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.
Director and Curator of College of Wooster Art Museum; Co-Liaison to the Museum & Archival Studies Pathway; Adjunct Associate Professor of Museum Studies
Archaeology major Henry McMahon spent the summer before his senior year at The College of Wooster in Guatemala surveying an ancient plaza inside El […]
Troy Johnson ’24 grew up hearing stories from her grandparents about African American cemeteries and their importance beyond being burial sites, and her senior […]
Emily Voneman ’25, an English and anthropology major, worked with the Wayne County Historical Society in several capacities this summer, ranging from directing tours […]
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