BA/MA Program in History AND Museum Studies
Students pursuing a BA in History may apply to the GW Museum Studies program in their junior year. As seniors, accepted students take two graduate classes in CMST over two semesters. These classes will apply to required undergraduate credits in History and to the 36-credit MA in Museum Studies. Students admitted through the process described below will then begin the Museum Studies MA program in the Fall semester after their Spring BA graduation, with 6 graduate credits (2 classes) already completed.
These classes are approved by History for credit in the major and must be taken in the senior year:
FALL: CMST 6701 Museum History and Theory OR CMST 6301 Curatorial Research OR 6307 Interpreting Historic Sites
SPRING: CMST 6306 Race, Gender, Sexuality and Museums
JUNIOR YEAR: APPLY by March 15.
- Fill out the application available here (scroll down) and submit to CCAS.
- Submit two letters of recommendation from undergraduate professors to CMST program head email.
There is no application fee. As in all Grad2Grad programs, no GRE would beis required, and students would receive a 10% discount for graduate credits.
SENIOR YEAR: Register for the approved classes.
FALL: CMST 6701 Museum History and Theory OR CMST 6301 Curatorial Research OR 6307 Interpreting Historic Sites
SPRING: CMST 6306 Race, Gender, Sexuality and Museums
Registration must be done through an RTF as the classes are restricted to graduate students. Please contact [email protected] to request assistance with the RTF.
Contact Information
For more information about the combined program, please contact
Museum Studies contact Professor Laura Schiavo: [email protected]
or History contact Professor Daniel Schwartz: [email protected]
For more information about the Museum Studies Program, see https://corcoran.gwu.edu/museum-studies.
For more information about combined programs at GW, see https://columbian.gwu.edu/combined-degree-programs.