Program Description
Beginning in the Fall semester 2008, the Portfolio in Museum Studies will allow students already enrolled in graduate programs across the university to develop a concentration concerning some aspect of the practices and cultural significance of museums. Like other portfolio programs, this non-degree program offers opportunities for obtaining further expertise in a cross-disciplinary manner.
The specific goals of this program are:
- To develop an understanding of how museums and their collections shape societies
- To develop an awareness of past practices of museums in order to foster an understanding of current and future developments
- To develop practical and analytical skills relevant to understanding the increasingly complex roles of museums and those who work in them
Through a set of thematically related graduate courses, this portfolio program is meant to promote cross-disciplinary scholarship and study by bringing together faculty and students from a variety of disciplines whose interests and training transcend the boundaries of traditional academic disciplines.
Applications for the Museum Studies Portfolio will be accepted until Thursday, October 27, 2011.
Information sessions about the portfolio program will be held on Tuesday, October 4 at 3 p.m. and Monday, October 10 at 3 p.m. in the COOP Student Affairs Center, bottom floor of the Doty Fine Arts Building. Attendance at a session is not mandatory to apply for the program.
Decisions about admission will be made by November 10th.
Please note: eligibility to this portfolio is limited to graduate students already enrolled at UT; for further information please contact Professor Janice Leoshko, Director of Museum Studies Portfolio: jleoshko@mail.utexas.edu