All Courses at the Faculty of Information
Below is the course directory, a searchable list of courses offered by the Faculty of Information, including course descriptions, pre-requisites, co-requisites and other relevant information.
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MSL2326H — Artifact, Audience, Text: Writing in the Museum This course will critically examine the role of text in museum professional practice. We will explore the practice of writing and its critical context together with the editorial process. Whether brick-and-mortar or virtual, large or small, art or historical or natural history, all museums use text […]
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MSL2330H — Interpretation and Meaning Making in Museums This course delves into the contemporary practices of the professional communities that make up the field of museum interpretation. Interpretation professionals are advocates for museum visitors and broader communities, and this course explores the tools and theoretical base employed by the field in the pursuit of this […]
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MSL2331H — The Museum Exhibition: Histories, Practices, Genres The exhibition is a museum’s main form of public engagement, and this course investigates the histories, processes and practices through which exhibitions have developed over time, within a Western and global context. Why do museums prioritize exhibitions over other forms of programming? Why do exhibitions succeed, and […]
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MSL2332H — Public Programs and Education This course examines the theoretical roots, the ideological positions and the research literature on public programming and education strategies deployed in museums, parks, libraries, and heritage institutions. The course offers a critique of models of schooling, experience, citizenship and critical engagement that dominate current discourse and practices. Students will […]
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MSL2335H — The Digital Museum: From Strategy to Implementation Digital technologies present exciting new opportunities for interaction with museum objects. They help forge unique and novel paths of meaning, and facilitate the creation of new museum publics. But they also unsettle the foundation of stability, materiality, and temporal order upon which many museums reside. This […]
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MSL2340H — Issues in Cultural Policy and Contemporary Culture Drawing on an eclectic range of academic work in cultural studies, cultural policy studies, sociology, art history, and museum studies, this interdisciplinary course explores a wide variety of topics in contemporary cultural policy, addressing both the subsidized arts sector and the cultural and creative industries. Adopting […]
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MSL2350H — Museum Planning and Management: Projects and Fundraising The objective of this course is to provide students with a more in-depth understanding of fundraising and project management in the museum environment. Students also prepare a detailed plan for a project of their choice. Other topics covered include leadership and motivation. Exclusion: INF2040H
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MSL2352H — Foundations of Visitor Research This course is intended to provide students with an introduction to the history, theory, and practice of visitor research in museums. Through course readings, guest lectures by museum professionals working in the field, and practical experience with instrument development as well as data collection, analysis and reporting, among other […]
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MSL2360H — Museums and Indigenous Communities: Changing Relations, Changing Practice This course explores the changing relationships between aboriginal source communities and museums holding their material heritage. We begin with a historical overview of collecting practices, the role of indigenous material culture in the development of museums, and the relationship between museums and colonialism. Contemporary case […]
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MSL2370H — Museums and Cultural Heritage: Context and Critical Issues This course provides students with an introductory overview of the museum and cultural heritage sectors. Students will be exposed to a wide range of themes and concepts that constitute and shape the discipline, in particular preservation, representation and authenticity, memorialization, taxonomy, technology, ownership and repatriation, […]
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MSL2500H — Constructing and Curating Digital Heritage The growing relationship between museums and information is visible in almost all fields of contemporary museum practice. To elucidate this relationship, this course introduces museum documentation and digital collection theory and practice through a historical examination of museum collections, cataloguing practices, and art historical, archaeological and anthropological approaches […]
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MSL3000H — MMSt Internship The Museum Studies internship is a placement with a recognized museum, gallery or related institution. The goal of the Internship is the development of competence in the practice of museum studies. It is an integral part of the MMSt curriculum, intended to reinforce knowledge gained in coursework, apply it to real […]
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MSL3900H — The Emerging Museum Professional The Group of Ontario Emerging Museum Professionals defines an emerging museum professional as someone in the first 10 years of their museum career. According to the National Emerging Professional Network in the United States, “the word ‘emerging’ is subjective and means different things to different people. It cannot be […]
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MSL4000Y — Museum Studies Capstone Projects In this course a cohort of students in the second year of their program work together throughout the fall and spring terms to prepare one or more exhibitions. The exhibition(s) will take place at the end of the second year at various University sites or in conjunction with local […]
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MSL5050H — Special Studies In this course students undertake a directed study of a museum related application that cannot be met by the present complement of elective courses. Topics may relate to any aspect of museum operation or function. Museum Studies students, as well as students outside of the Museum Studies who wish to apply […]
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