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Graduate Certificate in Heritage and Museum Practice at Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State University, United States

Programme overview

This 15-credit graduate certificate program offered at Penn State Harrisburg provides students with knowledge of practices in the heritage and museum sector, which includes historical and heritage societies, public folk arts and folklife centers and programs, art galleries, archives and record management programs, educational institutions, cultural and governmental agencies, preservation and cultural resource management groups, and media production companies. A goal of the program is to enable students to conceptualize, deliver, and manage effective heritage and museum projects.

Faculty: The Graduate School  |  Duration: 9 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: University Park, PA, United States

What you will study

The certificate requires 9 credits. Courses include Museum Studies, Historic Preservation, Seminar in Museums, Preservation, and Public Memory.

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Entry requirements

Applicants are expected to have 2.75 GPA or above in the last two years of undergraduate work in American Studies, history, art, architecture, anthropology, folklore, management, communications, or fields related to museum and heritage practice. A student in the certificate program may also become a student in the Master of Arts in American Studies, Master of Arts in Humanities, or Master of Arts in Public Administration degree programs if the student is admitted to one of these graduate degree programs; however, successful completion of the certificate program neither implies nor guarantees admission to any graduate degree program at Penn State.

Duration: 9 credits

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