Sample Course of Study:  30 hours required for graduation

Core requirements [21 hours]

HST 500       Historiography and Methodology                              3 hrs.

HST 570       Introduction to Public History                                       3 hrs.

HST 573       Seminar in Public History     (changing  topics)          3 hrs.  [may repeat/different topic]

HST 5xx         Graduate History Seminar      (changing topics)         3 hrs.  [may repeat/different topic]

HST 580         Topics in Public History                                                3 hrs.  [may repeat/different topic]

HST 598        Internship                                                                3 hrs.

HST 599        Thesis                                                                         3+ hrs. [total hours vary by project]

Electives                  [9 hours]

 HST 507          Advanced Field Training in Archaeology                3 hrs.

HST 508           Historical Archaeology                                           3 hrs.

HST 591             Directed Independent Study                     3-6 hrs [repeat with different faculty]

NON HISTORY ELECTIVES                                  3-6 hrs. [approved by Graduate Coordinator]                                              

Public History Thesis

    Each student in the Public History concentration is required to complete a thesis project in a public history field specialty and to produce a final scholarly product acceptable to all members of the student's departmental committee.  The project, developed in consultation with the student’s advisor,  may or may not relate directly to the  internship.  As the student’s original contribution to the field of public history, the thesis must integrating primary research with public interpretation.  Students may utilize traditional written formats or may adopt alternative presentation forms such as exhibitions, preservation master plans and nominations, community and corporate histories, cultural resource management studies, oral histories, documentary film and video, webpages, etc.  The thesis must locate the public history project within the relevant historiography and professional literature and provide analytic perspective on pertinent interpretive issues.  The student must satisfactorily defend the thesis in a public session including the department committee and a faculty member outside the discipline (appointed by the Graduate School).  The thesis must conform to all Graduate School regulations for preparation and deadlines