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Department of Humanities

Dr. Thomas Leary, Certificate Director
530 DeBartolo Hall
(330) 941-1611
teleary@ysu.edu

Certificate Description

The certificate in applied history is designed both to give students a grounding in American history and historical research at the graduate level and to introduce them to ideas and techniques useful in the field. Students earning the certificate may find work with state or local preservation groups, museums, or government agen­cies. Students choose from among three possible tracks described below.

Admission Requirements

Applicants for this graduate certificate must meet the requirements for admission to the College of Graduate Studies at YSU.

COURSE TITLE S.H.
Select one of the following tracks:18
Track I: History Preservation
HIST 5806
American Architectural History 1
HIST 5807
American Architectural History 2
HIST 5810
Conservation of the Historic Built Environment
HIST 6942
Applied History
HIST 6943
Practicum in Applied History
HIST 6944
Applied History Internship
Track II: Museum Studies
HIST 6941
American Material Culture
HIST 6942
Applied History
HIST 6943
Practicum in Applied History
HIST 6944
Applied History Internship
HIST 6955
Museum Curation and Interpretation 1
HIST 6956
Museum Curation and Interpretation 2
Track III: Applied History Sequence
HIST 5806
American Architectural History 1
HIST 6940
Oral History
HIST 6941
American Material Culture
HIST 6942
Applied History
HIST 6944
Applied History Internship
HIST 6946
Historical Editing
Total Semester Hours18

Learning Outcomes:

Students will demonstrate the ability to translate traditional historical scholarship into media meant primarily for non-academic audiences