Public History Certificate
General Certificate Requirements
Additional requirements for graduation can be found on the Degree/Certificate Requirements for Graduation page.
Unless otherwise noted in individual program requirements, a minimum grade point average of 2.00 in all work attempted at the University of Montana-Missoula is required for graduation. Please see the Academic Policies and Procedures page for information on how your GPA is calculated.
Courses taken to satisfy the requirements of a major, minor, or certificate program must be completed with a grade of C- or better unless a higher grade is noted in the program requirements.
POST-SECONDARY CERTIFICATE - PUBLIC HISTORY
Course Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| Complete all of the following courses: | ||
| HSTA 275 | Making History Public | 3 |
| or HSTA 374 | Doing Local History: Missoula | |
| HSTR 398 | Public History Internship | 3 |
| or HSTR 370 | Practicing Oral History | |
| Electives 1 | ||
| Complete 6 credits of the following courses: | 6 | |
| Architectural History I | ||
| Architectural History II | ||
| History of Photography | ||
| Museum Studies Seminar | ||
| Internship | ||
| Public Anthropology | ||
| Anthropological Museology | ||
| Cultural Resource Management | ||
| Artifact Analysis | ||
| Archaeological Survey | ||
| Archaeological Field School | ||
| Field Experience/Practicum | ||
| Historic Preservation | ||
| Making History Public | ||
| Digital Worlds of Early America | ||
| Women in America: Colonial Period to Civil War | ||
| Women in America: From the Civil War to the Present | ||
| Doing Local History: Missoula | ||
| Alcohol in American History | ||
| Environmental History | ||
| Practicing Oral History | ||
| Public History Internship | ||
| Latin American Human Rights & Memory | ||
| Journalism and American Society | ||
| First Amendment and Media Law | ||
| Total Hours | 12 | |
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Three credits of electives must be taken within the History department. Substitutions, including independent studies or special offerings in public history, require approval of the Public History Coordinator.