Museum Studies - Contemprary Museum in Practice

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This course synthesizes and builds upon the institutional, ethical, and professional knowledge developed in MUSE 801 and MUSE 802 to engage with contemporary challenges, debates, and issues confronting museums, their staff, and their audiences. Engagement with current issues will allow students to situate their own professional and disciplinary interests in the context of the wider field of museum studies as they begin to formulate their final product topics and methodologies. Students will hone research skills, identify sources, construct bibliographies, and begin literature review for their capstone project, culminating in a complete capstone project proposal to be submitted to the instructor and the student’s committee. Prerequisite: MUSE 801 and MUSE 802.