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HIST 311

Introduction to Public History

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeB+
Standard

Overview

Description

Issues and practice of researching and presenting history to general, educational, and professional audiences via writing for multiple audiences; mass and digital media; museums, memorials, historical sites, and markers; heritage tourism; new technologies; and other means.

Units

Lecture3

Learning Outcomes

  • describe key aspects of public history and explain current issues in the field.
  • employ iterative historical research and design processes in the execution of a collaborative public history project.
  • critically reflect on public historical and museological issues they encountered during the course of their collaborative public history project.