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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog (Catalog goes into effect at the start of the Fall 2024 semester) 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog (Catalog goes into effect at the start of the Fall 2024 semester)

Museum and Gallery Management, Online Certificate


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Colleges  >  Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts  > Arts Leadership Program  > Museum and Gallery Management, Online Certificate

The Online Graduate Certificate in Museum and Gallery Management, offered through the MA in Arts Leadership Program, is an exclusive 12-credit, non-degree online synchronous program at the University of Houston. The program can be completed in one to three years and provides concentrated study in the business and administrative aspects of museum and gallery spaces. It is intended to serve as an addition to master’s and doctoral degrees for students who are interested in pursuing a career in the field. The program will combine academic and professional training for students preparing to be the next generation of museum and gallery leaders.

For more information, please visit the program page. 

Admission Requirements


Prospective UH Graduate Students must fulfill the below requirements:

  • A graduate degree from an accredited institution with an overall 3.0 (B) average on the last 60 hours of course credit
  • A completed UH Graduate School Application form, including:
    • A statement of interest in and preparation for the program
    • One (1) letter of recommendation
    • A resume of academic and work experience
    • Official transcripts from each college or university attended since highschool

Prospective UH Graduate Students must then submit the application form via email to acachia@uh.edu with MGM Graduate Certificate Application as the subject line.

  • Fall Application Deadline: August 1
  • Spring Application Deadline: December 1

Current UH Graduate Students applying for the online Graduate Certificate in Museum and Gallery Management Program must have completed a minimum of 9 graduate credit hours with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in a related field which can include (but is not limited to) art, art history, arts leadership, architecture, anthropology, education, history, music, theatre, dance, Spanish, social work, sociology, world cultures and literature.

Current UH Students must submit the application form to acachia@uh.edu with MGM Graduate Certificate Application as the subject line.

  • Application Deadline for Current UH Graduate Students: Rolling

Visit the program’s page for more information: https://uh.edu/kgmca/arts-leadership/academics/museum-gallery-management/

Certificate Requirements


Credit hours required for this certificate: 12.0

In order to receive the online Graduate Certificate in Museum and Gallery Management, certificate courses cannot double count between the certificate and any other graduate program on or off the UH campus. Individual courses can, however, be taken as elective courses in any UH graduate degree program. 12 credit hours from the following must be completed: (It is highly recommended that students take ARLD 6310 - Fundraising for the Arts and ARLD 6320 - Financial Management for the Arts if they have not already taken them in a previous degree or certificate track. All students must take the ARLD 6370 - Introduction to Museum and Gallery Management).

Required Course


Recommended Courses


It is recommended that students take the following courses if they have not already taken them in a previous degree or certificate track.

Course Electives


Other courses include:

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