Concentration in Public History

Concentration in Public History	Credit Hours
Required Courses	21
HIST 7630 Historian’s Craft	3
HIST 7651 Graduate Seminar in Public History	3
HIST 7638 Research Prospectus*	3
HIST 7781 Professional Internship in Public History**	3
HIST 7900 Non-Thesis Project in Public History***	3
(2)       7000 level Graduate Reading Seminars****	6
Electives	12
4 public history elective courses (at the 5000 level or above)	12
Total	33

* Students who enter the MA program with a concentration in Public History after having completed the Graduate Certificate in Public History will substitute an additional Reading Seminar for Research Prospectus.

** Internships are 150 hours.

*** This course concludes with a 6,000 – 10,000 word technical report on the final project that is defended orally before a committee. With the permission of the Director of Graduate Studies this course may be completed simultaneously with the Professional Internship in History.

**** One seminar must be outside the candidate’s field of concentration.

 

Other Program Requirements

• The student must also pass a reading-knowledge examination in an appropriate foreign language. (Prior completion of coursework in a foreign language through the fourth semester at the intermediate level with a grade of C or better shall exempt students from the foreign language exam.)
• The student must also pass an oral defense of either the thesis, the non-thesis project, or the non-thesis project in public history.
• Two elective course may be taken outside the Department of History.

General Requirements

• The College of Graduate Studies limits independent study to 6 credits.

Advisement

College of Arts and Humanities

Department of History Director of Graduate Studies Georgia Southern University P.O. Box 8054

Statesboro, GA 30460 phone 912-478-4478 fax 912-478-0377

website: https://cah.georgiasouthern.edu/history/

Dr. Alan Downs Director, Graduate Studies Department of History P.O. Box 8054 Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460-8054 Phone: 912-478-0242 (acdowns@georgiasouthern.edu)
Dr. Michael Van Wagenen Public History Coordinator Department of History P.O. Box 8054 Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460-8054 Phone: 912-478-5862 (mvanwagenen@georgiasouthern.edu)	Dr. Christoper Hendricks Graduate Adviser, Armstrong Campus Department of History Hawes Hall, 106B 11935 Abercorn Street Savannah, GA 31419-1997 Phone: 921-344-2763 (chendricks@georgiasouthern.edu)

Last updated: 3/30/2022