Heritage Preservation, Graduate Certificate, Public History Track

Area 1: Public History Overview (2 Courses)

• HIST 7040 - Issues and Interpretation in Public History 3 Credit Hours
• HIST 8800 - Directed Study in Public History 3 Credit Hours

Area 2: Historical Foundations (2 Courses)

• HIST 6920 - Oral History 4 Credit Hours
• HIST 7000 - Introduction to Historical Methods and Theory 4 Credit Hours
• HIST 7010 - Issues and Interpretations in American History 4 Credit Hours
• HIST 8020 - Seminar in United States History in the Nineteenth Century 4 Credit Hours
• HIST 8030 - Seminar in United States History in the Twentieth Century 4 Credit Hours
• HIST 8060 - Seminar in the History of the South 4 Credit Hours
• HIST 8065 - History of Georgia 4 Credit Hours
• HIST 8070 - Seminar in African-American History 4 Credit Hours

Area 3: Public History Specialties (2 Courses)

Other courses may be approved by the director of the program.

Students must pass a general written examination.

• HIST 6940 - Administration and Use of Historical Archives 3 Credit Hours
• HIST 8720 - Museum Studies 3 Credit Hours
• HIST 8730 - Exhibit Planning and Production 3 Credit Hours
• HIST 8740 - Material Culture 3 Credit Hours
• HIST 8750 - Public History Education Planning and Practice 3 Credit Hours
• HIST 8760 - Heritage Tourism 3 Credit Hours
• HIST 8770 - Introduction to Digital History 3 to 4 Credit Hours