Minor in Public History and Museum Studies

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Minor in Public History and Museum Studies

(Also open to History majors)

Students must complete 6 courses and a minimum of 20 units, with a Pacific minor grade point average of 2.0 in order to earn the minor in public history and museum studies.

Minor Requirements:

HIST 070Historical Imagination4
HIST 160The Capstone (Pacific History Seminar)4
HIST 080Digital Narratives4
HIST 187Internship2-4
Electives
Select two of the following:6-8
Independent Study (of an approved public history field)
An approved HIST course from existing listings and that includes a public history project such as:
History of the Holocaust
Civil War Era
American Immigration
Women in United States History
Women in Time and Place
American Environmental History
His-panic USA
Southeast Asia and the West
Contemporary China
People's History of Mexico
Gender in the History of Science/Medicine/Technology
Documentary Film as Persuasive Communication

 Notes: 1) 10 units must be completed at Pacific. 2) Special Topics courses may satisfy elective requirements with departmental approval.