Master of Arts in Museum Education
Public education is at the heart of museum practice.
The Master of Arts in Museum Education program is designed for
those interested in pursuing careers in museum teaching and
program development for audiences of all ages and backgrounds in
art, history, science, and children's museums. The program requires
eleven courses, described below.
A central component of the M.A. in Museum Education is the
field-based internship. The internship provides students with an
opportunity to gain experience in a museum setting as
preparation for employment as a museum teacher, public program
coordinator, community outreach manager, education director and
other education related positions. Throughout the internship
experience, students are expected to apply their understandings
of theory and research in education and museum studies to the
practice of museum education. Internships may take place in an
art or historical museum, living history museum, children's
museum, discovery museum, or in a museum of science. For
instance, in the greater Boston area, students have interned at
the Museum of Science,
Boston Children's Museum,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
Historic New
England,
DeCordova Museum and
Sculpture Park,
Danforth
Museum of Art, The Worcester Art Museum and
Strawbery Banke
Museum.Graduate Certificate Program
The Office of Graduate and Professional Studies at Tufts
University offers a graduate level certificate program in Museum
Studies. This program consists of four courses and an internship.
Although this program does not lead to a master's degree, courses
taken as a certificate student can be applied to the master's
program in Museum Education if the student is admitted into the
Tufts M.A. Museum Education program. For more information about
the certificate program, please visit the website at
http://ase.tufts.edu/museumStudies
or contact the Program Administrator
at the
Office of Graduate and Professional Studies.
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