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Museum Studies Courses
| 024:102 Introduction to Museology |
3 s.h. |
| Overview of museum history, function, philosophy, collection and curatorial practices, governance and funding issues, exhibition evaluation, audience studies; American cultural institutions. GE: humanities. Same as 07S:112, 097:115, 113:103. |
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| 024:104 Exhibition Planning |
3 s.h. |
| Preliminary work for and process of developing museum exhibitions; history of exhibit design, evaluation, budgets, teams and team member roles, working with community and special interest groups, methods of production and display; students research a topic, choose artifacts and images, and create a narrative and exhibit script. Prerequisite: 024:102 or consent of instructor. |
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| 024:105 Designing History Exhibits |
3 s.h. |
| Process of developing exhibitions by museum staff and professional design services; designer's role; aspects of materials used in exhibit fabrication; lighting issues, design elements, organization and development of exhibit script, label and graphic production; creation of advertising and promotional material, and fit of such material with final exhibit product; using narrative and script created in 024:104, students produce documents that will be used to develop an exhibit at a nearby museum. Prerequisites: 024:102 and 024:104, or consent of instructor. |
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| 024:120 Collection Care and Management |
3 s.h. |
| How a museum's management policy relates to its administrative, legal, and ethical obligations to its collections; acquisitions, deaccessions, collection use, data standards, storage environment, health, safety, documentation. Same as 012:120. |
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| 024:147 Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness I |
3 s.h. |
| Operational and financial aspects of nonprofit management, including organization mission and governance; strategic planning necessary for effective management, including finance, budget, income generation, fund-raising; guest presenters. Offered via Iowa Communications Network. Same as 06J:147, 025:176, 032:127, 042:157, 049:175, 096:168. |
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| 024:148 Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness II |
3 s.h. |
| Foundations of nonprofit institutions, including role, nature, history; tax treatment, political and legislative activities; role of director; officers; fiduciary duties and executive compensation, problems of external regulation, accreditation, ethics; funding, operating, legal issues. Offered via Iowa Communications Network. Same as 06J:148, 025:177, 032:128, 042:158, 049:176, 096:169. |
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| 024:150 Directed Studies and Projects |
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| Advanced readings in historical development, educational philosophy, programs, operations of museums; individual projects coordinated with programs, exhibits, or collections of campus and area museums. Prerequisite: 024:102, 024:104, or 024:120. |
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| 024:161 Art, Law, and Ethics |
3 s.h. |
| How law and ethics apply to individuals and institutions concerned with the visual arts; personal and professional ethics; communal, national, and international issues, 18th century to present; how creative production is embedded in a social, legal, and moral context; legal and moral questions that spring from visual arts activities; how law and ethics support and constrain the visual arts; group project. Same as 01H:182, 033:175, 091:192. |
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| 024:180 Museum Internship |
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| Working experience in functions, departments, programs of the sponsoring museum; relation to museum's overall mission and museum field in general. |
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