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Bachelor of Arts in Public History

The baccalaureate degree in public history prepares students for careers in historic preservation as well as museum and archive management.

The public history degree requires forty eight (48) additional semester hours beyond the General Education requirements and the College of Arts and Humanities foreign language requirement.

General Education Required Courses

Public history majors are required to take six (6) hours of beginning foreign language courses or obtain the appropriate waiver for high school language study.

The fifty-four (54) semester hours required for the public history degree include:

Select nine (9) hours of Public History Core from the following list:

Curriculum

The matrix below is a sample plan for all coursework required for this program.

Fall Credits
GEOG Elective 3000-4000 level 3
Public History Core  6 3
HIST Elective 3000-4000 level 3
HIST 4153 History of Arkansas 3
HIST Electives  4
3
Total Hours 15
Spring Credits
Public History Core  6 3
HIST Elective  3
3
HIST Electives  4
6
Elective 3
Total Hours 15

Fall Credits
Public History Core  6 3
HIST Elective 3000-4000 level 3
HIST Elective  3
6
Electives 4
Total Hours 16
Spring Credits
HIST 4973 Internship 3
Electives  2 9
Total Hours 12

1See appropriate alternatives or substitutions in "General Education Requirements".
2At least 40 of the total hours required for graduation must be 3000-4000 level courses.
3HIST class must be in the sub-field of United States History.
4HIST class must be in the sub-field of European or World History.
5Must be in one language. Students may waive three hours of language requirement for every one year of language study in high school with grades of "C" or better.
6 HIST 4403 Interpretation/Education through Museum Methods/ MUSM 4403 /ANTH 4403 Interpretation/Education through Museum Methods, HIST 3223 Local and Oral History, HIST 3243 Archive and Manuscript Management, HIST 3273 Digital History, HIST 4293 Historic Preservation