HIST3496 — Intl Fld Work Abroad
This course will introduce students to the methods used in Public History in an international setting. 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. Examples 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: instructor consent; Study Abroad Office consent required.