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Program checklist · Minor

Public History

Worcester State University · Worcester, MA

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Program
Award
Minor
CIP
54.0103
Total credits (published)
18-19
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The 18-credit Public History minor focuses on developing real-world skills and foundational theory and method to prepare students for careers in a variety of public history fields, including archives management, museum work, federal and state public history programs such as the National Park Service, historic preservation, interpretive historical sites, and cultural heritage management. Additionally, the minor will prepare students for graduate study in public history fields and library and information science. Undergraduate coursework in the Public History minor emphasizes best practices as well as exposure to related skills and contexts that serve diverse publics and the preservation of heritage in the form of texts, objects, buildings, and landscapes. The Public History minor is housed in the History and Political Science department, but it is an interdisciplinary minor with an integrated community-engaged practicum or internship experience. Over the course of the minor, students will construct a portfolio of their work. Courses must be from at least two disciplines (as reflected by the course prefix).
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
168430
CourseShelf checklist
CK_168430_2b16f4d0
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Program Requirements

65 items
  1. Core Courses
    Not resolved to a course
    6-7
  2. HI 243
  3. HI 445
    Public History Practicum
    As published: “Public History Practicum (3 credits of HI 440 may be substituted here, provided the internship is public-history oriented and approved by the advisor.)”
    or: HI-465 American Antiquarian Society Seminar
  4. Foundational Method and Theory Courses: Take 2 of the following courses
    Not resolved to a course
    6
  5. HI 287
  6. HI 321
  7. HI 324
  8. HI 385
  9. UR 315
  10. Skills and Applied Courses: Take 2 of the following courses
    Not resolved to a course
    6
  11. AR 118
  12. AR 225
  13. AR 285
  14. CD 100
  15. CD 120
  16. CD 121
  17. CH 215
  18. CM 151
  19. CM 160
  20. CM 206
  21. CM 240
    3
  22. CM 260
  23. CM 285
  24. CM 325
  25. CM 350
    3
  26. CM 359
    3
  27. CM 360
  28. CM 396
  29. CS 131
  30. CS 135
    Introduction to Programming
    As published: “Programming for Non-CS Majors”
  31. CS 140
    Object Oriented Programming
    As published: “Introduction to Programming”
  32. CS 265
  33. GS 165
  34. GS 318
  35. HI 217
  36. HI 227
  37. HI 283
  38. HI 310
  39. HI 328
  40. HI 440
    Internship in History
    As published: “Internship in History 1”
  41. LA 357
  42. MU 140
  43. MU 175
  44. MU 280
  45. MU 310
  46. PS 320
  47. PS 322
  48. PS 345
  49. PS 365
  50. PS 385
  51. SO 110
  52. SO 318
  53. SP 326
  54. SP 333
  55. TH 175
    3
  56. TH 235
  57. TH 263
  58. TH 270
  59. TH 271
  60. TH 272
  61. UR 270
  62. UR 275
  63. UR 285
  64. UR 312
  65. UR 380

Once the requirement of Foundational Methods has been satisfied, courses listed in that category may be used as electives in Skills and Applied Courses.

electives · 0 items

    Students are required to have a minimum of 3 credits of internship or practicum or 4 credits in HI 465.

    0 items

      Electives not in this list must be approved by a Public History advisor.

      electives · 0 items
        Source. Worcester State University, catalog 2026-2027 Catalog — https://catalog.worcester.edu/undergraduate/school-humanities-social-sciences/history/minor-public-history/. Captured page pages/0155.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.