Art (Museum Studies) - BA

Program Overview

ASU's Art (Museum Studies) BA program focuses on contemporary museum issues, including ethics, diversity, and social justice. Students customize their learning through a wide range of approved subjects and focus areas, gaining practical experience through internships and access to ASU Art Museum resources. The program prepares graduates for careers in art galleries, museums, and other arts organizations, as well as for admission to prestigious graduate programs.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

• Focus: The most prescient themes and issues at the forefront of the contemporary museum, including ethical and institutional issues like decolonization, activist curating, gender and race equity, accessibility, social justice, and cultural diversity.
• Goals: Navigate important cultural topics and envision the societal role of the museum today and in the future.
• Structure: Students choose from a large pool of approved subjects and, in consultation with their advisor, their own focus areas, such as art history, liberal studies, education, global studies, justice studies, anthropology, and other areas.
• Learning Opportunities: Courses are led by scholars and museum practitioners from across the ASU campus and around the globe.
• Supplements: Internships with arts organizations, access to ASU Art Museum exhibitions, visiting artist and scholar lectures, and specialized collections.

Outline:

• Coursework: Students select from a wide range of approved subjects to customize their learning experience.
• Focus Areas: Examples include art history, liberal studies, education, global studies, justice studies, and anthropology.
• Internships: Opportunities to gain practical experience with arts organizations.

Teaching:

• Faculty: Courses are led by scholars and museum practitioners from across the ASU campus and around the globe.

Careers:

• Employment Opportunities: Commercial art galleries, art museums, historical societies and archives, national parks, non-profit organizations, arts agencies, and public art programs.
• Graduate Programs: Admission to prestigious graduate programs across the nation.
• Example Job Titles: Archivist, Art Professor, Historian, History Professor, Museum Curator, Museum Educator, Museum Exhibit Designer, Talent Agent.
• Growth and Salary Data: Provided for each example job title.

Other:

• Second Language Requirement: Yes.
• First Required Math Course: MAT 142 - College Mathematics.
• Math Intensity: General.
• Program Options: Concurrent degrees (double major), accelerated bachelor's plus master's degree programs.
• Global Opportunities: Study abroad programs, internships with international organizations.