Design, implementation, and reflection from an interdisciplinary course in museum studies

Access the online Pressbooks version of this introduction here. In Spring of 2023, I developed a special topics course titled Collection Material Handling to introduce students to museum management using Utah State University collections on the Logan, UT campus. The cross-listed upper-level course brought 16 USU students together from two disciplines: anthropology and natural sciences. The publication details how I used various learning theories to guide the creation of course content and how I structured and implemented activities in the classroom and in the collections. Examples of worksheets, activities, student feedback, and recommended improvements to assignments are provided. I encourage instructors to use these resources within current course offerings or implement their own versions of the course within and beyond the USU campuses.