Museum Studies Certificate

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These are just a few of the reasons museum professionals, graduate students and those aspiring to a museum career will want to earn a Museum Studies Certificate.

The University of West Georgia and the Atlanta History Center partner to offer an exciting graduate-level Museum Studies Certificate program. This innovative, collaborative program helps students new to the field prepare for museum jobs and assists those already in the field to advance their careers and improve their knowledge and skills in the museum world.

University of West Georgia faculty and the Atlanta History Center professional staff co-teach the museum seminars, offering students a variety of perspectives on the field. Additional guest speakers help students expand their professional networks. We teach the museum seminars at the Atlanta History Center and utilize the resources of this premier historical organization as a laboratory for course assignments and projects.

The museum studies seminars stress our commitment to practical experience as well as discussion of contemporary ideas and challenges in the museum field. Assignments focus on tasks that students will undertake in the real world of museums, from processing a museum collection and preparing an interpretation plan to evaluating educational programs, writing a foundation proposal or marketing plan and developing an exhibit proposal. In each class, students prepare portfolios that assist them in marketing their skills to potential employers.

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