HIST3096 — Fieldwork in Public History
This course will introduce students to the methods used in Public History. Public History is defined as the interaction of the non-academic public and the fields of Museum Studies, Historic Preservation, Cultural Resource Management, Heritage Tourism, and Popular History. The focus of the project to be completed will change each time the course is offered. Example of projects to be completed during the course are: Interpretive Plan for a historic district, historic survey of a neighborhood, archival research, artifact cataloging and analysis at a local museum, pedestrian survey of a historic site, archaeological excavation/evaluation of a historic site, feasibility study for a local museum, and designing an interpretive display for a historic resource. pre-req: department consent