Graduate Program in Public History Requirements
Public History Program Director
Dr. Jeffrey Mauck
Office: TMH-205
Email: jm81@txstate.edu
Phone: (512)245-2064
Master of Arts Degree with specialization in Public History :
36 hours of graduate history, or 30 hours of graduate history with an optional 6 hour cognate in a discipline approved by the director of graduate studies and the director of the Public History program.
3 hours United States historiography [5360]
3 hours The Practice of Public History [5371]
3 hours Internship [5374]
3 hours Public History Project [5377] (if possible)
9 - 12 hours of Elective Public History courses
9 - 15 hours of United States history seminars
6 hours outside cognate (optional, on approval, as indicated above)
Written or oral comprehensive examination
Public History Courses :
Normally, the program requires 18 hours in public history, including 15 hours of course work and 3 hours of internship. Among the course available are the following:
* Introduction to Public History
* Local and Community History
* Museum Studies and Material Culture
* Historic Preservation and Cultural Resource Management
* Topics in Public History (Topics vary: Archives and Records Management, Documentary Film, Historical Editing, and Oral History)
* Internship
Traditional History Courses :
The remaining 18 hours include course work in American history. Three hours in historiography are required, and the other 15 hours may be selected from a variety of courses, among them are topics in 18th, 19th and 20th century American history. These include women's history, African American history, Texas history, history of the American west, military history, cultural history, and history of Mexico.
A student may opt to have a 6-hour outside minor apply to 18 hours required in traditional history courses.
In lieu of a thesis, students will author or contribute project reports for their portfolios. Students may, however, choose to write a thesis after consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies and the Director of the Public History program.
The degree program concludes with an oral comprehensive exam.
Links :
Graduate Program in Public History
Additional Program Information :
Forms:
History Department Application for Graduate Studies
Graduate College Application
Additonal Graduate Student Forms
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Contact info: Department of History, Taylor Murphy History, Room 202. Phone- 512.245.2142 / Fax- 512.245.3043