Are you interested in museums, event management, or digital approaches to the humanities? Wondering how you can use the humanities to engage with the public? The Certificate in Curation and Cultural Programming (CCP) might be for you!
Director: Dr. Maria Kennedy -
Description:
The CCP certificate draws on the American Studies department’s strengths in public humanities, digital humanities, folklore, curation, and visual and material culture. Over twelve credits, the CCP certificate prepares students to apply humanities frameworks to careers in event management, project management, museums and other cultural institutions, libraries, nonprofits, education, and more.
The CCP certificate defines “curation” and “cultural programming” very broadly. “Curation” is the process of arranging content for public consumption. It is a concept commonly associated with museum exhibits and other public programming, but given the explosion of content in the digital age, the ability to synthesize and organize information in a user-friendly manner has become important across a wide variety of fields. “Cultural programming” refers to public humanities careers in cultural institutions, event management, and collaborative engagement with communities, but also conceives more widely of “programming” to encompass digital humanities and other forms of media production and analysis rooted in humanistic study.
The backbone of the certificate engages students in the American Studies department’s course “Event and Program Management in Arts and Humanities” 050:350:01. This three-credit portion of the certificate will be a foundation for both the theory and practice of public humanities projects, with hands-on opportunities for learning through engagement with community partners. In addition to foundational course, students will complete nine additional credits from American Studies or other units.
Requirements for Curation and Cultural Programming Undergraduate Certificate Program (12 credits total):
1) Completion of “Event and Program Management in Arts and Humanities” 050:350:01 with a grade of C or higher.
2) Complete a minimum of 3 of other certificate-eligible courses from the list below of Concentration in Public Humanities and Arts Courses
3) Up to 6 credits of the 12 required for the concentration may be from the list of other certificate Eligible Courses
Concentration in Public Humanities and the Arts Courses (3 credits required):
- 01:050:216 America and the Arts
- 01:050:218 Visual Culture in the United States
- 01:050:223 Learning from the Past
- 01:050:228 The Contemporary American
- 01:050:259 Popular Culture
- 01:050:263 American Folklore
- 01:050:284 American Folklife
- 01:050:316 21st-Century expression
- 01:050:350 Event and Program Management in Arts and Humanities
- 01:050:355 Museums, Monuments, and American Culture
Other Certificate-Eligible Courses (Up to 6 credits):
- AMST 333: Cultures of Consumption
- AMST 270: American Food
- AMST 389: Junior Seminar: Digital Humanities
- History 301: Public History: Theory, Method, Practice
- History 451: Public History Internship
- History 302: Oral History
- History 303: Digital History
- History 310: New Jersey History
- Art History 430: Foundations in Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies
- Art History 563: Curatorial Training
- Art History 441: Topics in Historical Preservation: Museums, Collections, & Preservation
- Art History 442: Topics in Historical Preservation: Methods in Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies
- Other courses at discretion of certificate director, Dr. Maria Kennedy
Curation and Cultural Programming Undergraduate Certificate Worksheet