If you are interested in a career in museums, the culturals, or related fields the History Department and Art History (in the Visual and Performing Arts department) offer courses designed to help you along that career path. Students have gone on to work for the National Parks and other similar institutions. Students have also pursued post-graduate work in library science and museum studies.
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Courses:
Course Description:
Students survey of the
broad range of career fields and areas of interest in which history can be
applied. These include museums, historical societies, archives,
historic sites, government agencies, historic preservation, private consulting
firms, computer applications, and grant writing as well as others.
Course Description:
The course is designed
to encourage students to blend the traditional skills of an historian (the
sorting, analyzing, and interpretation of documents) with computer
skills. Students completing the course will have worked with primary
and secondary documents but will also be familiar with Internet research, web
page creation, and a variety of software programs. Students will
also have been introduced to archival management and on-line exhibit
creation. A substantial portion of the course will be spent in
the library working with archival documents. 3 credits. Dr. Payne &
Mr. Frank (university archivist)
Course Description:
Students intern in a
variety of museums, archives, historical societies, and other non-profits to
gain experience outside of the academy. Interns will become familiar
with the variety of the uses of history and the role history can play in
people’s lives; become aware of history as found in tourism and community
development; work in a professional and collegial manner; work in groups and
become familiar with non-academic structures and institutions, both for-profit
and non-profit; should develop an awareness of the issues facing historians
interpreting for the general public; apply historical methodology in new
situations and develop new technical skills such as cataloguing and care of
artifacts, oral history, and management of historical materials.
ARTH 386: Museum Internship: Educational (3 credits)
Course Description:
The ‘Museum Internship: Educational’ course is designed
as a practicum that focuses on involving the student in museum education
programs, including a variety of community outreach initiatives and docentry.
The internship requires a commitment of 150 hours per semester of enrollment.
Attendance is mandatory. Interns are
assigned work in aid of the educational staff of the QCA. The final project includes a portfolio of the
intern’s work during the semester.
ARTH 388: Museum Internship: Curatorial (3 credits)
Course Description:
The ‘Museum Internship: Curatorial’ course is designed to
include exposure to various aspects of museum work including collections,
education/docentry and exhibitions. The
internship requires a commitment of 150 hours per semester of enrollment.
Attendance is mandatory. Interns are
assigned work in aid of the curatorial staff of the QCA. The final project includes a portfolio of the
intern’s work completed during the semester.
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