Public History Minor

Public History students will gain the ability to:

Define and explain public history, its relationship to the study of history, and how it is
utilized in multiple careers where history is made to work in the world.
• Effectively communicate history in a variety of ways to multiple audiences.
• Apply historical skills (research, writing, source analysis, etc.) to design and develop
public history projects.
• Analyze and evaluate various examples of public history.

10 credit hours that include:

Plus, 16 credit hours from at least 3 of the 4 following areas:

History majors should draw from the first three areas, while other majors should include the History Content area as one of their three.

Analysis and Writing:

GEO 101 - World Geography
ENV 201 - Contemporary Environmental Issues
HON 203 - The Battle for Public Memory
HIS 410 - Historical Methods and Analysis
IFS 170 - Introduction to Religion in the World
IS 101 - Introduction to International Studies
PS 211 - State and Local Government
PS 213 - The Presidency
SOC 105 - Cultural Anthropology
WRI 351 - Creative Non-Fiction
WRI 352 - Career Writing
WRI 357 - Writing the Natural World
**History majors should count HIS 410 toward their major, not the Public History minor.

Education & Presentation

ART 107 - Worlds of Art: Ideas and Images
ART 590 - Field Experience/Internship
ECE 352 - Social Studies PK-8
EDU 203 - Multicultural Education
EDU 205 - Gamification in Education and Beyond
EDU 450 - Teaching Areas of High Need
HIS 497 - Public History Practicum
HIS 590 - Field Experience/Internship
THE 101 - Introduction to Theatre
THE 102 - Introduction to Acting
THE 111 - Stagecraft I
THE 112 - Stagecraft II
**History majors counting any credits from HIS 590 or HIS 497 toward the internship requirement for the major, should not double-count those credits in the Public History minor. If a student takes multiple internships for credit and/or multiple sections of HIS 497, then a student could count some of their credits toward the history major and some toward the Public History minor.

Management & Media

History Content:

HIS 101 - Civilization to 1715
HIS 102 - Civilization since 1715
HIS 105 - America to 1877
HIS 106 - America since 1865
HIS 107 - Pennsylvania History
HIS 110 - History in the News
*Any other 100-, 200-, or 300-level HIS course