Curriculum Our interdisciplinary, graduate program covers current research and best practices Museum in management, collections care, cultural heritage preservation, exhibition design, and public programming. An added benefit Studies for students is the ability to take courses campus-wide at a strong, liberal arts SF State Master of Arts Program institution like SF State. The mission of the Museum Studies Program The Master’s degree, which can be is to develop future museum professionals completed in 2 to 3 years, includes a through highly structured coursework in a setting supervised internship and a capstone project, where museums’ educational efforts, collections, which can take the form of a research thesis and interactions with community are of central or creative work project. Courses are selected concern, and in a 21st century landscape, where in consultation with an advisor to suit responsiveness to the significant changes taking students’ needs, interests, and experience. place in the museum profession are integrated into curriculum, activities, and professional development. Visit our website for more information: museumstudies.sfsu.edu For more information: Program Requirements (33-34 total semester units): Museum Studies Program Coordinator CORE COURSES (9 units) State University M S 700 History and Organization of Museums San Francisco, CA 94132 M S 860 Fundraising in Museums [email protected] M S 880 Museum Internship

AREA REQUIREMENTS (9-10 units) At least 3 courses in the following areas: Collections Care and Conservation Museum Management Exhibition Design

AREA EMPHASIS (12 units) Select 4 electives relevant to: Curatorship museumstudies.sfsu.edu Exhibition Design Cultural Property Law and Protection Museum Education and Public Programming Museum Management and Fundraising Registration and Collections Management

CULMINATING EXPERIENCE (3 units) Select one of the following: M S 894 Creative Work Project M S 898 Master’s Thesis About Us Our Network FAQ Today, museums are not only places that care for Museums and related institutions Annual Application Deadline and exhibit objects, they are trusted sources of around the country have hosted February 1 information, places of learning and experience, our interns or employed our and centers of community. SF State offers graduates, such as the following Engaged Students and Alumni students opportunities to work with leading in the San Francisco Bay area: Museum Studies Student Association museum professionals and engage with the Bay [email protected] Museum Studies Special Interest Group area’s vibrant museum community. Asian Art Museum Bay Area Discovery Museum [email protected] Ranked as one of the top five Museum Studies California Academy of Sciences programs nationally, SF State graduates 15-20 California Historical Society Student Resources students annually. In the past few years, SF State , Stanford University Exclusive listserves for jobs and placed nearly 100% of its graduates in jobs within Art Museum opportunities, and an in-house library Chabot Space and Science Center a year of graduation. Contemporary Jewish Museum CuriOdyssey Financial Aid , Santa Clara University http://www.sfsu.edu/~finaid COMING TO SF STATE IN 2016 Preserve Tuition Reciprocity • Affordable tuition – lowest cost for a The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco SF State participates in the Western Center Museum Studies degree in California and Interstate Commission on Higher Golden Gate National Recreation Area Education’s Western Region Program, tuition reciprocity through the Western Hayward Area Historical Society offering Western state residents Interstate Commission on Higher History San José reduced California resident tuition. Education’s Western Region Graduate Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley Competitive program, additional Program The Magnes Museum, UC Berkeley application required. Museum of the African Diaspora • New Museum facility opening in 2016, Museum of Performance and Design Transportation & Parking Oakland Museum of California http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/ with permanent collections, volunteer opportunities, and public programs Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology Rosie the Riveter/Home Front National Park • New Undergraduate Minor in San Francisco Historical Society and Museum Studies in 2016 Museum San Francisco International Airport • Capstone Internship Program Museums San Francisco Maritime Nat’l Historic Park SF MOMA San José Museum of Art San Mateo County Historical Museum Society of California Pioneers USS Hornet Walt Disney Family Museum Yerba Buena Center for the Arts