ARTH 508. The Museum: History and Controversies

Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID: 012378 Grading Basis GRD

This advanced graduate seminar centers on art museums in the United States. Topics include the historical development of museums, related cultures of display, recent debates on institutional mission and responsibility, and contemporary artists who employ the museum as medium, subject matter or site. Course work centers on a substantial research paper based on primary source materials. Required field trips. Prerequisite(s): Admission into a School of Art, Design and Art History graduate program or permission of instructor.