Course Descriptions: Museum & Exhibition Studies

AH 532 Collections
4 hours. Practical, theoretical and institutional goals and practices related to collections. Students meet in seminar, read and discuss core texts and ideas; travel to representative exhibition and cultural heritage sites. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the department.

AH 542 Material and Display Practices for Exhibitions
4 hours. Core course in material and display practices. Exposure to the mechanics of preparing exhibitions in physical and virtual environment; exhibition planning, design, management and marketing. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the department.

AH 543 Writing for Exhibitions
4 hours. Practicum in producing texts for sites across physical and virtual museum and exhibition environments, from labels to exhibition catalogs. Includes digital and virtual exhibition venues. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the department.

AH 544 Public Engagement in Museums and Exhibitions
4 hours. Development of methods of audience and public interaction with exhibiting institutions and forms. Includes practicum in publicity, promotion, audience-development assessment. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the department.

AH 545 Museum Genres, Practices and Institution
4 hours. History of museums, cultural heritage sites, other sites of preservation and exhibition; includes discussion of contemporary sites of virtual display. Field trips to multiple cultural sites in Chicago area. Extensive computer use required. Field work required. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the department.

AH 582 Supervised Internship in Museum and Exhibition Studies
4 hours. Practical supervised experience in institutions and organizations appropriate to the student’s area of study. Placements in museums; community arts centers; college, commercial, or non-traditional galleries; public agencies, and commercial and not-for profit sites. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the department.