Program Courses

To earn the Museum Studies Certificate, students must complete the three core courses. "The Exhibit" course is optional and intended for professionals at smaller institutions who need specific exhibit design know-how.

PDP courses are offered online, remotely, and on-campus. Please refer to the Schedule Notes for course delivery information.

IMPORTANT: The registration process for all professional development courses requires you to register for your course and update your emergency contact information in CAESAR, Northwestern University's Student Enterprise System.

TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENT*:

Registering for multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a mandatory, integrated step to access Northwestern University systems. Northwestern uses the DUO Mobile smartphone application for multi-factor authentication. Steps to install the DUO Mobile App can be found here. Once you have completed the MFA registration process, you will have access to systems like CAESAR and CANVAS, Northwestern’s Learning Management System.

*It is a student’s responsibility to ensure access to Northwestern systems after registering for a PDP course. If you do not have a smartphone capable of downloading and using the DUO Mobile app, you may want to consider a YubiKey that can be purchased from several online retailers.

Please contact pdp@northwestern.edu with any questions.

Program Course ID Course Title / Description Summer 2024 Fall 2024
Museum Studies OnlineMUSEUM 370-DLMuseum Origins and Issues

Online
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Goldthorpe, Caroline

Online
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Asynch
Goldthorpe, Caroline

Museum Studies OnlineMUSEUM 371-DLSuccessful Museum Management

Online
Asynch
Asynch
Kerr, Debra

Ludden, Jack

Museum Studies OnlineMUSEUM 372-DLLearning and Museums

Online
Asynch
Asynch
Goldthorpe, Caroline

Online
Asynch
Asynch
Goldthorpe, Caroline

Museum Studies OnlineMUSEUM 373-0Journey of a Museum Exhibit

Chicago Campus
FSa
9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Ludden, Jack

Russick, David

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