HIST 5540 - Public History: Theory and Practice

(3 credits)

Offers an intensive engagement of current and significant scholarship exploring questions, concepts, and issues of concern to academics and to professionals in various fields of public history, including museums, archives, historic preservation, heritage tourism, digital history, oral history, and cultural resource management. This course includes history and evolution of public history as a discipline, relationship between public history and academic history, practical experience in public history practice, and exploration of avenues for professional employment.

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