HIS 3575 - Public History: An Introduction to the Field (3)

When Offered: Fall
An upper-level undergraduate course examining and evaluating the types of work done by public historians. Students will evaluate history as it is presented in exhibits, documentaries, popular culture, and as tourism, among other formats. Students will also be introduced to the interdisciplinary skills and techniques employed by historians and other professionals working in historical agencies, universities, museums and historic sites, preservation, policy research, libraries and archives, cultural resources management, and the National Park Service.

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