Museum Studies

Coordinator 
 Lamont Lindstrom 
Professor of Anthropology

Advisory Board
Lamont Lindstrom, Anthropology
Susan Dixon, Art History
George Odell, Anthropology  

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. 

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 core and elective courses and must come from a minimum of three academic departments. 

Core Courses (9 hours, 3 of which must be an internship)

  • ArtH 3083, History and Theory of the Museum
  • Anth 4083 or ArtH 4083, Introduction to Museum Work
  • 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 Independent Research
  • ArtH 4593-6, Museum Internship
  • Hist 4991-6, Independent Study

Electives (12 hours, 6 of which must be at the 3000 or 4000 level)

  • Anth 2043, Patterns of Culture: Cultural Anthropology
  • Anth 3103, North American Indians
  • Anth 4033, Archaeology of the Americas
  • Anth 4043, Old World Prehistory
  • Anth 4403, Topics in Cultural Anthropology
  • Art 3243, Graphic Communication I
  • ArtH 2033, Native American Art
  • ArtH 2203, Survey of Art History I
  • ArtH 2223, Survey of Art History II
  • ArtH 3093, American Art
  • ArtH 3353, History of Prints
  • ArtH 4023, Art Since Mid-Century
  • ArtH 4213, Post-Impressionism through Abstract Expressionism 
  • ArtH 4613, 19th-Century European Art
  • Com 2123, Mass Communication and Society
  • Com 3473, Video Production I
  • Com 3573, Video Production II
  • Com 3623, Public Relations Cases and Campaigns
  • Com 3633, Writing for Public Relations
  • Com 4943, Analysis of Communication in Organizations
  • Hist 2213, Latin America
  • Hist 2433, European Jewish History, 800-1750
  • Hist 2443, European Jewish History, 1750-2000 
  • Hist 2523, History of Oklahoma
  • Hist 2573, Indians in American History
  • Hist 3253, Colonial Latin America
  • Hist 4243, Spain in America
  • Hist 4533, The Old West

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