Interdepartmental and Interdisciplinary 
Majors and Minors

Interdisciplinary
Museum Studies Minor
B.A., B.A.A., B.F.A., B.S., and B.S. in B.A. degrees

This 24 credit hour minor, when matched with an appropriate academic major, is designed to give students the necessary background to pursue careers in the museum field. In addition to traditional museums, the field includes facilities like art galleries, botanical gardens, planetaria, zoos, aquaria, nature centers, parks, monuments, archives, corporate collections, and historical societies, sites and houses.

Students are strongly encouraged to work closely with their academic advisor throughout their academic career. No courses with a grade lower than C- can be counted towards the minor.

Contact:  The Museum, 774-3829 (103 Rowe Hall)

Required Courses (15 hours):
MST 546 (3) Introduction to Museum Work
MST 550 (3) Museum Collections Management and Care
MST 551 (3) Museum Education and Interpretation Techniques
MST 598 (6) Museum Internship

Electives (9 hours): Nine hours selected from the following in consultation with the advisor. (Other electives may be substituted with consent of advisor.):
ACC 201 (3) Principles of Accounting I
ANT 171 (3) Physical Anthropology
ANT 174 (3) Introduction to Prehistoric Archaeology: From Stone Age to Civilization
ANT 240 (1-4) Archaeological Field and Laboratory Techniques
ANT 500 (3-6) Field School in Archaeology
ART 135 (3) Graphic Design I
ART 384 (3) Arts of Non-European Traditions
ART 386 (3) American Art
BIO 229 (3) Nature Study
BIO 306 (3) Natural History of Vertebrates
BIO 538 (2) Anatomical Preparations
GEL 102 (1) Physical Geology Laboratory
GEL 320 (3) Rocks
HEV 155 (3) Introduction to Textiles
HEV 239 (3) History of Interior Design II
HEV 355 (3) Textiles
HST 111 (3) United States to 1865
HST 112 (3) United States 1865 to Present
HST 301 (3) The Craft of History
HST 323 (3) History of Native Americans
HST 333 (3) History of Michigan
IET 143 (3) Introduction to Graphic Arts
IET 160 (3) Wood Technology
IET 170 (3) Metal Technology
IET 365 (3) Plastics Technology
MGT 312 (3) Introduction to Management
MKT 300 (3) Introduction to Marketing
MST 547 (3) Museum Science Laboratory
PSC 210 (3) Introduction to Public Administration
RPL 505 (3) Administration of Recreation and Parks
TAI 170 (3) Fundamentals of Interpretive Reading
TAI 177 (4) Stagecraft and Stage Lighting
TAI 182 (3) Acting I
TAI 377 (3) Costuming I

Total: 24 semester hours

Note: Students planning to pursue a museum career should elect a major in an appropriate academic discipline (e.g., biology, geology, history, anthropology, art, etc.).

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