博物馆研究硕士旨在为博物馆工作的主要领域提供专业培训，包括博物馆管理与筹款，策展，注册/收藏管理，展览设计，文化财产法与保护以及博物馆教育与公共规划。该计划通过强调博物馆研究领域的实践经验，专业精神和重要发展，在学生以前对博物馆相关学科的学术研究基础上发展。博物馆研究的学生包括处于职业中期的博物馆专业人士，来自其他专业职业领域的人以及最近的文学学士学位毕业生。
The Master of Arts Program in Museum Studies emphasizes universal skills and professional development competencies across key museum functions to maximize career pathways.<br>All graduate students must fulfill the same basic program requirements, and with advisor support, will individuate coursework and schedule of culminating experiences along one of six area focuses: collections management and registration, museum education and public programming, museum management and fundraising, curatorship, exhibition design, or cultural property law and protection.<br><br>Program Learning Outcomes<br>Identify the core features of museum professionalism (stewardship, service to community, collaboration, mission, ethical codes, professional organizations, career development resources). <br>Outline the broad history of museums, their core organizational features, the social and political contexts of museums, and the role museums play in an increasingly global and diverse world. <br>Summarize knowledge of key areas in museum practice and theory, specifically in collections care, museum fundraising, and exhibition design.<br>Depending upon student emphasis, demonstrate significant knowledge of at least one of following key areas in museum research and practice: curatorship, cultural property, museum education and public programming, registration/collections management, museum management and fundraising, and exhibition design.<br>Apply hands-on practical and professional skills in experiential, service-learning settings with campus and community museum partners to support critical thinking, problem-solving, community engagement, and leadership development. <br>Develop individual scholarship, creative activity, and museum professionalism through activities such as a written thesis, an exhibit component, an area of the written examination or professional activities.