Museum Studies minor
Ellen Litwicki, Coordinator
Email: museum.studies@fredonia.edu
Website: http://www.fredonia.edu/department/interdisciplinary/
The Museum Studies minor provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the field of museum work. Students may choose a public history, art, anthropology or general track depending on their interests. The minor will prepare students for graduate work in museum studies and for professional careers in history, art, anthropological, or science/natural history museums.
A minor in Museum Studies partnered with a major in Art History, Visual Arts and New Media, or History will uniquely qualify Fredonia students for this ever-expanding discipline. The minor in combination with the Social Studies Adolescence Education major would prepare students to enter the emerging field of Museum Education. The minor will also be congruent with other academic programs such as American Studies, Anthropology, geosciences, etc. Moreover, the minor will provide opportunities for service learning through the internship and capstone courses, and will provide benefits to understaffed local cultural institutions.
Requirements for the minor in Museum Studies
Required: 24 credit hours from the following. No more than 6 credit hours from the student's major may be counted toward the minor. Students declaring a Museum Studies minor may use past courses retroactively after consultation with the coordinator.
Required Courses (12 credit hours)
One Museum Internship/Practicum from the following, depending on track:
Electives (12 credit hours chosen from history, art history, or anthropology, depending on track selected):
Art History Track
| ARTH 101 | Art in Culture from Prehistory to 1400 | 3 |
| or | |
| ARTH 102 | Art in Culture from 1400 to the Present | 3 |
| Three additional 200/300 level courses in Art History, as advised | |
Anthropology Track
| ANTH 115 | Introductory Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 211 | Archaeology | 3 |
| or | |
| ANTH 219 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| Two additional 300 level courses in Anthropology, as advised | |
300 level courses in Anthropology: Courses in African, American Indian, or pre-Columbian Latin American history may also count toward this requirement
Public History Track
| HIST 105 | United States History I | 3 |
| or | |
| HIST 106 | United States History II | 3 |
| Three additional 300 level courses in American History, as advised | 9 |
General Track
12 credit hours in at least two of the above disciplines (Art History, History, Anthropology). At least 6 credit hours must be at the 300 level or above.