Courses and Requirements 2011-2012

Requirements for the Public History Concentration

History majors may choose a five course Public History core for their major concentration. The following are the requirements for this five course core:

  • HST 224 Introduction to Public History
  • A History department-approved Public History internship (HST 224 as a pre-requisite)
  • Two of the following:
    • HST 118    Civil War and Reconstruction
    • HST 226    A Novel View of U.S. History
    • HST 227    Oral History
    • HST 265    The Museum: Theory and Practice (same as ANT 265)
    • HST 270    History of Latin American Popular Culture
    • HST 277T   Civil Rights Public History Miniterm
    • HST 278T   South Africa Miniterm
    • HST 324    Race in American Memory
    • HST 331    Representing America: United States History in Film
    • HST 481    World War II in Asia
  • One other relevant History course chosen from the previous list or in cooperation with Melinda Lawson

Requirements for the Public History Minor

Seven History courses or courses approved for Public History, including

  • At least one 300-level History course
  • HST 224 Introduction to Public History
  • A History department-approved Public History internship (HST 224 as a pre-requisite)
  • One of the following:
    • HST 118    Civil War and Reconstruction
    • HST 226    A Novel View of U.S. History
    • HST 227    Oral History
    • HST 265    The Museum: Theory and Practice (same as ANT 265)
    • HST 270    History of Latin American Popular Culture
    • HST 277T   Civil Rights Public History Miniterm
    • HST 278T   South Africa Miniterm
    • HST 324    Race in American Memory
    • HST 331    Representing America: United States History in Film
    • HST 481    World War II in Asia
  • One other history course chosen from the previous list or one course drawn from the following:
    • Any Art History Course
    • AVA 262    Real and Recorded Time
    • CSC 055    Working with the Web
    • MLT 200     Modern Chinese Literature
    • MLT 263     Nationalism and Empire: Russian Music and Art of the 19th Century
    • MLT 339     The Shoah in Film: Cinematic Treatments of Holocaust Trauma and Memory (also GER 339)
    • PSC 247     Politics and Film
    • PSC 260     Policy Making and American Society

If you think a course should count for the Public History Minor but is not listed here, contact Melinda Lawson.