研究领域
职业前景
预计区域增长
结果
  • 收藏管理器
  • 社区发展
  • 文化资源管理(CRM)
  • 教育家
  • 图书管理员
  • 博物馆技术员
  • 非营利组织管理
  • 口述历史学家
  • 项目经理

对于那些

对“做”历史感兴趣. Are interested in preserving history and educating the public. 

寻找

Courses that provide a strong foundation in history and introduces students to the archival and museum fields. 这是一个独特的项目,在中西部地区发现. 

成为

  • 档案管理员
  • 政府服务
  • 格兰特的作家
  • 历史保护主义者
  • 博物馆馆长

这个项目

本专业核心课程为51学分, which consists of a well-integrated combination of courses designed to provide students with training in history and in the specific field of public history. The goal of the program is to provide a structured framework of courses and allowance for some flexibility to reflect personal interests. The public history major provides students with a solid foundation in history content and methodology and introduces them to the sub-fields of public history. A crucial part of the program is an approved internship of nine credit hours at a historical agency, often at local 博物馆 such as Bonanzaville in West Fargo or the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead, 明尼苏达州. The internship is an opportunity for practical, on-the-job experience in public history.

职业发展机会

Recent graduates in public history are employed at the State Historical Society of North Dakota, 国家公园管理局, and at regional county 博物馆 and historic sites. 目前,美国.S. 劳工部 predicts that openings at public history sites is “projected to grow 9 percent from 2018 to 2028, 高于所有职业的平均水平.” Further information on career opportunities can be found in the 职业展望手册 由联合国出版.S. 劳工部. Some students decide to pursue further graduate study after completing a public history degree at NDSU. Several of our recent graduates have been admitted to leading graduate public history programs such as the Cooperstown Museum Studies Program and Middle Tennessee State University.

课程

Students begin with 9 to 15 credits at the 100-200 level to provide a foundation for their later work. Public history courses at the 200 level may be used to meet this requirement. 为期一年的美国调查课程.S. history and Western Civilization are provided to give students a basic knowledge of the history of the United States and of the wider cultural heritage of the western world. 完成100-200级课程后, students complete a course on historical research and writing. 在初级或高级水平, 学生们用美语学习一系列的课程, 欧洲, 和世界历史. These courses provide students with in-depth historical content. 博物馆藏品管理课程, 数字的历史, and public memory and memorialization are also required. The resources of the North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies at the NDSU Archives are used in these classes. Three to nine more credits of history at the junior or senior level are required to gain further historical knowledge; these courses are chosen after consultation with an advisor. A three-credit senior seminar is required of all history majors as a capstone experience.

公共历史导论等课程, 博物馆研究, 收藏管理, and 数字的历史 are designed to instill knowledge of specific areas in public history. The introduction to public history course provides an overview of the field and an opportunity to create a public history project. The 博物馆研究 course familiarizes students with the theory and practice of museum work and provides experience creating an exhibit. The 收藏管理 course focuses on the care and management of museum collections. These courses and the required historical content courses provide students with an understanding of cultural, 政治, social and economic changes through time and teach students how to craft an interpretation of those changes.

Finally, a nine-credit internship provides practical experience in the field of public history. The State Historical Society of North Dakota (and other local and regional historical agencies) provide opportunities in areas such as 收藏管理, 档案工作, 历史编辑, 历史保护, 以及对历史遗迹的解读.