The Certificate in Public and Oral History will train MA and PhD students in the methodology and practice of public history, focusing particularly on museums and oral history. Public history is a broad field that encompasses archives, museums, historical implementation, and historic preservation, among others. Oral history, which is often classified as a subsection of public history, is the methodology and practice of collecting recorded oral interviews that are historically contextualized and made available for researchers and others. This certificate emphasizes oral history and museum exhibits. 

This certificate is restricted to MA and PhD History majors, and MA in Interdisciplinary Studies majors who have a History concentration. 

Degree Plan 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
HIST 5302	Intro to Public History	3
HIST 5304	Studies in Public History	3
HIST 5390	Public History Internship	3
Three additional hours of graduate seminar or independent reading courses with public/oral history content, or Museum Studies courses taken for graduate credit		3
Total Hours		12