This is what a museum studies program looks like....
Since Fall 2014, students enrolled in three undergraduate museum studies courses at Rochester Institute of Technology have collaborated on multiple museum studies/public history projects. The couress are:
Museums and the Digital Age (Fall 2014, Fall 2015)
Cultural Informatics (Fall 2014, Fall 2015)
Visitor Engagement and Museum Technologies (Spring 2015)
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In each learning environment, students have participated in experiences extending beyond the classroom that have varied in scope from narrow to broad and from structured to amorphous. In some instances, students have contributed to already-existing endeavors (serving as #volunpeers for the Smithsonian Transcription Center or as user testers for Yellr and Mukurtu 2.0). In other cases, the students teamed up with university and/or community partners, including the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House and the Seneca Park Zoo, in order to problem-solve and satisfy a particular need. Such projects constitute public scholarship through their dissemination beyond the academy and through measurable impact.
Interested in what we do? Visit our websites below:
Have questions about the projects, outcomes, or assessment? Email me: jdgsh [at] rit.edu
