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The Museum Studies minor requires six courses, with one required course and the remaining to be selected from experiential and theory courses. Alongside MUST 11000 Introduction to Museum Studies, students must take at least one (1) experiential course and at least two (2) theory courses.

Faculty & Staff

Elizabeth Derderian

Beth Derderian

Assistant Professor of Anthropology; Museum Studies

bderderian@wooster.edu

Kara Morrow

Kara Morrow

Professor of Art and Art History; Chair of Museum Studies

kmorrow@wooster.edu

Marianne Eileen Wardle

Marianne Wardle

Director and Curator of College of Wooster Art Museum; Co-Liaison to the Museum & Archival Studies Pathway; Adjunct Associate Professor of Museum Studies

mwardle@wooster.edu

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Minor

The Museum Studies minor requires six courses, with one required course and the remaining to be selected from experiential and theory courses. Alongside MUST 11000 Introduction to Museum Studies, students must take at least one (1) experiential course and at least two (2) theory courses.

Foundational Course (required):

  • MUST 11000 Introduction to Museum Studies

Experiential Courses (at least one course):

  • ANTH 21107 Museum Anthropology
  • ARTS 1—— Any 100-level course in Studio Art
  • ARTH 23500 Global Renaissance Art
  • ARTH 22500 African Art
  • ARTH 31800 History of Prints*
  • GMDS 23100 Visualizing Information
  • HIST 20124 Public History*
  • RELS 26742 Buddhist Visual Material Culture
  • MUST 399 Special Topics: Collections Research
  • MUST 41000 Internship at CWAM or approved museum OR
  • ARTH 41000 Practicum at museum or CWAM

Theory Courses (at least two courses):

  • ARCH 35000 Archaeological Method & Theory
  • MUST 21000 Museums & Political Conflict
  • MUST 22000 Un/Natural Histories: Theory of Natural History & Science Museums*
  • MUST 24000* Engaging Museum Audiences: Museum Interpretation and Education
  • MUST 23000 Ethics, Collecting & Repatriation
  • ARTH 33000 Exhibiting Africa: Art, Objects & Bodies*

*Course has prerequisite or requires instructor permission to register.

Questions? Reach out to Kara Morrow or Beth Derderian.