The following are examples of electives one might take for the certificate program. In addition to courses in the College of Arts and Sciences, students may take elective courses in the College of Commerce, the College of Communication and Information Sciences, the College of Education, and the College of Human Environmental Science.
Please contact Dr. John Friel, Museum Studies Advisor, at jpfriel@ua.edu for the most up-to-date list of approved electives.
AMS 507 : Landscapes of the South
AMS 512 : On the Road
AMS 521 : Writer and Artist in America
AMS 522 : Popular Culture in America
AMS 529 : America between the Wars (1919-1941)
AMS 532 : African American Folk Art
AMS 545 : The “Good War”
AMS 565 : Fictions of American Identity
AMS 570: Natives and Newcomers
AMS 585 : American Experience to 1865
ANT 509 : Ancient Maya Civilization
ANT 513 : Peoples of Latin America
ANT 544 : Anthropology of Cemeteries
ANT 550 : Problems in Anthropology
ANT 550-002 : Maya Language and Culture
ANT 550-003 : The Archaeologies of Identities
ANT 550-004 : Lab Analysis
ANT 550-006 : Visual Documentation in Archaeology
ANT 575 : Biology, Culture, and Evolution
ANT 621 : Native Americans in Ethnohistorical Perspective
ARH 550 : Literature of Art
ARH 565 : Renaissance Bodies: Portraiture in Early Modern Italy
ARH 577: American Art Seminar: Art of the Lost Cause
ARH 580 : Twentieth Century Seminar (Representing Conflict)
BSC 695 : Principles of Systematics
CIS 650 : Seminar in Culture and Communication
CIS 652 : Seminar in Public Memory and Forgetting
CIS 669 : Visual Communication
COM 565 : Intercultural Communication
CTD 548 : History Of Costumes
EN 640 : Early America. Digital Humanities, and the Art of Critical Editions
GEO 516 : Volcanology
GEO 525 : Introduction to Micropaleontology
GY 589 : Forest Ecology and Vegetation Analysis
HY 601 : Literature of American History
HY 603 : Literature of European History
HY 605 Literature of Colonial Latin American History
HY 607 : Black History from Reconstruction to Jim Crow
HY 608 : Proseminar of Southern History
HY 665 : History Method and Theory
LS 500 : Information and Media
LS 533 : Special Libraries & Information Centers
LS 536 : Archives
LS 541 : Youth Programming
LS 555 : Introduction to Archival Studies
LS 556 : Intellectual Foundations of Archival Theory and Practice
LS 577 : Archival Appraisal
MUSM 502 : Museum Collections Management
MUSM 503 : Museum Education and Exhibition
MUSM 505 : Exhibit Design & Production
REL 501 : Social Theory and Religious Studies
REL 502 : Public Humanities & Religious Studies: Foundations
TH 530 : History of Costume for Stage
TH 628 : Problems in Theatre Arts: Design: Process and Model Making
TH 636 : Costume Design through the Ages
TH 671 : Leadership in the Arts
TH 673 : Financial Management in the Arts
TH 674 : Arts Policy, Advocacy and Public Relations
TH 676 : Marketing for the Arts
TH 678 : Board Relationships & Planning in the Arts