6 courses with the subject MUSE, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
MUSE 120Introduction to Museum Studies1
Introduces students to the rich interdisciplinary array of historical, theoretical, and practical topics that comprise this fast-growing field. Major themes include the history of museums from cabinets of curiosity to the Museum of Modern Art; critical display analysis; post-colonial critiques of museums; restitution and repatriation; and the practical aspects of museum management, education, and curating. Crosslisted: HIST 120 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Junior, Senior Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges Core Component: None
Examines how advancements in digital technologies (e.g. 3D scanning, VR, online collections searches, digital publishing) have impacted the discourse, methods, and practices of museum curating. Through weekly readings and discussions, students engage critically with questions surrounding the use of digital technologies for enhancing museum exhibitions, collection access, and visitor engagement in twenty-first century museums, while developing an understanding of the practical implications of curating for both physical and virtual audiences. Students apply this knowledge while conducting research on objects from University collections, writing interpretive texts, and designing digital resources. Students are responsible for curating a digital exhibition together, based on the exhibition at the Picker Art Gallery and evaluating the needs of the museum to propose, develop, and prototype a digital curatorial project. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: Artistic Practice and Interpretation Core Component: None
MUSE 120 or HIST 120 or ARTH 270 or ANTH 300 or MUSE 300
Corequisite
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MUSE 219Healing Arts: The Idea of Africa in Medicine and Museums
Explores the relationship between African arts, museums, and medicinal and public health systems. Students examine the role played by museums in crafting knowledge and perceptions of African arts through the use of and display of certain objects/subjects and the intersections of those understandings with concepts (and interpretations) of health. The over-arching goal of the course is for students to become critical readers of 'Africa', and the 'Idea' of Africa, in museums and in medicine, and through the use of material culture and ethnographic collections.
Opportunity for individual study in areas not covered by formal course offerings, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
Examines historic and contemporary curatorial methods while exploring ways to apply these methods appropriately in the development of a current exhibition. Students build on their understanding of the theoretical and ethical issues in museums while engaging with the practical challenges confronted by museum curators, such as complicated museum legacies, curatorial voice, collaboration, and accessible design. Students apply this knowledge while conducting object-based research, designing displays, and writing interpretive texts. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
