Minor Course Requirements
There are 24 semester hours required to complete the public history minor.
CORE REQUIREMENTS: (15 hours)
- HPub 230 Introduction to Public History
- HPub 300 Special Topics in Public History
- HPub 387 Internship in Public History
- ArtM 340 Museum Studies
Choose one of the following:
- Buad 200 Principles of Management
- Eng 251 Technical and Professional Writing
HISTORY REQUIREMENTS: (6 hours) Two of the following:
- Hist 202 Virginia History
- Hist 203 Women in American History
- Hist 211 US Colonial, 1500-1763
- Hist 212 US Revolutionary, 1763-1815
- Hist 213 US Democracy & Crisis, 1815-1877
- Hist 214 US America Comes of Age, 1877-1929
- Hist 216 US Global America, 1929-Present
- Hist 261 African American History to 1877
- Hist 262 African American History from 1877
ELECTIVES: (3 hours) One of the following:
- Comm 119 Introduction to Video Production
- Comm 231B Television Production Practicum
- Comm 255 Scriptwriting for Film and TV
- HISP 226 Historic Preservation
- POLS 213 US Presidency
HPub 230 Introduction to Public History examines the practice of history in museums, archives, business, media, parks, historical societies, and government agencies. You will be introduced to the theoretical and practical issues confronting public historians today. You will also explore the relationship between history and national, communal, and personal memory and the role politics can play in public history.
HPub 300 Special Topics in Public History is a seminar course which focuses on an aspect of the field of public history. You learn how to directly apply the research, analysis and writing skills of a historian in order to develop and complete a project which can benefit of an audience outside of traditional academia.
HPub 387 Internship in Public History allows students to earn credit while gaining practical experience. Internships consist of 150 hours of work in such areas as: cultural resource management, cultural tourism research, curatorial services and material culture, digital history educational programming, exhibit design, historical interpretation, and management of archives. Internships are set up individually based on student interests.