HI 461: Public History

Program
Level
Undergraduate
Credits 3
This course is designed to give students an opportunity to develop & apply history-related marketable skills such as editing, archival and record management, preparation of documentaries, docu-dramas, exhibits and radio broadcasts, preservation (park services), genealogy, museology, oral history, and corporate research. Depending on student interest, several of these aspects will be developed using campus and off-campus facilities. Implicit in the practice of public history is strong ability in writing and research. Course may be taken on an individual or small-group basis with permission of the Division Director and is open to upper level History majors and concentrators.