Advising Course Plan - Museum and Curatorial Studies Major - 3 Year Plan

This advising plan shows an example of working through the requirements for the major in three years. It is appropriate for students who have already completed eight units of coursework. The student’s individual academic plan will be developed in consultation with an adviser and reviewed each semester prior to registering for the next semester. This plan assumes that the student has not taken any courses for the major prior to the first semester shown in the plan.

The Museum an Curatorial Studies major requires:

Courses for the major that should be completed prior to the first semester of this plan:  None required.

First Year
FallUnits
ARTH 241A
or 212A
Art History Survey I: From Prehistory to 14th Century
Topics in Global Art History
1
ARTH 212A
or 251A
Topics in Global Art History
Introduction to Comics Studies
1
General Education Requirement or Elective1
General Education Requirement or Elective1
 Term Units4
Spring
ARTH 242A
or 212A
Art History Survey II: From Renaissance to Post-Impressionism
Topics in Global Art History
1
Studio Art (ARTS) course1
ARTH 365
or 3661
Collection Management
Museum Theory and Practice
1
General Education Requirement or Elective1
 Term Units4
Second Year
Fall
ARTH 316
or CREA 2502
Issues in Contemporary Art (or General Education Requirement or Elective)
Arts Entrepreneurship
1
CREA 397
or 396
Internship in Creative Arts
Research/Creative Arts Apprenticeship
1
General Education Requirement or Elective1
General Education Requirement or Elective1
 Term Units4
Spring
ARTH 325SArt Market and Institutions (or General Education Requirement or Elective)1
ARTH 365
or 366
Collection Management
Museum Theory and Practice
1
ARTH 334V1Curating Visual Culture (Junior Seminar)1
General Education Requirement or Elective1
 Term Units4
Third Year
Fall
ARTH 316
or CREA 2502
Issues in Contemporary Art (or General Education Requirement or Elective)
Arts Entrepreneurship
1
ARTH 3265Exhibition Concept Development and Design1
General Education Requirement or Elective1
General Education Requirement or Elective1
 Term Units4
Spring
ARTH 499Senior Project1
ARTH 325S3Art Market and Institutions (or General Educattion Requriement or Elective)1
General Education Requirement or Elective1
General Education Requirement or Elective1
 Term Units4
Total Unit: 24
1

ARTH 365 and ARTH 366 are offered in alternating years in the spring; one should be taken in the student's second year and the other taken in the student's third year

2

ARTH 316 is offered every other year in the fall, and it should be taken in the student's second or third year.

3

ARTH 325S is offered every other year in the spring, and it should be taken in the student's second or third year.

4

This Junior Seminar is offered in the fall semester.

5

ARTH 326 is offered in the fall semester.