COURSES
Required Courses
- MUX 118 History and Critical Issues of Museums
(2-credit lecture course) - MUX 300 Museums Concentration Research Capstone
Courses Recommended for Museums Concentration Credit
These are courses that have been offered over the past several years and are relevant to the Museums Concentration. Consult the course catalogue for current availability. Other courses are eligible with adviser approval.
American Studies
- AMS 221 Colloquium: New England Material Culture, 1860-1940
- AMS 302 Seminar: The Material Culture of New England, 1630-1860
- AMS 411 Exhibiting Culture: An Introduction to Museum Studies in America
(4 credits; open only to members of the Smithsonian Internship Program)
Anthropology
- ANT 135 Introduction to Archaeology
- ANT 234 Culture, Power and Politics
- ANT 249 Visual Anthropology
- ANT 253 Introduction to East Asian Societies and Cultures
- ANT 258 Performing Culture
- ANT 259 Writing Cultures
Art History
All art history courses can count toward the Museums Concentration; the following are recommended selections.
- ARH 101 The Lives of Objects
- ARH 140 Introduction to Art History: Western Traditions
- ARH 260 Art Historical Studies: Museums by Artists
- ARH 292 The Art and History of the Book
- ARH 293 The Artist's Book in the 20th century
- ARH 294 Art History-Methods, Issues, Debates
Studio Art
- ARS 162 Introduction to Digital Media
- ARS 163 Drawing I
- ARS 164 Three-Dimensional Design
- ARS 171 Introduction to the Materials of Art
Chemistry
- CHM 100 Perspectives in Chemistry: Chemistry of Art Objects
- CHM 111 Chemistry I: General Chemistry
- CHM 118 Advanced General Chemistry
Classical Languages and Literature
- CLS 215 Discovering Greece Through Material Culture from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic East
- CLS 227 Classical Mythology
Computer Science
- CSC 106 Introduction to Computing and the Arts
Education and Child Study
- EDC 235 Child and Adolescent Growth and Development
- EDC 238 Educational Psychology
- EDC 305 The Teaching of Visual Art in the Classroom
- EDC 325 Teaching the Imaginative-Writing and Art in the Classroom
- EDC 342 Growing Up American: Adolescents and Their Educational Institutions
English Language and Literature
- ENG 264 Bloomsbury (spring 2010)
Film Studies
- FLS 200 Introduction to Film Studies
Geosciences
- GEO 112 Archaeological Geology of Rock Art and Stone Artifacts
- GEO 221 Mineralogy
History
- HST 101 Introduction to Historical Inquiry
- HST 246 Memory and History
History of Science
The History of Science offerings change regularly; other relevant courses in this area of study can count towards the Museums Concentration provided the course is approved by the Museums Concentration Advisory Committee.
- HST 112 Images and Understanding
Interdepartmental and Extradepartmental Course Offerings
- IDP 105 The Arts Around Us
Philosophy
- PHI 210 Issues in Recent and Contemporary Philosophy: Teaching the Imaginative
- PHI 233 Aesthetics
- PHI 260 Hermeneutics: Meaning and Interpretation
Sociology
- SOC 220 The Sociology of Culture
Selection of Recommended Five College Courses
The following are Five College courses that are recommended for Museum Concentration credit. Consult current course catalogue to check availability.
Amherst College
Anthropology
- ANTH 32-01 Contemporary Anthropology
- ANTH 41-01 Visual Anthropology
Art & Art History
- ARHA 80-01 Museums and Society
German
- GERM 65-01 Making Memorials
History
- HIST 69-01 Public History in the United States
- HIST 81-01 Material Culture: the Victorian Era
- HIST 99-01 Writing the Past
Hampshire College
Cognitive Science
- CS 0231-1 Book Reading in Development
Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies
- HACU 0112-1 Investigating Women's Art
- HACU 0120-1 The Anatomy of Pictures: Visual Cultures
- HACU 0126-1 Introduction to Visual Culture
- HACU 0334-1 The Collector: Theory & Practice
Interdisciplinary Arts
- IA 0166-1 Introduction to Art Education
Social Science
- SS 0203-1 Artivism and the Social Imagination
- SS 0237-1 Indigenous Politics
- SS 0254-1 Making Landmarks, Doing History
- SS 0288-1 Practicing Everyday Politics
Mount Holyoke College
Anthropology
- ANTHR 310-01 Visualizing Cultures
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Anthropology
- ANTH 397TT ST: Race & the American Museum
Art & Art History
- ART 310/1 Visual Arts & Human Devlopment I & II
- ART-HIST 782 Museum Studies
History
- HIST 659 Public History
