Public History and Historic Preservation Minor

Faculty Contact:

Dr. Karcheik Sims-Alvarado (Assistant Professor)

Program overview:

The Public History and Historic Preservation minor assists students, belonging to various disciplines, how to strengthen their research and writing skills as well as expand the application of quantitative and qualitative data. Students learn the many aspects of public history and historic preservation practices, including collections care and management, museum education, historic site interpretation, exhibit design, historic preservation, museum administration, archives management, oral history, content development, and digital history.

Regardless of the disciple, students engage in discussions and exercises that build on the skills one learns as a scholar- effective research, contextual understanding, and critical analysis.

Student learning outcomes:

• Evaluating, assessing, and drawing meaning from primary sources, historical evidence, quantitative data, buildings, and material culture.
• Conducting original historical research, including asking historical questions and finding pertinent primary and secondary source materials in archival collections (both physical and online)
• Thinking critically and analytically about exhibiting research findings.

Department policies and/or General Education modifications:

• A grade of C or higher is required in all Public History and Historic Preservation courses for the minor to be considered satisfactorily complete.