Program: Museum Practice and Heritage Management, BI™ - University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Mar 29, 2025

2019-2020 Catalog

This degree offers students relevant training for careers in all other types of museums: natural history museums, historic house museums, living history museums, museums of industry, and museums of archaeology and anthropology. Students with this degree will be well prepared and trained to pursue careers in federal or state agencies that manage cultural properties, museums, and archaeology or architectural resources, the private sector of public archaeology, and anthropology museum management.

Required Courses

Methods Core: 6-12 credits

Choose two to three from the following

Choose One
ANTH 3210 - Lab Techniques in Archaeology
OR
MSGP 4070 - Collections Management
Choose 1-2 from the following
ANTH 3170 - Field Practicum in Native American Archaeology
ANTH 3190 - Field Practicum in 19th/20th Century Archaeology
ANTH 3215 - Mapping Archaeology
ANTH 2220 - Experimental Anthropology

Law and Management: 3 credits

Integrative: 6 credits

Choose two from the following

Capstone Internship: 3 credits

All Students will take an internship and complete an internship portfolio and final paper as the Capstone requirement for the degree. These will occur in on an approved job site with faculty oversight and guidance using a contract outlining student learning objectives.

Topical Electives Core: 6-9 credits

Choose two to three from the following

Innovation Core- 24 credits

Cross-Discipline Core - 15 credit hours

Students choose ONE concentration. Please note LAS students may not choose the Creative Communication core. This is equivalent to EAS students not choosing the Engineering Technology core and COB students not choosing the Business https://innovation.uccs.edu/cross-disciplinary-core/

Business (not Business students)
Creative Communication (not Communication students)
Engineering Technology (not Engineering students)
Globalization (any student)