |
| ACCT | 365 | Not-for-Profit Accounting | 3.0 | Inq |
Prerequisites: ACCT 202.
| MGMT | 303 | Managing People/Bus Proc/Chg | 3.0 | FS |
| RECR | 400 | Management of Recreation/Parks | 3.0 | FS WP |
Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher, successful completion of computer literacy requirement, RECR 200, RECR 301; one course chosen from RECR 220, RECR 240, RECR 250, or RECR 260; senior standing.
| RECR | 420 | Recreation Budget/Finance Mgmt | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: RECR 200; one course chosen from RECR 220, RECR 240, RECR 250, or RECR 260; successful completion of computer literacy requirement; or faculty permission.
Data Collection
| ANTH | 483 | Field Methods in Ethnography | 3.0 | FA |
Prerequisites: ANTH 303 or permission of instructor.
| HIST | 492 | Archival Research Seminar | 3.0 | FS |
| RECR | 300 | Leisure Science | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: RECR 200; one course chosen from RECR 220, RECR 240, RECR 250, or RECR 260; successful completion of computer literacy requirement; or faculty permission.
INTERNSHIP: 3 units
1 course selected from:
| ANTH | 489 | Internship1.0 | 5.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: Faculty permission.
| ARTS | 489 | Internship Program in Art1.0 | 3.0 | FS |
| HIST | 389 | History Internship1.0 | 4.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: Faculty permission.
| MGMT | 389 | Internship1.0 | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: MGMT 303, faculty permission.
NOTE: The selected internship course must be taken for 3 units.
An overall GPA of 2.5 is required for the entire program.