MA in Public History Overview

Following admission to the University of Houston, the Course of Study for the 30-hour MA in Public History (view in detail) includes:

• a two-semester survey of readings and applied research in public history
• a methodological specialty (such as oral history, historical editing, archives/records management, public policy, material culture, or historic preservation)
• courses in history of a major geographic area
• an internship
• a thesis
• competence in a foreign language (reading skill) or computer science