National Council on Public History

Degrees Offered

• M.A. in History with a Certificate or Concentration in Public History
• Other

Program Strengths

• Digital Media
• Historic Preservation
• Local/Community History
• Material Culture

Credit Hour Requirements

36

How Many Students are Admitted Annually

MA6-10

Financial Aid Available

Teaching Assistantships
Research Assistantships
In-State Tuition Status
Scholarships

Internship Requirements

For graduate students, a six credit hour internship (240 total hours) is required prior to graduation. Undergraduate students are strongly encouraged, but not required, to take an internship for course credit. Public history faculty assist students in the internship location and contract process, and serve as designated academic supervisors for the duration of the internships.

Places Where Students Have Interned During the Past 3 Years

• National Park Service
• Digital Watauga (Boone, NC)
• Anne Belk University Library (Boone, NC)
• State Archives of North Carolina
• Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, OH
• Blowing Rock Art and History Museum, Blowing Rock, NC
• Chester County Historical Center (PA)
• NC Maritime Museum, Beaufort, NC
• Museum of Ashe County History, West Jefferson, NC

Job Placement Assistance

Career Center on campus can assist students; letters of recommendation and assistance reviewing job applications provided by public history faculty.

Employers Who Have Hired Graduates from this Program within the Past Five Years

• Blowing Rock Art and History Museum
• Town of Abingdon, Virginia
• National Park Service
• Soomo Publishing
• History Associates, Inc.
• Morris Museum of Art
• Great Smokey Mountains Heritage Center

Degrees Offered

• B.A. in Public History