Museum and Heritage Studies MHST
Instruction offered under the direction of the Faculty of Communication and Culture. For information visit the Faculty of Communication and Culture website, www.comcul.ucalgary.ca, or contact the Communication and Culture Faculty Office, (403) 220-6343.
Division Head: T. Seiler
Additional interdisciplinary courses are offered under the course headings African Studies; Canadian Studies; Central and East European Studies; Communications Studies; Development Studies; East Asian Studies; Film Studies, General Studies; Innovation Studies, Latin American Studies; Law and Society; Northern Planning and Development Studies; Science, Technology and Society; South Asian Studies; and Women's Studies.
Junior Course
Museum and Heritage Studies 201 H(3-0)
Introduction to Museum and Heritage Studies
Introduces the field of Museum and Heritage Studies by examining heritage sites, museums, art galleries, zoos, natural parks and others. Traditional institutions will be examined along with new forms, including virtual museums.
Note: Students may be required to attend off-campus events outside of class time.
Senior Courses
Museum and Heritage Studies 303 H(2-2)
Introduction to Audience Development for Museums
Students will be introduced to five different areas of Audience Development and how audience development is affected by museum education, museum marketing strategies, evaluation and assessment of audience, the use of technology in museums, as well as how audience is affected by museum and community relationships.
Note: Not open to students with credit in General Studies 301.07.
Note: Until July 21 preference in enrolment is given to students enrolled in the Museum and Heritage Studies Minor program.
Note: Students may be required to attend off-campus events outside of class time.
Museum and Heritage Studies 331 H(3-0)
Topics in Collecting and Exhibiting
Examines the nature of collecting, curating, exhibiting and interpreting material and non-material culture in museums and heritage institutions.
Prerequisites: Museum and Heritage Studies 201.
Note: Students may be required to attend off-campus events outside of class time.
Museum and Heritage Studies 401 H(3-0)
Special Topics in Museum and Heritage Studies
An examination of selected topics in Museum and Heritage Studies. See the Schedule of Classes for current topics.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Museum and Heritage Studies 409 H(3-0)
Tourism and Cultural Heritage
Examines the place of cultural heritage facilities and programs in contemporary tourism and the ways tourism shapes and affects cultural expression in local communities and in museum and heritage facilities.
Prerequisites: One of Museum and Heritage Studies 201, Tourism Management 309 or 409, or consent of the Faculty.
Note: Credit for both Museum and Heritage Studies 409 and Leisure, Tourism and Society 591 will not be allowed.
Museum and Heritage Studies 433 H(0-3S) 
- July 17, 2008
Topics in Management and Planning
Examines a range of theoretical issues of museum management and planning. This theoretical framework will be applied through the study of museum exhibition story lines, as well as the implications of broader and long-range exhibition and institutional planning.
Prerequisite: Museum and Heritage Studies 201.
Note: Students may be required to attend off-campus events outside of class time.
Museum and Heritage Studies 501 H(3-0)
Research in Selected Topics
Supervised individual study of a special topic.
Prerequisites: Consent of the Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs).
Note: Students should contact the Office of the Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs) at least two weeks prior to the first day of classes to arrange an independent study course.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Museum and Heritage Studies 533 H(0-6)
Practicum
Work in a local museological or heritage institution under a professional supervisor.
Corequisites: Prerequisites or Corequisites: Museum and Heritage Studies 331 and consent of the Program Director.
Note: Students must contact the practicum co-ordinator at least three weeks prior to the start of classes to arrange for placement at a hosting institution.
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA