7 courses with the subject MUST, 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.
MUST 203Museums & Society: Controversies & Dilemmas3
This course serves as an introduction to the role of museums in society through the exploration of contemporary issues. Through the use of case studies the course investigates the wide variety of controversies and dilemmas that museums face when working with collections, exhibitions, programs, boards, and administration, and their communities.
This course introduces the student to the museum's collection and the management of collections information, accessioning and deaccessioning, cataloguing, conservation needs and storage. The student works closely with a museum staff member who coordinates and supervises the practica and determines a project to be completed by the student-this may include rehousing of objects, data entry, research, or the development of an educational component.
This course introduces the student to the art of exhibit preparation and design. Students work closely with a museum staff member and assist with the design and installation of exhibits either in the Foreman Gallery or in the Yager Museum proper. Students will be encouraged to propose exhibit design ideas for upcoming exhibits including working with graphics, label design, exhibit furniture, and placement.
This course introduces the student to the essential aspects of managing a museum, including governance, budgeting, marketing and communications, human resources, physical plant, strategic planning and project planning. Students will work closely with the Yager Museum staff to design and complete a management project, using the museum as a learning laboratory.
This hands-on course—using the Yager Museum's collections—examines the theory and practice of researching and developing exhibits. Although all aspects of exhibit development are addressed, students, with assistance from the museum's staff, will focus on researching a small exhibit that will be installed in one of the museum's galleries. Teamwork, research, and the writing of interpretive text will be emphasized.
This hands-on course examines the community-service aspect of the museum's mission. Although education theory regarding diverse audiences is examined, the primary emphasis is on implementing and conducting interpretive programs for learners of all ages using the museum's exhibits and collections.
For the independent project students are encouraged to discuss with the museum studies coordinator a museum project that they would like to carry out-this may include exhibit development, research, education outreach, marketing, grant writing and other not-for-profit projects. Students must be able to work independently on the project.
