Advising Course Plan - Museum and Curatorial Studies Major
This advising plan shows an example of working through the requirements for the major in four years. It is appropriate for students who are starting the major in their first semester. 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.
- 2 of these courses: ARTH 212A, ARTH 241A, or ARTH 242A
- 1 of these courses: ARTH 211A, ARTH 251A (these are both WE courses)
- 1 Studio Art (ARTS) class
- 2 of these courses: CREA 250, ARTH 316, or ARTH 325S
- 2 of these courses: ARTH 334V (Junior Seminar), ARTH 365, or ARTH 366
- 1 of these courses: ARTH 312, CREA 396, or CREA 397
- Both of these courses: ARTH 326 and ARTH 499
Courses for the major that should be completed prior to the first semester of this plan: None required.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | |
| FSEM 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| ARTH 241A or 212A | Art History Survey I: From Prehistory to 14th Century Topics in Global Art History | 1 |
| ARTH 211A or 251A | Approaches to the Arts Introduction to Comics Studies | 1 |
| General Education Requirement or Elective1 | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| ARTH 242A or 212A | Art History Survey II: From Renaissance to Post-Impressionism Topics in Global Art History | 1 |
| Studio Art (ARTS) course | 1 | |
| General Education Rrequirement or Elective | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Electdive | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ARTH 316 or CREA 2502 | Issues in Contemporary Art (or General Education Requirement or Elective) Arts Entrepreneurship | 1 |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | ||
| General Education Requirement or Elective | ||
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 2 | |
| Spring | ||
| ARTH 325S | Art Market and Institutions (or General Education Requirement or Elective) | 1 |
| ARTH 365 | Collection Management (or General Education Requirement or Elective) | 1 |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ARTH 316 or CREA 2502 | Issues in Contemporary Art (or General Education Requirement or Elective) Arts Entrepreneurship | 1 |
| ARTH 334V3 | Curating Visual Culture (Junior Seminar) | 1 |
| General Educaiton Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| ARTH 325S4 | Art Market and Institutions (General Education Requirement of Elective) | 1 |
| ARTH 365 or 3665 | Collection Management Museum Theory and Practice | 1 |
| CREA 397 or 396 | Internship in Creative Arts Research/Creative Arts Apprenticeship | 1 |
| General Educaiton Requirement or Elective | ||
| Term Units | 3 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ARTH 326 | Exhibition Concept Development and Design | 1 |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| ARTH 499 | Senior Project | 1 |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Total Unit: 29 | ||
- 1
Recommendation: not a WE course (FSEM 100, ARTH 211A and ARTH 251A are WE courses); more than two WE courses in one semester is not recommended).
- 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
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
- 5
This Junior Seminar is offered in the fall semester.