The Graduate Academic Certificate in Cultural Heritage Stewardship will provide students with key skills and experiences needed for competitive careers in museum archives and other cultural heritage settings. Students will learn the theory that drives the practice through hands-on learning experiences in grant writing, museum education, preservation, and museum archiving. Understanding how and why individuals and communities engage with cultural heritage institutions is vital to the preservation of both heritage and citizenship in the US. Galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs) that exhibit cultural heritage collections allow visitors to seriously engage with materials that push them to learn about themselves, their communities, and the world at large. These institutions are also responsible for the appraisal of which materials are deemed worthy of preservation as cultural heritage. In response to the national need for a workforce in museum archives, this graduate academic certificate, with an emphasis on the preservation of museum collections, serves archivists, preservation specialists, and other information professionals which are critical to the stewardship of cultural heritage collections in museums and archives.
Anyone seeking to supplement their graduate education with valuable professional skills.
Courses and internship have been designed to provide students with hands-on experiences that will provide them with skills that add value to their resumes. These include grant-writing, preservation of special format materials, museum education, and archival management.
Courses are led by faculty with a variety of expertise in different facets of cultural heritage stewardship including archival management, grant-writing, preservation methods, and art education.
For transcript questions, please contact graduateschool@unt.edu
Note: Students who are awarded Graduate Academic Certificates and later apply for admission to the M.S. in Library or Information Science program or the M.S. in Data Science program will be required to submit any additional documents required by the specific program.
Students MUST be admitted to an academic certificate program in order for the certificate to be awarded.
If you are a current UNT student, email: ci-advising@unt.edu with your 8-digit ID number and the advising office will assist you with having the certificate set up.
If you do not complete this process - in having the certificate set up on your academic record, prior to your graduating semester, the Toulouse Graduate School will not accept your request to have the certificate awarded.
Once admitted, contact the advising office for assistance with enrollment in courses by emailing: ci-advising@unt.edu with your 8-digit ID number.
Cultural Heritage Stewardship Graduate Academic Certificate (15 hours):
Once you complete your course work, please submit the Request for Graduate Academic Certificate of Completion form to receive your certificate.
Title | Contact | |
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Coordinator | Dr. Ana Roeschley | Ana.Roeschley@unt.edu |
Asst. Dir., Student Support Services | Rachel Hall | CI-Advising@unt.edu |
Interim Chair | Dr. Yunfei Du | LIS-Chair@unt.edu |