Michigan

Western Michigan offers an undergraduate minor in Nonprofit Leadership and a graduate certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and Administration.  The Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and Administration is intended for nonprofit employees and volunteers who desire to enhance their managerial skills, but do not want to complete a 39 credit hour Master's degree program, or who want to 'test the water' before deciding whether to pursue a Master's degree.

The Public History major prepares students for careers in museums, archives, historic sites and organizations, government programs, and consulting.  With the aim of making history a useful educational and planning tool in communities, WMU's Public History Program emphasizes varied resources and methodologies, and focuses on regional environments and cultural resources.  Students in the Public History curriculum will gain a strong background in history as well as experience in cultural resource management, museum and archive administration, public relations and historic preservation.   Public History majors must also complete an approved internship.

Through the School of Library and Information Science, Wayne State offers Graduate Certificate programs in Archival Administration, Arts and Museum Librarianship. In addition, a joint MLIS and MA in History Degree Program is offered.

The Graduate Certificate in Archival Administration was established both for individuals entering the archival profession and for those with experience in the field. The certificate program provides a professional education to individuals wishing identify, preserve, and make archival records accessible for use. The Archival Administration certificate includes courses which teach students basic archival theory, methods and practice of appraisal, arrangement, description, preservation, reference, and the legal and ethical concerns regarding traditional, visual, and electronic records. In addition, other courses include records management, historical institutions and an archival practicum.

The Arts and Museum Librarianship Certificate program provides students with the education and practical experience necessary for building, organizing, managing, and promoting library collections in music, art, art history, dance, film studies, theater, and communication. Potential candidates for the Arts and Museum Librarianship Certificate include incoming LIS graduate students wishing to pursue a professional career in fine or performing arts or museum librarianship; practicing library and museum staff who wish to advance their competency in the field of fine and performing arts or museum librarianship; and students from other disciplines and professions who wish to obtain an MLIS with a specialization in arts and museum library management and digital curation skills.

Students in this joint program will earn both the MLIS and MA in History degrees. Graduates of the program will subsequently increase their job market potential and be prepared to enter a new workforce that is able to appraise and describe historical records, create websites, and preserve electronic documents. Applicants to this 57 credit-hour program must be admitted to both the Library and Information Science and Department of History master’s degree programs. Candidates must complete the required courses for both programs in order to graduate.

Offers undergraduates a Minor in Museum Studies and graduates a certificate in Museum Studies. Majors include art history, studio art, anthropology, communication arts, history and urban studies, zoology, fisheries and wildlife, geography, recreation, and tourism and resource studies

The primary goal of the undergraduate minor in museum studies is to teach students how museums work, both in historical and contemporary contexts. Doing so involves learning to critically engage the historical, social, cultural, artistic and scientific dimensions of heritage, both tangible and intangible, within the museum. The museum studies minor seeks to foster “museum literacy” by introducing students to the processes by which meaning is inscribed upon objects within the context of museums and to the roles museums, broadly defined, play in society. Objects and Collections, Institutions, and Society thus form the curriculum’s conceptual foci.

The Graduate Certificate Program in Museum Studies situated in the Rackham Graduate School. Students who have been admitted to or who are currently enrolled in a graduate degree program at the University of Michigan, or who have received a graduate degree from an accredited institution within the last five years, are eligible to apply for admission to the Program. The Program requires 18 credit hours of coursework for award of the Certificate in Museum Studies, a portion of which may be double-counted with coursework undertaken in the student's primary field of study. The Program offers some financial assistance, primarily for the spring and summer. The purpose of this funding is to promote internships, research assistantships, field work at museums, independent study related to students' programs, participation at professional meetings and conferences, and dissertation research for those MSP students who are writing dissertations that deal explicitly with museums.

Undergraduates can earn a specialization in Museum Studies ; graduates and lifelong education students may earn a certificate.

The Michigan State University Museum Studies Program prepares individuals for innovative careers in museums and non-profit institutions. Museum Studies offers an opportunity to obtain 15-credit transcriptable specialization for undergraduates or a certificate for graduate and lifelong education students. Either can be incorporated as a part of, or as an extension to, an MSU undergraduate or graduate degree program. Individuals who are not enrolled in a degree program but who are interested in seeking certification may do so through MSU's Lifelong (Continuing) Education program.

The program is designed to be flexible and tailored to a student’s specific interests. Students represent diverse majors, including art history, studio art, anthropology, communication arts, history and urban studies, zoology, fisheries and wildlife, geography, recreation, tourism and resource studies. Through a required internship experience and independent studies, students have an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a variety of exhibition, education, research, administration, and collection management activities. Students also are encouraged to seek both volunteer and paid positions in museums, botanical gardens and zoos.

Eastern Michigan University offers an Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Cultural Museum Studies and a Master of Science in Historic Preservation.

The Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Cultural Museum Studies (CMS) provides foundational training for professional engagement with the selection, conservation, interpretation, and exhibition of inanimate and living collections. Special attention is given to the cross-cultural analysis, application, and assessment of the various ways “research exhibit-and-presentation” dynamics affect display design in museums and related institutions, and to the pedagogical dimension of museological theory and practice. A flexible curriculum allows for individualized specializations in various aspects of museology, from the ecological impact on definitions of cultural heritage, to the application of virtuality to exhibition procedures.

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The MS in Historic Preservation is housed in the Department of Geography & Geology, and regularly cooperates with other departments including History, Art, Construction Technology, and the Division of Extended Programs for prerequisite and other coursework. The program focuses on career development in the following concentrations with the aim of preparing students for gainful employment in the field of historic preservation in the public and private sector: Preservation Planning; Heritage Interpretation, Tourism, and Administration; Conservation and Technology; and General Studies. A Field School in Preservation Technology is offered during the spring term.

A five-course graduate level certificate in historic preservation also is available, as is an undergraduate minor in historic preservation.

Museum Studies is part of an interdisciplinary program. The courses may be taken at the undergraduate or graduate level in conjunction with work in a related field.

The undergraduate level Museum Studies minor at Central Michigan University offers a balanced interdisciplinary program of coursework designed to prepare you for advanced educational opportunities or an entry-level position in a museum or similar organization. Your courses will give you practical skills needed to work in these facilities, planning and installing exhibits, preparing education programs for the public, and caring for collections.

The Museum Studies minor, when matched with an appropriate academic major such as geology, earth science, art, teacher education, geography, recreation, history, biology, anthropology, is designed to give you the necessary background to pursue a career in informal education, research or cultural affairs.