Museum Studies Minor

Minor Requirements

1. All 5 courses may come from the core course list, or 4 from the core course list and 1 from the elective list.

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2. One of the core courses must be at the 300-level.

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3. The five courses must include selections from at least two of the core Museum Studies departments (Art, Sociology & Anthropology, and History).

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Museum Studies Core Courses

1. ANTH 103

   Introduction to Archaeology
   1.00
2. ANTH 228

   Women and Gender in Prehistory
   1.00
3. ANTH 253

   Field Methods and Interpretation in Archaeology
   1.00
4. ARTH 240

   Art and Theory 1950-1980
   1.00
5. ARTH 243

   Art & Theory 1980 to Present
   1.00
6. ARTH 255

   Museum Exhibitions: Design, Rhetoric, and Interpretation
   1.00
7. ARTH 257

   Colonizing and Decolonizing Museums
   1.0
8. ARTH 262

   War and Plunder
9. ARTH 270

   Critical Museum Theory
10. ARTH 309

    Scandals, Controversies and Debates in the Art World
11. ARTH 348

    Modern Art on Display
    1.00
12. HIST 251

    The Politics of History
    1.00
13. MUSE 120

    Introduction to Museum Studies

    As published: “/HIST 120 - Introduction to Museum Studies”
    1
14. MUSE 219

    Healing Arts: The Idea of Africa in Medicine and Museums

    As published: “/ALST 219 - Healing Arts: The Idea of Africa in Medicine and Museums”
15. MUSE 300

    Museum Curating
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16. MUSE 310

    Curating Public History: Utopia, Sex and Silver at the Oneida

    As published: “Curating Public History: Utopia, Sex and Silver at the Oneida Community Mansion House”
17. WRIT 241

    Politics of Public Memory
18. Other courses at the Advisory Committee’s discretion

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Electives

1. ARTH 101

   Caves to Cathedrals: The Art of Europe and the Mediterranean to the

   As published: “Caves to Cathedrals: The Art of Europe and the Mediterranean to the 13th Century”
   1.00
2. ARTH 110

   Global Contemporary Art
3. ARTH 210

   Contemporary Art and Politics in the Middle East
4. ARTH 226

   Nature's Order: Baroque Arts 1550-1750

   As published: “Nature’s Order: Baroque Arts 1550-1750”
   1.00
5. ARTH 246

   From Emperors to Anime: Pictorial Practices in China and Japan
   1.00
6. ARTH 344

   Hindu Temples: Architecture and Sculpture, Architecture as Sculpture
   1.00
7. BIOL 305

   Vertebrate Zoology
   1.00
8. BIOL 315

   Biology of Plants
   1.00
9. CLAS 401

   Senior Seminar in the Classics
   1.00
10. CORE S108

    The Story of Colorants
    1.00
11. CORE S127

    The Artful Brain: An Exploration in Neuroaesthetics
    1.00
12. GEOL 201

    Mineralogy and Geochemistry

    As published: “Mineralogy and Geochemistry and GEOL 201L”
    1.00
13. GEOL 215

    Paleontology of Marine Life

    As published: “Paleontology of Marine Life and GEOL 215L”
    1.00
14. PHIL 330

    Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art
    1.00
15. RELG 330

    Religion and Revolution in Upstate New York

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16. WRIT 210

    The Rhetoric of Style
    1.00
17. WRIT 225

    Visual Rhetorics
    1.00
18. Other courses at the Advisory Committee’s discretion

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Additional Stipulations

1. 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.

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2. 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.

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Practicum

1. Through an internship at one of Colgate’s campus museums, the Picker Art Gallery or Longyear Museum of Anthropology, during the academic year. Students should be advised that these internships are highly selective. Occasionally, the Picker and/or Longyear Museums may offer summer internships as well.

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2. Through a community-based research project organized by the Summer Field School, an initiative overseen by Colgate University’s Upstate Institute. The Summer Field School places students as full-time paid research Fellows at 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 about programs and opportunities, visit the Upstate Institute web page.

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3. Through an established summer internship program at a museum in the U.S. or abroad, such as those offered by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frick Collection, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. Career Services has a comprehensive listing of these opportunities; students should be aware that these internships are extremely selective.

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4. By “cold-calling” a museum or historical institution in their hometown and offering to work there over the summer. Museum Studies students have been very successful in these outreach efforts and have had fulfilling experiences working with local institutions in their own communities. The Director of the Museum Studies Program can offer further guidance in this process.

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Museum Studies Program