Learning Outcomes for M.A. in Museum Professions

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Program Learning Objectives:

1. Language and Engagement: Actively engage in the national and global museum field, its organization, and subfields using research vocabulary and language related to inquiry and writing in the field.

2. Systemic Knowledge: Demonstrate a holistic understanding of the social and structural issues that influence museums in the 21st century, including economic, ethical, legal, organizational, political, and professional forces.

3. Inclusivity and Mission: Recognize and explain the DEAI-related issues that impact and reflect museums as they fulfill their missions.

4. Strategic Analysis: Analyze the varied visitor engagement and/or collections stewardship focuses of museums.

5. Ethics and Standards: Demonstrate an understanding of discipline-specific museum ethics, standards, and best practices as defined by the professional literature and relevant scholarship.

6. Problem-Solving: Exhibit and apply the creative and strategic thinking to identify, analyze, and seek solutions to museum issues as applied to a range of case studies, contexts, theories, and phenomena.