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ANTH 422 - Museum Exhibit Development

Hands-on museum exhibit development. Students practice the skills of the curator in acquisition, recording, and exhibit design, the conservator in preservation, and the preparator in display of anthropological, historical, and natural science materials. Several external museum visits are required.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-4 - Upper Division Social and Behavioral Sciences, Overlay - Diversity
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas 1A, 1B, 1C and GE Area 2 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area D1-3 requirements.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Cross-listed: HIST 422
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, or Summer


Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
 

1. Conceptualize, design, construct, and complete a museum exhibition in anthropology, history, or natural science.
2. Carry out anthropological and historical research using one or more anthropological, historical or natural science methodologies.
3. Write object and image label copy in museum style.
4. Understand the methodological and theoretical differences between conventional and decolonized museum exhibitions.
5. Work respectfully with consultants of various cultural backgrounds.

1. Analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of and the ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

1. Describe the histories, experiences or views of one or more cultural groups.
2. Analyze the overlap or intersection of social identities of oneself and/or other cultural groups (e.g., culture, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, and/or age).
3. Examine the impact of their own identity on their experiences with and/or views of other cultural groups.