Students
can earn a masters degree emphasizing public history—careers outside
the traditional classroom.
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Graduation Requirements
Prospective public history students should first apply through the College of Graduate Studies.
Once admitted,
students use the general requirements for the Master’s of Arts in History
as a foundation for their specialization.
These include History 598 (Historiography and Historical Method) in addition
to one of the following research courses:
The M.A. in history requires 36 semester hours of approved course work. Students in public history take 18 hours of traditional history classes and 18 hours of public history classes.
Each student
in history must demonstrate proficiency in at least one foreign language.
Proficiency is measured either by the successful completion (with a C or better)
of 14 hours in a single foreign language (either on the undergraduate or graduate
level) or by obtaining a passing score on a standardized foreign language
exam.
Students in the public history specialization may choose either thesis or
non-thesis options.
The following graduate-level courses are designed for students pursuing a specialization in public history. Faculty are experienced public historians active in their respective fields of expertise.
History 507—Public History Seminar: an examination of public history careers available for master’s level history graduates in areas outside of classroom teaching. This is a gateway course for all public history courses.
History 508—Museum Studies: an examination of the theory and practice of the multiple careers available to historians in museums, including curation, collections care, educational programming, exhibits, media relations, financial development, and construction and management of facilities.
History 509—Historic Preservation: an examination of historic preservation as an area of professional employment for historians.
History 510—Archival Principles and Practices: an examination of the principles and practices of archival management.
History 599—Practicum,
Field Problem, or Internship: supervised professional activities
in workplaces where historians find professional careers including museums,
historic preservation, cultural resource management, archival administration,
teaching, parks, oral history, corporate history, and editing and publishing.
May be repeated once for credit. Requires approval of instructor and department
head.
Public
History Coordinator
Department of Social Sciences
PO Box T-0660
Tarleton State University
Stephenville, Texas 76402
254-968-9021
EMAIL
Tarleton
State University is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer
and is committed to excellence through diversity.History
520—State and Local History
History 532—Selected Topics in American History
History 542—Selected Topics in European History
