Melanie, Is there a reason why you wouldn't be able to work full time while attending classes? I am currently enrolled in NYU's Museum Studies MA program, and I am interning part time, working nights and weekends, and attending classes. Other classmates are in a similar situation as well, or are working full time. From my understanding, many programs are designed to accommodate working professionals. But as others have said, I do not think it is worthwhile to get a Certificate and then get a full MA later on. Might as well go for the MA right away, especially since you've already been admitted to the program. Plus, the whole reason why I chose to get a MA, at least, is because it seems to me that more and more places are looking for Master's degrees + experience in most job postings. On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Brian Rayca <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Melanie, > > Why go for a certificate? Why not look into a full fledged MA in > Museum Studies? i just graduated this May from the Johns Hopkins > Museum Studies Program. I was working fulltime at the West Point > Museum while I did my studies. The program is designed to so that a > working museum professional can continue to work and earn thier > degree. > > Brian > > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Melanie C Deer > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm stuck in a sticky situation and I was hoping some of you had some > > advice. I volunteered/internship/did independent studies at the > > undergraduate level at the Arizona State Museum (ASM) in Tucson, AZ (as > > Southwest archaeological museum) for about two to three years and then > > managed to get a student position in the Repository and held that for a > > year, graduated with a BA in Anthropology and Creative Writing and I am > > currently employed full time at ASM working on a major repatriation > project > > as well as working on finishing an article on a research project I did > with > > Southwestern Prehistoric pottery that I hope to get published. Before I > got > > the full-time position I had applied to Arizona State University's Museum > > Studies Master program and was accepted. I am scheduled to start classes > > Fall 2013 (I've already postponed enrollment the max amount of time, due > to > > a different situation). My employers already knew about my plan to attend > > graduate school in a year before they hired me, so that is not a factor. > > > > I am wondering whether it would be better to stay at my full-time > position > > and pursue a Masters later (in other words tell ASU I will not be > attending > > classes in Fall 2013, potentially closing that door permanently) or if I > > should leave my full-time position to attend classes as originally > intended > > risking not having a job when I graduate. > > > > An idea I had was to get an online Museum Studies Certificate while still > > working full-time at ASM and possibly do night classes to get an > > Anthropology MA. But I'm not sure how highly or lowly Museum Studies > > Certificates are viewed in the museum world. > > > > Any advice/opinions would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thank you, > > Melanie Deer > > > > ________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: > > http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should > read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).