Museum Collections Management, Law, and Ethics
Students will gain graduate level skills and a theoretical understanding of museum registration and collections management systems and related national and international laws and ethics related to collections and cultural heritage management through both course work and hands-on collections research and projects with actual museum quality objects. (ANTHR 522; ANTHR 525)
Professional Experience
Students will gain professional level competency in the museum fields through real-life mentored experiences in museum registration and collections management systems, museum conservation, exhibition research, development, and installation, and museum education and outreach. High skill levels in these areas will prepare students to be marketable in museum and collections employment venues. (ANTHR 511; ANTHR 512; ANTHR 522; ANTHR 524; ANTHR 525, ANTHR 526, ANTR 590R; ANTHR 599R)
Collections Interpretation and Exhibition
Students will gain graduate level hands-on experience in collections interpretation and exhibition. This experience will include in-depth research and writing with relation to a museum collection or cultural heritage site; all aspects of collections related writing including grant proposals and exhibition texts and publications; gaining a professional awareness of the cultural and legal sensitivities related to exhibition development; and finally, the practical skills needed to design and launch a public exhibition. (ANTHR 511; ANTHR 512; ANTHR 522; ANTHR 524; ANTHR 525; ANTHR 526, ANTR 596, ANTHR 599)
Museum Practices and Technology
Students will gain both an awareness of, and competency in, the variety of computer softwares and technologies upon which museum practices are dependent including those necessary for collections conservation, grant writing and research, exhibition design and display, as well as museum education and public outreach. (ANTHR 511; ANTHR 522; ANTHR 525; ANTHR 526; ANTHR 596; ANTHR 599R)
Writing
Students will gain professional level experience in writing in museum contexts and will be able to produce research and exhibition panels, condition reports, grant proposals, professional museum evaluations, and public education and museum related materials.
Museum Theory
Students will gain a professional level competency in overall museum and collections theory as well as museum education theories and practices including museum program evaluation techniques. (ANTHR 511; ANTHR 512; ANTHR 522; ANTHR 524; ANTHR 525; ANTHR 526; ANTHR 590R; ANTHR 599R)
Assessments
Through the BYU Museum Studies Certificate Graduate Program, each participating student will be able to explore and obtain an assessment of their individual aptitudes for the collections-oriented museum disciplines, as well as a clear idea of their career goals within the multi-faceted world of museum related professions. By the end of the BYU Museum Certificate Program each student will be academically prepared to move into an entry or mid-level museum or collections management professional position, or be qualified to pursue further graduate training in a museum or collections management scholarly or conservation related program outside of BYU.