Melanie,

Yes. I know of at least two. Oklahoma and Johns Hopkins. If you want to do Museum Education there is Bank Street, although requires some meetings in NYC.

The best list of Museum Studies programs I know is at the Smithsonian at http://museumstudies.si.edu/training.html

Good luck,

Matt

On Sep 06, 2012, at 01:39 PM, Melanie C Deer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

I wouldn't be able to work full-time and go to school due to them being in different cities. The museum I am at is in Tucson the school is in Phoenix.

John Simmons brought up a good point. Does anyone know of a good Museum Studies Program that's online. Like a full degree, not just a certificate. I hadn't realized any were out there.

Thank you for all of your advice and stories so far!

-Melanie

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Sarah Buonacore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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
>
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