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Three elective courses chosen in consultation with, and approved by, a museum studies adviser. The electives offer students the opportunity to take courses to further their knowledge of objects and collections, institutions, and society in many departments in the university. These courses are selected from approved 300- and 400-level courses in the three thematic areas (Objects and Collections, Institutions, and Society).

Students must elect one course from at least two of the three areas.

Objects and Collections
AMCULT 335
Arts and Culture in American Life
AMCULT 432 / HISTART 420
National Identity in American Art
ANTHRCUL 338
The Arts in Anthropological Perspective
CAAS 362 / HISTART 362
Expressive Cultures of the Black Atlantic: Vision and Time
CAAS 407 / HISTART 406
Looking at African Things
COMM 475
Visual Communication

HISTART 306
Exhibiting Mesopotamia
HISTART 334 / WOMENSTD 334
Women in the Visual Arts: Images and Image-Makers
HISTART 362 / CAAS 362
Expressive Cultures of the Black Atlantic: Vision and Time
HISTART 406 / CAAS 407
Looking at African Things
HISTART 407 / MUSPRACT 407
Introduction to Museum Practice
HISTART 415 / WOMENSTD 415
Studies in Gender and the Arts
HISTART 420 / AMCULT 432
National Identity in American Art
MUSMETH 406
Special Problems in Museum Methods
MUSPRACT 407 / HISTART 407
Introduction to Museum Practice
RCHUMS 333
Art and Culture

WOMENSTD 334 / HISTART 334
Women in the Visual Arts: Images and Image-Makers
WOMENSTD 415 / HISTART 415
Studies in Gender and the Arts

Institutions
CAAS 330 / RCSSCI 330
Urban and Community Studies I  
ENGLISH 319
Literature and Social Change  
ENGLISH 326
Community Writing and Public Culture  
ENVIRON 449 / NRE 449
Organizational Theory and Change
HISTORY 310 / RCSSCI 310
Globalization in History: The Making of the Modern World  
MO 324

Organizational Design

NRE 449 / ENVIRON 449
Organizational Theory and Change  
RCHUMS 305
Cultural Confrontation in the Arts  
RCSSCI 310 / HISTORY 310
Globalization in History: The Making of the Modern World
RCSSCI 311 / SOC 311
Contemporary Globalizations  
RCSSCI 315
International Grassroots Development  
RCSSCI 330 / CAAS 330
Urban and Community Studies I  
SAC 366
Topics in Film, Television and Popular Culture  
SAC 368
Topics in Digital Media Studies  
SAC 376
Digital Media Theory
SAC 441
National Cinemas
SAC 485  
The Global Screen
SOC 311 / RCSSCI 311
Contemporary Globalizations

Society
AMCULT 319 / PSYCH 319
Empowering Families and Communities  
ANTHRCUL 330
Culture, Thought, and Meaning  
ANTHRCUL 347 / CAAS 420
Race and Ethnicity  
ANTHRCUL 374 / LING 374
Language and Culture  
CAAS 364 / WOMENSTD 364
Mass Media and Social Identities  
CAAS 420 / ANTHRCUL 347
Race and Ethnicity
COMM 361
The Media and Public Affairs

COMM 371
Media, Culture, and Society
COMM 381
Mass Media and the Individual: Uses and Impact
COMM 473
Cross-Cultural Communication
COMPLIT 490
Comparative Cultural Studies  
ENVIRON 304  
Topics in Culture and Environment  
HISTORY 341 / POLSCI 397
Nations and Nationalism  
LING 374 / ANTHRCUL 374
Language and Culture  
POLSCI 315  
Media and Public Opinion

POLSCI 393  
Inside Washington, D.C.  
POLSCI 397 / HISTORY 341  
Nations and Nationalism  
PSYCH 319 / AMCULT 319
Empowering Families and Communities

PSYCH 346
Learning and Memory  
PSYCH 347
Perception  
PSYCH 348

Psychology of Thinking  
PSYCH 356
Educational Psychology  
SOC 457
Sociology of Nationalism  
SOC 458  
Sociology of Education
SOC 460
Social Change  
WOMENSTD 364/ CAAS 364
Mass Media and Social Identities

Those students seeking elective credit for courses not directly focused on the museum will have the opportunity to make critical ties back to the field through the completion of mentored writing assignments. To receive elective credit for a course that is not explicitly museum-focused, a student will be required to write a brief (5-page) rationale paper that addresses the relationship between the content of the course and issues considered in the two museum studies core courses, MUSEUMS 301 and 401. The academic staff of the Museum Studies Program will evaluate these papers.
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