Fall 2023 Museum and Exhibition Studies

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NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

MUSE 400

Topics in Museum and Exhibition Studies

3 TO 5 hours. 3 to 4 undergraduate hours. 4 to 5 graduate hours. May be repeated for credit. Extensive computer use required.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
45571LCD12:00 PM - 02:30 PMRMeet online at set times
Contemporary African American
45352LCD03:00 PM - 05:30 PMWMeet online at set times
3 hours Restricted to Undergrad - Chicago. Departmental Approval Required Online
45353LCD03:00 PM - 05:30 PMW
4 hours Restricted to Graduate - Chicago or Graduate Non-Degree Chicago. Departmental Approval Required
45575LCD03:00 PM - 05:30 PMW1062HHMensah, LOn campus and online
3 hours Museums in Theory This seminar will introduce students to a range of theoretical and critical frameworks that position the museum as an overlooked locus of power warranting serious, investigative inquiry. Instead of taking museums as de facto powerhouses of cultural and intellectual authority, students will interrogate key presuppositions about these institutions by askingand answering-- key questions: What exactly are museums? Why and how do they exist? And, importantly, who do they exist for? In light of these exploratory questions, students will survey influential readings and media attributed to various schools of thought, including (in no ranked order) cultural studies, feminist theory, queer theory, critical race theory, whiteness studies, labor history, postcolonial/decolonial theory, animal studies, ecocriticism, and architectural design history. Content varies. Course Information: 3 to 4 undergraduate hours. 4 to 5 graduate hours. May be repeated for credit. Extensive computer use required. Restricted to Undergrad - Chicago.
43535LCD03:30 PM - 06:00 PMRHughes, AOn campus and online
4 hours MUSE: Surviving the Long Wars Online
48881LCD03:30 PM - 06:00 PMT2092JHLopez Garcia, MMeet on campus
3 hours Museums/Race/Politics of Rep. This seminar will introduce students to a range of theoretical and critical frameworks that position the museum as an overlooked locus of power warranting serious, investigative inquiry. Instead of taking museums as de facto powerhouses of cultural and intellectual authority, students will interrogate key presuppositions about these institutions by askingand answering-- key questions: What exactly are museums? Why and how do they exist? And, importantly, who do they exist for? In light of these exploratory questions, students will survey influential readings and media attributed to various schools of thought, including (in no ranked order) cultural studies, feminist theory, queer theory, critical race theory, whiteness studies, labor history, postcolonial/decolonial theory, animal studies, ecocriticism, and architectural design history. Content varies. Course Information: 3 to 4 undergraduate hours. 4 to 5 graduate hours. May be repeated for credit. Extensive computer use required. Restricted to Undergrad - Chicago.
43540LCD04:30 PM - 07:00 PMW21052BSBCabrera, RMeet on campus
3 hours Environmental Climate Justice Environmental Climate Justice. Same as ANTH 494 and LALS 495. Restricted to Undergrad - Chicago.
45573LCD04:30 PM - 07:00 PMW21052BSBCabrera, RMeet on campus
4 hours Environmental Climate Justice Environmental Climate Justice. Same as ANTH 494 and LALS 495. Restricted to Graduate - Chicago or Graduate Non-Degree Chicago.
45574LCD06:00 PM - 08:30 PMM1062HHGayles, LOn campus and online
3 hours Critical Collections Care This course will introduce students to a range of ethics and practices used in preventive art conservation and collections care. This field is crucial to those hoping to work as registrars or as collection-based professionals. This course will teach students about: chemical/physical behaviors of cultural heritage materials, environmental hazards for collections, and mitigations for volatile contaminants on cultural heritage objects. There will be particular attention given to thinking about assessing the condition of objects and how they are stored. We will discuss how taking into consideration cultural positionalities can inform improved practices of care. Students will each complete an independent project exploring preventive conservation or preventive collections care work with an object or collection of their choice. Content varies. Course Information: 3 to 4 undergraduate hours. 4 to 5 graduate hours. May be repeated for credit. Extensive computer use required. Restricted to Undergrad - Chicago.

MUSE 532

Museum Collections

4 hours. Extensive computer use required. Previously listed as AH 532. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department. Restricted to Graduate College. Restricted to Museum and Exhibition Studies major(s).

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
43541LCD03:30 PM - 06:00 PMR2092JHTurner-Trujillo, EOn campus and online

MUSE 543

Writing for Exhibitions

4 hours. Previously listed as AH 543. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department. Restricted to Graduate College. Restricted to Museum and Exhibition Studies major(s).

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
43534LCD11:00 AM - 01:30 PMT1062HHMensah, LOn campus and online

MUSE 545

Museum Genres, Practices, and Institutions

4 hours. Previously listed as AH 545. Field trips to multiple cultural sites in the Chicago area. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department. Restricted to Graduate College. Restricted to Museum and Exhibition Studies major(s).

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
43539LCD03:00 PM - 05:30 PMM3032HHLopez Garcia, MOn campus and online

MUSE 546

Seminar in Museum and Exhibition Studies

4 hours. Previously listed as AH 546. Field trips required at a nominal fee. Recommended background: MUSE 532 and MUSE 543 and MUSE 545.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
43538LCD12:00 PM - 02:30 PMW
Restricted to Graduate College. Restricted to Museum and Exhibition Studies major(s).
43533LCD03:00 PM - 05:30 PMM
Restricted to Graduate College. Restricted to Museum and Exhibition Studies major(s).
47139LCD03:00 PM - 05:30 PMW1062HHMensah, LOn campus and online
Museums in Theory This seminar will introduce students to a range of theoretical and critical frameworks that position the museum as an overlooked locus of power warranting serious, investigative inquiry. Instead of taking museums as de facto powerhouses of cultural and intellectual authority, students will interrogate key presuppositions about these institutions by askingand answering-- key questions: What exactly are museums? Why and how do they exist? And, importantly, who do they exist for? In light of these exploratory questions, students will survey influential readings and media attributed to various schools of thought, including (in no ranked order) cultural studies, feminist theory, queer theory, critical race theory, whiteness studies, labor history, postcolonial/decolonial theory, animal studies, ecocriticism, and architectural design history. Content varies. Course Information: 3 to 4 undergraduate hours. 4 to 5 graduate hours. May be repeated for credit. Extensive computer use required.
45572LCD03:30 PM - 06:00 PMT2092JHLopez Garcia, MOn campus and online
Museums/Race/Politics of Rep. Museums, Race, and The Politics of Representation While museums have claimed an investment in diversity and inclusion, their efforts remain within the realm of representational politics-- the practice of showing diversity without structural change-, evading a critical engagement with the topics of race and the history of racism in museums.This seminar will engage with ongoing and crucial dialogues about the limits of representational practices and the ways in which race has come to be imagined and understood in visual culture and in institutional life. We will be using the historical and theoretical framework of racial capitalism to help us understand the intersections of race, aesthetics and political economy.
47138LCD06:00 PM - 08:30 PMM1062HHGayles, LOn campus and online
Critical Collections Care This course will introduce students to a range of ethics and practices used in preventive art conservation and collections care. This field is crucial to those hoping to work as registrars or as collection-based professionals. This course will teach students about: chemical/physical behaviors of cultural heritage materials, environmental hazards for collections, and mitigations for volatile contaminants on cultural heritage objects. There will be particular attention given to thinking about assessing the condition of objects and how they are stored. We will discuss how taking into consideration cultural positionalities can inform improved practices of care. Students will each complete an independent project exploring preventive conservation or preventive collections care work with an object or collection of their choice. Content varies. Course Information: 3 to 4 undergraduate hours. 4 to 5 graduate hours. May be repeated for credit. Extensive computer use required.

MUSE 582

Supervised Internship in Museum and Exhibition Studies

4 hours. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Previously listed as AH 582. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department. Restricted to Graduate College. Restricted to Museum and Exhibition Studies major(s). Departmental Approval Required

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
43972PRARRANGEDQuinn, TMeet online at set times

MUSE 596

Readings in Museum and Exhibition Studies

0 TO 8 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Restricted to Graduate College. Restricted to Museum and Exhibition Studies major(s). Departmental Approval Required

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
43973CNFARRANGEDARR2ONLQuinn, TMeet online at set times

MUSE 597

Project Research

0 TO 8 hours. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Previously listed as AH 597. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department. Restricted to Graduate College. Restricted to Museum and Exhibition Studies major(s).

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
43536CNF11:00 AM - 01:30 PMW1062HHQuinn, TOn campus and online

MUSE 598

MUSE Thesis Research

0 TO 16 hours. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Restricted to Graduate College. Restricted to Museum and Exhibition Studies major(s).

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
43537CNF11:00 AM - 01:30 PMW1062HHQuinn, TOn campus and online