Coordinator
Susan Dixon
Assistant Professor of Art History

Advisory Board
Andrew Burstein, History, TU
Brian Ferriso, Philbrook Museum
Pam Hodges, Philbrook Museum
Sara Klein, Gilcrease Museum
Lamont Lindstrom, Anthropology, TU
Michaela Merryday, Art History, TU
George Odell, Anthropology, TU
James Peck, Philbrook Museum
Joe Schenk, Gilcrease Museum

Purpose
The certificate program in museum studies is designed for individuals who wish to enhance their knowledge of museum culture or to prepare for careers in museum work.   The certificate attests to the recipient’s skills in the area of museum studies for the benefit of prospective employers and for graduate schools.

Admission
Students must be in the process of completing a degree at the University of Tulsa or have already earned a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university. 

Certificate Requirements
Students are required to take 21 hours of coursework, a minimum of 15 hours at the 3000 and 4000 levels.  Courses are to be chosen from the list of approved elective courses and must come from a minimum of three academic departments.

Core Courses (9 hours, 3 of which must be an internship)
ANTH 4013, Methods and Techniques in Museum Anthropology (3)
ARTH 3083, History and Theory of the Museum (3)
ANTH 4083 or ARTH 4083, Introduction to Museum Work (3)
COM  3913 Introduction to Organizational Communication

       And:

One of the following internships (for 3 hours only)
ANTH 4113-6, Summer Field School in Archaeology
ANTH 4213-6, Summer Field School in Ethnography
ANTH 4981-3  Internship/Service Learning in Anthropology
ARTH 4593-6, Museum Internship
HIST  4991-6, Independent Study

Elective Courses
(12 hours, 6 of which must be at the 3000 or 4000 level)
One of the above internships (for 3 hours only)
ANTH 2043, Patterns of Culture: Cultural Anthropology (3)
ANTH 3103, North American Indians (3)
ANTH 4033, Archaeology of the Americas (3)
ANTH 4043, Old World Prehistory (3)
ANTH 4403, Topics in Cultural Anthropology (3)
ART   3243, Graphic Communication I (3)
ARTH 2033, Native American Art (3)
ARTH 2203, Survey of Art History I (3)
ARTH 2223, Survey of Art History II (3)
ARTH 3093, American Art (3)
ARTH 3353, History of Prints (3)
ARTH 4023, Art Since Mid-Century (3)
ARTH 4213, Post-Impressionism Through Abstract Expressionism (3)
ARTH 4613, 19th-Century European Art (3)
COM  2123, Mass Communication and Society (3)
COM  3473, Video Production I
COM  3573, Video Production II
COM  3623, Public Relations Cases and Campaigns (3)
COM  3633, Writing for Public Relations (3)
COM  4943, Analysis of Communication in Organization (3)
HIST  2213, Latin America (3)
HIST  2XXX, European Jewish History, 800-1750 (3)
HIST  2353, European Jewish History, 1750-2000 (3)
HIST  2523, History of Oklahoma (3)
HIST  2573, Indians in American History (3)
HIST  3253, Colonial Latin America (3)
HIST  4243, Spain in America (3)
HIST  4533, The Old West (3)
MGT   3003, Principles of Management (3)
MKT   3003, Principles of Marketing (3)

Note: Other appropriate electives in all areas may apply with approval of adviser.

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