1500 Museum Studies & Public History
This course offers an introduction to the interdisciplinary practices and professional opportunities connected with museum studies and public history. Students will engage with contemporary issues facing museums, monuments, and aspects of public culture, as well as efforts to engage and better serve broader communities, the destruction and preservation of cultural landscapes, the environmental effects of tourism, and challenge the myths of museums or history as "neutral." The course will also introduce students to work in related fields such as GIS (Global Information Systems), oral history, digital and spatial humanities, museology, and curatorial practice, among others.