Public History, Minor

Program Description

The Public History Minor combines history, management, education, communication, civic engagement, and marketing skills, all needed by staff and leaders at museums, historical sites, and in other cultural work. It will help prepare students to foster cultural revitalization in communities, work in philanthropy, and support corporate and non-profit archival and history programs. It will also prepare students to seek the Master's Degree in Public History. The minor's large variety of qualifying courses will invite students in many disciplines to consider doing meaningful civic work with a historical flavor.

Program Requirements

Requirements for the Minor 

A grade of C or better is required for all courses in the minor, as specified by Senate Policy 59-10. In addition, at least six credits of the minor must be unique from the prescribed courses required by a student's major(s).

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Prescribed Courses
Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better
HIST 112	Introduction to Public History	3
HIST 404	Advanced Public History	3
Additional Courses
Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better
Select 3 credits from each of the following four groups listed below. (At least three of these 12 units must be at the 400 level. Non-history majors may have prerequisites to support a 400-level course in their major that they can count for the Public History minor.)		12
History Group:
HIST 10	World History to 1500
HIST 11	World History since 1500
HIST 20	American Civilization to 1877
HIST 21	American Civilization Since 1877
HIST 161	The Battle of Gettysburg in American Historical Memory
HIST 495	Internship
Marketing and Communications Group:
CC 402	External Communication
ENGL 420	Writing for the Web
IST 250	Introduction to Web Design and Development
MGMT 215	Entrepreneurial Mindset
MKTG 301	Principles of Marketing
MKTG 310	Public Relations and Marketing
Management Group:
ACCTG 211	Financial and Managerial Accounting for Decision Making
BA 322	Negotiation Skills for Business Professionals
BA 421	Project Management
CIVCM 211N	Foundations: Civic and Community Engagement
MIS 204	Introduction to Management Information Systems
MGMT 301	Basic Management Concepts
Education Group:
EDPSY 14	Learning and Instruction
EDTHP 115	Education in American Society

Academic Advising

The objectives of the university's academic advising program are to help advisees identify and achieve their academic goals, to promote their intellectual discovery, and to encourage students to take advantage of both in-and out-of class educational opportunities in order that they become self-directed learners and decision makers.

Both advisers and advisees share responsibility for making the advising relationship succeed. By encouraging their advisees to become engaged in their education, to meet their educational goals, and to develop the habit of learning, advisers assume a significant educational role. The advisee's unit of enrollment will provide each advisee with a primary academic adviser, the information needed to plan the chosen program of study, and referrals to other specialized resources.

READ SENATE POLICY 32-00: ADVISING POLICY

Abington

Sharon Ann Holt
Assistant Teaching Professor
1600 Woodland Road
Abington, PA 19001
215-881-7989
sxh73@psu.edu

Contact

Abington

DIVISION OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
1600 Woodland Road
Abington, PA 19001
215-881-7807
sxh73@psu.edu

https://www.abington.psu.edu/academics/history/public-history