732067 - Museum Practices Certificate (CERT)
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Application Deadline
Fall: May 15th
Contact Information
800 KMBL, Provo, UT 84602-5522
(801) 422-3058
anthropology@byu.edu
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Additional Requirements:
In order to apply for this program, you must be currently enrolled in a BYU Master's program.
Letter of intent describing career goals and how the certificate is expected to aid the student in achieving these goals.
Three letters of recommendation.
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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Optional Additional Museum Practices Certificate
Students interested in the Museum Certificate Program apply online but must be concurrently accepted into any Masters program at BYU in order to be accepted to the certificate program. The Museum Certificate Program provides training in collections management, exhibit preparation, museum education, and legal issues elated to maintaining museum collections. These skills provide career opportunities in museum work suitable for students who do not plan to continue in archaeology at the Ph.D. level, and/or are interested in archaeology as an academic discipline but do not wish to pursue a career that requires field work.
Credit Hours (24): 18 hours plus 6 hours of internship in an approved collections repository (course).
Required Core Courses: course, course, course, course, course, course, course, course, and course must be taken sequentially in the same academic year.
Additional Courses: one approved elective (3 hours) selected from the following: course, course, course, course.
Examinations: Successfully pass a benchmark review (coordinated with the cognate master’s departmental review) no later than completion of the course course. Completion of the master’s degree in a cognate discipline such as anthropology, history, art education, or humanities.
