MASTER OF ARTS IN
CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The challenges of the 21ST century and the expansion of heritage tourism worldwide, have increased the need for forward thinking management and preservation strategies. With a focus on emergent technology and its impact on conservation, preservation, and engagement, together with integrated approaches to management, and community and stakeholder partnerships, Johns Hopkins University offers an innovative, online graduate program in Cultural Heritage Management. We embrace an inclusive definition of heritage beyond sites, monuments, and artifacts, to
ONLINE CLASSES
The program is almost fully online. Students take nine online courses and one two-week onsite seminar in a national or international location arranged by the program. Classes are offered as asynchronous learning experiences, allowing maximum flexibility in a student’s schedule. The Internet is used to its full potential, and learning is enhanced through the most up-todate web-based tools for design, collaboration,
NETWORK
As an online program, we offer students valuable opportunities to meet heritage professionals from around the world. We build a community within the program through social media tools and a virtual cafĂŠ, where students meet others in the program, find internship and job announcements, and learn about relevant conferences and events.
include full landscapes, environments, and intangible heritage. This degree program immerses students in a broad context of cultural heritage issues, including social, environmental, and economic trends, and provides them with the qualifications needed to assume leadership and management roles in the cultural heritage sector. The program trains leaders in the field to embrace our shared humanity and heritage in order to advance its interpretation, documentation, preservation, and management for the betterment of a global society.
conferencing, and community building. Classes are kept small to encourage active engagement and community among fellow students and faculty. The interdisciplinary nature and international focus and concern of Cultural Heritage lends itself well to the online format where domestic and international students will have the opportunity to learn together.
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APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Please visit advanced.jhu.edu/heritage for a complete list of application requirements.
PROGRAM OF STUDY
Required Courses (3): » 460.702 Studies in World Heritage » 460.704 Cultural Heritage Management/ Leadership Core Courses (select 3 of 5): » 460.707 Reading the Landscape: Cultural Heritage at Scale » 460.710 Protection of Global Cultural Heritage: Laws, Policies, Politics, and Advocacy » 460.730 Heritage and Representation: Approaches to Interpretation and Outreach
» 460.708 (Onsite Seminar) Reading the City: A Case Study in Urban Heritage
» 460.732 Engaging Communities in Heritage: Ownership, Stewardship, Sustainability, and Creative Cultural Expression » 460.740 Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age
*Once core course requirements are satisfied any additional core courses may count toward elective course requirements.
Sample Elective courses (select 4): » 460.706 Research Methods in Cultural Heritage » 460.712 Cultural Resource Management and Methods » 460.714 Culture as Catalyst for Sustainable Economic Development
» 460.716 Cultural Heritage Risk Management and Security » 460.734 Heritage Tourism » 460.780 Internship
Students may also take courses from the MA in Museum Studies and Certificate in Digital Curation as electives with approval from the Program Director of each degree.
FINANCIAL AID
Office of Student Financial Services can provide assistance with: » Understanding the eligibility for federal » For more information, please visit: student aid advanced.jhu.edu/finaid or email aapfinaid@jhu.edu » Determining your federal loan options » Completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
FOR MORE INFORMATION
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