公共历史证书

BGSU的 博天堂官方网站生 Certificate Program in 公共历史 offers advanced graduate training for professionals in the public history profession. The program is practical and career-focused in its design, featuring courses in historical museum management, 博物馆学, 当地的历史, 档案管理, and preservation studies taught by academic specialists in these topics and by expert practitioners in the field of public history/historical museum management. The program of study is capped by an internship experience to give students actual hands-on experience in the field.

入学要求

学生 who wish to be admitted to the graduate certificate program in 公共历史 must meet at least one of the following requirements:

Be enrolled in an appropriate graduate program at BGSU (历史, ACS, 或其他相关领域), 应届毕业生的平均绩点是3分.0或更高.

或者，对于独立证书:

Hold a bachelor degree in an appropriate field of study (历史, 美国博天堂官方网站, 或其他相关领域).最低平均绩点为0，或
Have already completed a graduate degree in an appropriate area of study.

申请过程

学生 currently enrolled in a BGSU graduate program who wish to add the 博天堂官方网站生公共历史证书 to their degree program should contact the 历史 Department 博天堂官方网站生 Coordinator.

学生 interested in the stand-alone certificate must submit the BGSU 博天堂官方网站生 College Online Application 对入学.

In addition to the application required by the 博天堂官方网站生 College, applicants to the certificate program must submit the following materials with the online application:

One letter of recommendation from a recent instructor, 雇主, or other individual qualified to evaluate probable success in the program
A personal statement of intent indicating the purpose for enrolling in the program and outlining career goals (2-3 pages). Careful attention is given to these materials.

完成学位的时间

The graduate certificate in 公共历史 must be completed within six years from the semester date that the first course is taken. The certificate is awarded upon the completion of all degree requirements, including the internship. The graduate certificate in 公共历史 will appear on the student’s official transcript.

证书的要求

The certificate program consists of 14 to 15 academic credit hours of work. These must include 12 hours of course work (described below) plus two to three hours of approved internship credit as a capstone experience in the completion of the graduate certificate program. The program of course work includes one required course, which is typically offered during the Spring semester of each academic year:

HIST/ACS 6510 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HISTORY (3 HRS)

The program of study also includes a requirement that students successfully complete any three of the following courses:

历史6100本地历史(3小时)
Hist 6540博物馆学(3小时)
HIST 6560 ARCHIVES ADMINISTRATION (3 HRS)
HIST/ACS 6570 HISTORICAL SOCIETY ADMINISTRATION (3 HRS)
HIST/ACS 6760 SEMINAR (For appropriate topics) (3 HRS)

Other relevant courses may be substituted with the written approval of the certificate program faculty committee.

最后, the program includes a requirement that students successfully complete a capstone internship, to be arranged with the graduate directors of the 历史/ACS programs at an approved historical museum, 历史学会, or other professionally appropriate worksite.

ACS 6890/7890 or HIST 6880 INTERNSHIP (2-3 HRS)

The internship will normally be taken during the second year of study in the graduate certificate program, following the completion of all course work for the certificate, but may be taken somewhat earlier in the certificate program as circumstances dictate and with the approval of the graduate director of the ACS or 历史 program. BGSU requires that for each hour of academic internship credit, students must complete 45 hours of supervised on-site work.