Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
and the
Museum Studies Program Certificate

Commencing September 1, 1995, by virtue of newly established collaberative ties, it will be possible for students enrolled as degree candidates in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program concurrently to earn a certificate in Museum Studies. While the certificate option will be open to all interested and eligible MALS students, it is intended particularly to serve the needs of those affiliated, either as paid staff members or volunteers, with museums and historical prganizations in the Delaware Valley and beyond. The certificate in Museum Studies is awarded at the time that a student receives her/his academic degree, and is recorded on her/his academic transcript.

Twelve (12) credit hours (four three-hour courses) are required for Museum Studies certification. Under the new option, two courses (six credit hours) will be accepted as MALS electives - MSST 802: Leadership and Management of Museums (the core course in the Museum Studies Program); and a choice of either

• MSST 801: Museum Curatorship - Collections Management
• MSST 805: Historical Properties
• MSST 807: Temporary and Economical Exhibits
• MSST 808: Museum Education and Interpretation.

The remaining two courses (six credit hours) must be taken either as an overload in the MALS Program, or through the Division of Continuing Education. These include

• MSST 804: Museum Internship (a ten-week, full-time museum internship, normally completed during the summer between the first and second years of academic study)
• an additonal Museum Studies course selected from those listed above or a course from another department or program cross-listed with Museum Studies

For additional information and materials concerning the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies and Museum Studies programs, and this interdisciplinary offering, please contact:

Raymond A. Callahan, Director	Bryant F. Tolles, JR., Director
Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program 207 McDowell Hall Newark, DE 19716 TEL (302) 831-6075 FAX (302) 831-4461 Email Raymond.Callahan@mvs.udel.edu	Museum Studies Program 301 Old College Newark, DE 19716 TEL (302) 831-1251 FAX (302) 831-4330 Emal Bryant.Tolles@mvs.udel.edu