Program Overview

Public History Graduate Certificate Program

The graduate certificate program in Public History enables students to develop the analytical and interpretive tools of a graduate history education and to apply them in public practice. The certificate is earned with twelve credit hours. Six certificate credits can be used also to fulfill requirements for the master's degree in History.

Eligibility and Admission

• Current VT graduate students only
• Complete the Application for Graduate Certificate Program form

Program Details

• Faculty director: Dr. Anna Zeide, Interim Director of Public History
• College: Liberal Arts and Human Sciences

Course Credits Required to Earn Certificate

12 graduate credits

Core Courses

• HIST 5424: Public History (3 credits)
• HIST 5964: Field Study/Practicum (Internship) (3 credits)

Elective Courses

• Select one of the following history content courses:
  • HIST 5114 U.S. to 1877
  • HIST 5124 U.S. Since 1877
  • HIST/ASPT 5214 Topics in Global History
  • HIST 5224 Readings in African History
  • HIST 5934 Gender in U.S. History
  • HIST 5694 Amer Environ Hist
  • HIST 5414 Topics In Cultural History and Theory
  • HIST 5404 Science in Modern America
  • HIST 5205 Main Themes in the History of Science and Technology
  • HIST 5206 Main Themes in the History of Science and Technology
  • HIST 5194 Topics in African American History
• Select one of the following Public History courses:
  • HIST 5434 Oral History Methods
  • HIST 5444 Digital History Methods
  • HIST 5454 Topics in Public History
  • ASPT 6204 Topics of Interdisciplinary Frameworks in Soc, Pol, Eth and Cul Thought