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Museum Studies (Skill Set Certificate)

Folk Arts & Crafts Apprenticeship (1 yr Certificate)

Liberal Studies - Museum Studies Concentration (Associate of Arts Degree)

FOLK ARTS AND CRAFTS Apprenticeship

The Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center in collaboration with Pierpont Community and Technical College at Fairmont State University is pleased to present an exciting new Associate of Arts program in Folk Arts and Crafts Production and Marketing. By offering an emphasis in crafts production and marketing, persons who wish to promote the creation or sales of their own and others' products could gain both craft development skills and marketing savvy.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Current area economic trends indicate that heritage tourism, regional travel, craft marketing, historic preservation, and the general promotion of the region's natural resources (whitewater rafting, skiing, hiking, etc.) are not only the fastest growing segments of the economic base, but will also set the direction for future regional change and stability. Interest in traditional Folk Arts and Crafts has broad based appeal and can provide potential employment opportunities for individuals, in addition to an economic impact potential for the state and region.

Required Courses

Museum Studies (Skill Set Certificate) ..........................21 sem. Hrs.

FOLK 1100 INTRO TO MUSEUM STUDIES...............................................3
FOLK 1150 FOLK ARTS.............................................................................3
FOLK 2210 MUSEUM EDUCATION PROGRAMMING..................................3
FOLK 2220 MUSEUM COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT...............................3
FOLK 2230 MUSEUM EXHIBIT DESIGN & PREPARATION.........................3
FOLK 2240 MUSEUM INTERPRETATION...................................................3
FOLK 2995 MUSEUM INTERNSHIP............................................................3

Folk Arts & Crafts Apprenticeship  (1 yr Certificate) 31 sem. hrs

ACCT 1100 ACCOUNTING FUNDAMENTALS............................................3
BUSN 2250 SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT........................................3
ENGL 1104 WRITTEN ENGLISH I..............................................................3
FOLK 1110 CRAFT DESIGN & MARKETING..............................................3
FOLK 1150 FOLK ARTS............................................................................3
FOLK 2200 INTRO TO FOLKLORE............................................................4
FOLK 2295 CRAFTS APPRENTICESHIP....................................................9
INFO 1100 COMPUTER CONCEPTS & APPLICATIONS..............................3

Museum Studies Concentration ..................................65 SEM. HRS.

• Museum Studies................................................................21 SEM. HRS.
• General Education & Required Core..................................44 SEM. HRS.
ENGL 1104 WRITTEN ENGLISH I............................................................3
ENGL 1108 WRITTEN ENGLISH II...........................................................3
FINE ARTS GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVE (select one)...................3
                                                 ART, MUSI, OR THEA 1120
FOLK 2200 INTRODUCTION TO FOLKLORE..........................................3
GEOG 2210 INTRO TO GEOGRAPHY....................................................3
HIST 1108 US HISTORY II.......................................................................3
INFO 1100 COMPUTER CONCEPTS & APPLICATIONS............................3
ENGL 2230 Introduction to Literature I....................................................3
ENGL 2231 Introduction to Literature II....................................................3
MATH 1107 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS................................................3
SCIE 1210 SCIENCE IN THE HEART OF APPALACHIA.............................4
SCIE 1220 GEOLOGIC HERITAGE IN THE FIELD.......................................4
SOCY 1111 INTRO TO ANTHROPOLOGY...............................................3
COMM 2200 or 2201 or 2202 COMMUNICATION.....................................3