Public History Program

Last Updated: February 7, 2023

300 Fraser Purchase Road

Latrobe, PA 15650

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Director(s)

Karen Kehoe
[email protected]
724-805-2734

Program Introduction

Established in 2004, the Public History Program offers a BA in Public History and a Minor in Public History that can be appended to any major. The program admits three to six students each year and has graduated approximately 20 students, who have gone on to work in public history institutions, nonprofits, colleges, and government agencies, and studied at the graduate level. The Public History Program provides students with historical knowledge and skill sets in research, historical interpretation, exhibit production, collections and archival management, oral history, and digital humanities. Additionally, a lower-credit second major in Digital Humanities is available to students looking to explore digital making, cultures, and inquiry.

Degrees Offered

  • B.A. in Public History
  • Other

Program Strengths

  • Publishing
  • Archival Practices
  • Digital Media
  • Historical Administration
  • Historical Archaeology
  • Local/Community History
  • Material Culture
  • Museum Studies
  • Oral History

How Many Students are Admitted Annually

BA3-6

Financial Aid Available

Saint Vincent College is proud to offer merit-based and need-based aid opportunities. The Financial Aid Office focuses on establishing aid eligibility, awarding scholarships, grants, loans, and employment opportunities from federal, state, private, and institutional sources to all eligible students.

Deadline To Apply

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis

Internship Requirements

A three-credit Internship in History is required for the BA in Public History and Minor in Public History. Internships are arranged by the student with the cooperation of the program director. Local opportunities for internships are available on an unpaid or paid basis.

Places Where Students Have Interned During the Past 3 Years

Westmoreland Historical Society

Westmoreland Museum of American Art

West Overton Village

Fort Ligonier

The Foster and Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery

Saint Vincent Monastery Archives

The Verostko Center for the Arts

Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall

Gettysburg National Battlefield

American Battlefield Trust

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

The British Museum

Smithsonian Institution

Heinz History Center

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

Westmoreland Historical Society

West Overton Village

Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill Archives

Arnold and Winnie Palmer Foundation

Community & Institutional Connections

The Foster and Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery

Saint Vincent Monastery Archives

The Verostko Center for the Arts

Fred Rogers Institute

Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve

Westmoreland Historical Society

Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill Archives