Museum Assistant Certificate

The Museum Assistant Specialization Certificate is designed to provide students with the entry level skills required for working in galleries and museums, including preparing the walls, handling artwork safely, hanging artwork, researching and laying out an exhibition. The program will prepare students who intend to pursue employment in entry-level museum or gallery positions. This certificate requires 17-19 units of required courses. A minimum grade of C is required in each course taken.

5-10 annual completions

The Art department seeks to create a dynamic learning ecosystem that prepares students for careers, position advancements and/or higher-level degrees through practical, real-world and community experiences in and out of the classroom.

 This certificate requires 17-19 units of required courses. A minimum grade of C is required in each course taken.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
ARTH 170 F ARTH 175 F ARTH 176 F ARTH 177 F ARTH 295 F	The Museum Experience Introduction to Museum and Gallery Studies Museum Studies - Exhibition Production Museum Studies - Exhibition Design and Careers Arts Internship 1	3 3 3 3 2-4	y1 y1 y1 y1 y2
Electives
ARTH 110 F ARTH 115 F ARTH 120 F ARTH 125 F ART 130 F ART 135 F ARTH 140 F ARTH 145 F ARTH 150 F ARTH 155 F OR ARTH 155 HF ARTH 160 F ARTH 101 F OR ARTH 101 HF ANTH 103 F OR ANTH 103 HF ANTH 107 F ANTH 107 HF ANTH 209 F ANTH 209 HF ETHS 129 F ETHS 153 F ETHS 160 F ETHS 170 F	African Art And the Diasopra American Art History Asian Art History Gender and Women in Art History Global Contemporary Art History Latin America: Mexican Art History Latin America: Ancient/Indigenous Art History Latin America: Colonial - Contemporary Art History Western Art History: Prehistory to 14th Century Western Art History: 15th to 20th Century Western Art History: 15th to 20th Century (honors) Western Art History: 19th to 21st Century Physical Anthropology Physical Anthropology (honors) Introduction to Archaeology Introduction to Archaeology (honors) Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion (honors) Cultures of Latin America Cultures of Latin America (honors) Introduction to African-American Studies Chicana/o and Latina/o Contemporary Issues American Indian History Intorduction to Asian Pacific Islander American Studies	3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3	y1 y1 y1 y1 y1 y1 y1 y1 y1 y2 y2 y2 y2 y2 y1 y1 y2 y2 y2 y2 y2 y2 y2 y2

Other Fine/Applied Arts

El Camino Mt. San Antonio College

5-20 enrollments