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Public History, Graduate Certificate

2022-2023 Edition

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The Graduate Certificate in Public History allows students to pursue an organized course of study in public history. Students have an opportunity to gain a knowledge of core methods and issues in the field of public history and are enabled to use public history approaches in their own research and work.

Public history is a well-established field of practice that marries academic research and methods to public applications and collaborations. Public historians typically work in museums, archives, historical societies, documentary film production, and social activism, though training in public history is useful to a wide variety of humanistic, social science, and legal fields. 

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Core Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
Issues and Methods
HIST 5237Issues and Methods in Public History4
Fieldwork
Complete the following (repeatable) course twice:4
HIST 8410
Fieldwork in History 1

Elective

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete one of the following:4
HIST 5241
Exhibits and Museums
HIST 7219
Topics in Cultural History
HIST 7250
Topics in Public History (Sites of Violence and Public Memory)
HIST 7250
Topics in Public History (Public History and Slavery)

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

12 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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