Program Requirements
Museum Studies Certificate Requirements
All students pursuing the certificate in museum studies must take two required courses and three elective courses. The certificate normally requires 15 credit hours.*
| Introductory Course | (3) | |
| ARTS/MSTD 228D | P3 Introduction to Museum Studies | |
| MSTD 490 | Internship** | (3) |
| Electives | (9) | |
| Choose three: | AMST/ARTS 201C P1 Picturing the Past | |
| ARTS/MSTD 229D P3 This Old House - Historic Site Administration | ||
| COMM 269 Web Design | ||
| HIST 202 P1 Women and Gender in the 19th Century*** | ||
| HIST 296D History of Rochester*** | ||
| HIST 298D New York State History*** | ||
| HIST 390 Public History: Historians and the Community | ||
| HIST 395 The Usable Past | ||
| Total | (15) | |
*Students pursuing the certificate who have already earned a baccalaureate degree and who have at least one year of experience with the operation of a museum or archive (paid or unpaid) may petition the director to substitute a 1-3 credit MSTD 496 Independent Study for the 490 Internship requirement. This course will consist of preparing an analytic research paper on a significant aspect of museum studies. The topic must be approved by the director, and the student must complete the Independent Study/Tutorial Authorization form. These students may complete the certificate with 13–15 credit hours.
**This course may be taken in the student’s major or minor department. The internship must: take place with a museum, archive, or historic site; include an analytic research paper on a significant aspect of museum studies, as appropriate to the particular internship experience; and be approved in advance by the program director, regardless of what other requirements the internship course has for the department in which it listed.
***Only one course from HIST 202, 296D, or 298D may be applied to the certificate.
Note: To earn the certificate in museum studies, the student must complete each course declared to be part of the program with a grade of at least a “C” (2.00) and achieve a grade point average of a 2.50 for all five courses. A student may transfer only two courses from another institution to be applied to the certificate, and the internship course may not be transferred.