Public and Digital History. ((3 Credits))

Catalog description

Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing Introduces the disciplines of public history and digital history, including methodology and literature. Exposes students to the major fields in public history, and identifies career opportunities. Covers the tools of public history, such as archives, special collections, oral histories, photographs, documents, journals, museum exhibitions. Emphasizes new digital techniques for collection, preservation, and presentation of primary sources. Teaches skills such as analyzing, interpreting, and communicating historical data for the public and by digital means. Discusses the professional and ethical dimensions of public history.