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Minor Requirements

The minor program consists of 5 courses and a practicum (see below). All 5 courses may come from the core course list, or 4 from the core course list and 1 from the elective list. One of the core courses must be at the 300-level. The five courses must include selections from at least two of the core Museum Studies departments (Art & Art History, Sociology & Anthropology, and History). If a student majors in Art & Art History, Anthropology, or History and minors in Museum Studies, only one course may count toward their major and the Museum Studies minor. A student minoring in Museum Studies may petition the Advisory Board to have a course not included on the list below count toward the degree if the course addresses one or more of the themes noted above.

Museum Studies Core Courses

• ANTH 103Ìý-ÌýIntroduction to Archaeology
• ANTH 228Ìý-ÌýWomen and Gender in Prehistory
• ANTH 244Ìý-ÌýWho Owns Culture?
• ANTH 253Ìý-ÌýField Methods and Interpretation in Archaeology
• ANTH 300Ìý-ÌýMuseum Studies in Native American Cultures
• ANTH 356Ìý-ÌýEthical Issues in Native American Archaeology
• ARTH 219Ìý-ÌýThe Economics of Art
• ARTH 240Ìý-ÌýArt and Theory 1950-1980
• ARTH 243Ìý-ÌýArt & Theory 1980 to Present
• ARTH 255Ìý-ÌýMuseum Exhibitions: Design, Rhetoric, and Interpretation
• ARTH 257Ìý-ÌýColonizing and Decolonizing Museums
• ARTH 270Ìý-ÌýCritical Museum Theory
• ARTH 309Ìý-ÌýScandals, Controversies and Debates in the Art World
• ARCH 273Ìý-ÌýArchitecture of Art Museums
• ARTH 345Ìý-ÌýExhibiting the New: 1960-2000
• ARTH 348Ìý-ÌýModern Art on Display
• ARCH 363Ìý-ÌýWar and Plunder
• HIST 251Ìý-ÌýThe Politics of History
• HIST 120/MUSE 120Ìý-ÌýIntroduction to Museum Studies ÌýÌý
• MUSE 201Ìý-ÌýMuseum Curating in the Digital Age
• MUSE 219/ALST 219Ìý-ÌýHealing Arts: The Idea of Africa in Medicine and Museums Ìý
• MUSE 300Ìý-ÌýMuseum Curating
• MUSE 310Ìý-ÌýCurating Public History: Utopia, Sex and Silver at the Oneida Community Mansion House
• WRIT 241Ìý-ÌýPolitics of Public Memory
• Other courses at the Advisory Committee's discretion

Electives

• ARTH 101Ìý-ÌýCaves to Cathedrals: The Art of Europe and the Mediterranean to the 13th Century
• ARTH 110Ìý-ÌýGlobal Contemporary Art
• ARTH 210Ìý-ÌýContemporary Art and Politics in the Middle East
• ARTH 226Ìý-ÌýNature's Order: Baroque Arts 1550-1750
• ARCH 244Ìý-ÌýHousing the Sacred in Ancient India
• ARTH 246Ìý-ÌýFrom Emperors to Anime: Pictorial Practices in China and Japan
• ARTS 260Ìý-ÌýSocial Practice Art
• ARCH 344Ìý-ÌýHindu Temples: Architecture and Sculpture, Architecture as Sculpture
• BIOL 305Ìý-ÌýVertebrate Zoology
• BIOL 315Ìý-ÌýBiology of Plants
• CLAS 401Ìý-ÌýSenior Seminar in the Classics
• CORE S108Ìý-ÌýThe Story of Colorants
• CORE S127Ìý-ÌýThe Artful Brain: An Exploration in Neuro-aesthetics
• GEOG 319Ìý-ÌýPopulation and Environment
• GEOL 201Ìý-ÌýMineralogy and Geochemistry and GEOL 201LÌý
• GEOL 215Ìý-ÌýPaleontology of Marine Life and GEOL 215LÌý
• PHIL 330Ìý-ÌýAesthetics and the Philosophy of Art
• WRIT 210Ìý-ÌýThe Rhetoric of Style
• WRIT 225Ìý-ÌýVisual Rhetorics
• Other courses at the Advisory Committee's discretion

Practicum

The Practicum in Museum Studies is an opportunity for students to gain hands-on experience in a non-profit museum, gallery, cultural center, or historical society. This may take the form of paid or volunteer work or an internship, and must be at least 140 hours in duration. It is expected that the practicum will deepen the student's understanding of a substantive aspect or aspects of the institution's operations through work in a department such as Curatorial, Development, Education, Collections Management, Communications, or Archives.

The practicum requirement can be satisfied by an internship at the Picker Art Gallery or Longyear Museum of Anthropology during the academic year or over the summer, or at any other suitable museum over the summer. Students who wish to fulfill this requirement at an off-campus institution must discuss their plans with, and get approval from, the director of the Museum Studies Program in advance. They must also identify the supervisor who will write a brief evaluation upon their completion of the work. This evaluation must be submitted to the director ofÌýthe Museum Studies Program, who will notify the Registrar when this requirement for the minor has been fulfilled. Financial support for internships is available through ºÚÁÏÍø's Summer Funding, but students should be aware of the competitive nature of these grants and of their early deadlines (usually in late February; for more information and specific deadlinesÌývisitÌý).

Students are encouraged to work with ºÚÁÏÍø's Upstate Institute to identify institutions in central New York where they can fulfill the Museum Studies practicum requirement. The Upstate Institute supports community-based research through the Summer Field School, and can help place students as full-time paid research Fellows with institutions in the region such as the Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Everson Museum of Art, Oneida County Historical Society, Oneida Community Mansion House, Adirondack Museum, Iroquois Indian Museum, Fenimore Art Museum, the Shako:wi Cultural Center, the Corning Museum of Glass, and the National Abolition Hall of Fame in Peterboro. For more information aboutÌýprograms and opportunities,Ìývisit theÌýÌýweb page.Ìý

Students should also consult with their Museum Studies minor adviser about the various ways this requirement can be fulfilled, and about opportunities that best meet the individual needs and interests of the student.

Museum Studies Program

For more information about the department, including Faculty,Ìýtransfer credit, awards, etc.,Ìýplease visit the Museum StudiesÌýcatalogÌýpage.