Our 18 credit hour Museum Studies Graduate Certificate will complement your graduate degree and prepare you for a career in museums. One required introductory course (3 credit hours) will start your theoretical foundation. Two core courses (6 credit hours) from an approved set (or a MSTD elective, with permission) introduce you to museum methods, and two electives (6 more credit hours), one of which must be MSTD, let you dig deeper into the specialty areas and issues that interest you most. Capping your certificate, a required internship (3 credit hours) gives you firsthand, practical experience in a local museum and the chance to apply your skills as you work closely with a professional mentor.<br><br>As an urban university, IUPUI is part of a community with a rich heritage of museums and cultural arts. Faculty appointed as Public Scholars of Civic Engagement craft relationships and sustainable partnerships with area museums and cultural in'stitutions and involve undergraduate and graduate students in meaningful ways in those collaborations. The Museum Studies Program has an extensive network of adjunct faculty and guest lecturers who bring state-of-the-art museum practice to the curriculum. The program also offers opportunities for student learning through the resources of the museum community with experiences such as internships, collaboration on exhibit development and design, exhibition- and collections-focused projects, collections research, collaboration with faculty on museum research projects, and participation in museum-sponsored seminars, lectures, and professional meetings. The integral role of Indianapolis museums in the Museum Studies curriculum fosters a critical, reflective, and scholarly discourse on museums that is applied to current practices and issues in the field.