Hi Melanie,
Most NY museums that I have communication with look for at least a
masters when hiring, even at the assistant level.
That would be my preference. Why in any case, would you get a
certificate and then a masters, why not just go for it!
Good luck!
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
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