M.A., Emphasis in Public History
Thesis Track (30 hours)
HIS530 - Historiography
HIS535 - Introduction to Public History
HIS590 - Thesis Writing (6 hours)
Public History Courses (12 hours) - choose from the following:
HIS536 - Topics in Public History
HIS570 - Collections Management
HIS581 - Seminar in Public History
HIS582 - Internship in Public History
HIS583 - Practicum in Public History
Other
United States to 1865 (3 hours)
United States since 1865 (3 hours)
Remedial or Additional Coursework as needed
Capstone (Thesis) Project Requirements
All public history students must complete a captstone project which will equal the traditional rigour of a thesis but allow the student to better demonstrate his or her skills in public history. Please contact the public history program directors, Dr. Perky Beisel and Dr. Paul Sandul, for further information and clarification about the capstone project requirements.
Why do we require this? Because going through the research, analysis, writing, and presentation aspects of a capstone project, including the often dreaded "thesis" section, demands students hone their skills as historians. An October 9, 2014 blog by Abby Curtin about her thesis project - a historic site's landscape interpretation plan - is an excellent example. In 2015 the National Council on Public History issued a guide for students about public history education, the Public History Navigator, that explains the rationale for a capstone project.
MA in Public History Syllabi - 5 Most Recent Offerings of each Course
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Course # |
Title (Topic) | Semester | Professor | Syllabi |
| HIST5330 | Historiography | |||
| Fall 2021 | HIST5330 | |||
| Fall 2020 | Lannen | HIST5330 | ||
| Fall 2019 | Lannen | HIS530 | ||
| Fall 2018 | Chakravarrty | HIS530 | ||
| Fall 2017 | Sandul | HIS530 | ||
| HIST5335 | Introduction to Public History | |||
| Fall 2020 | Sandul | HIST5335 | ||
| Fall 2018 | Beisel | HIS535 | ||
| Spring 2017 | Sandul | HIS535 | ||
| Fall 2015 | Beisel | HIS535 | ||
| Spring 2014 | Sandul | HIS535 | ||
| HIST5336 | Topics in Public History | |||
| Interpreting Texas History | Maymester 2019 | Beisel | HIS536- This was an "on the road" class! | |
| Memory | Spring 2018 | Sandul | HIS536 | |
| Non-Profit Management | Summer 2016 | Beisel | HIS536 | |
| Non-Profit Management | Fall 2014 | Beisel | HIS536 | |
| Historical Memory | Spring 2013 | Sandul | HIS536 | |
| Oral History | Summer 2010 | Sandul | HIS536 | |
| HIST5370 | Collections Management | |||
| Fall 2019 | Sandul | HIS570 | ||
| Fall 2017 | Beisel | HIS570 | ||
| Spring 2016 | Sandul | HIS570 | ||
| Fall 2013 | Beisel | HIS570, Bibliography | ||
| Spring 2012 | Sandul | HIS570 | ||
| HIST5381 | Seminar in Public History | |||
| Historic Preservation | Spring 2021 | Beisel | HIST5381 | |
| Non-Profit Management | Spring 2020 | Beisel | HIS581 | |
| Oral History | Spring 2019 | Sandul | HIS581 | |
| Historic Preservation | Fall 2016 | Beisel | HIS581 | |
| Oral History | Spring 2015 | Sandul | HIS581 | |
| Historic Preservation | Spring 2008 | Beisel | HIS581 | |
| Material Culture | Spring 2006 | Beisel | HIS581 | |
| HIST5382 | Internship in Public History | |||
| Cultural Landscapes of Nacogdoches | Summer 2013 | Beisel | HIS582 | |
| Houston Co. Cemeteries | Summer 2009 | Beisel | HIS582 | |
| HIST5383 | Practicum in Public History | |||
| Individual students' work is listed in the respective museums, archives, etc. where they completed the practicum. | ||||
| HIST5390 | Capstone Project | Graduated | Director | Title |
| Mary Tucker | August 2021 | Beisel | (Link coming soon: Gravegoods) | |
| Jacob Lee | August 2021 | Sandul | Early Photography in East Texas: An Exhibition | |
| Laura Turner | May 2021 | Beisel | Stories from Both Sides of the Hedge: A History of and Digital Exhibit for the National Hansen's Disease Museum | |
| Shelby Winthrop DeWitt | August 2020 | Beisel | Brewing History: How Local Option and Prohibition Altered the Texas Brewing Industry (and website) | |
| Jared McNeely | August 2020 | Beisel | A Beacon of Hope: African American Freemason, The Dawn of Light Lodge #79, and Archival Finding Aid | |
| Amanda Saylor | August 2019 | Sandul | Reputation versus Reality: An Oral History of Vidor, Texas | |
| Conor Herterich | August 2018 | Beisel | Design Guidelines: A Practical Guide to Preserving the Historic, Cultural, and Architectural Heritage of Gladewater, Texas | |
| Allison Grimes | May 2018 | Beisel | Remembering the Church in the Wildwood: The Archival Processing and Digitization of the Martinsville Baptist Church Collection | |
| Kendall Gay | August 2017 | Beisel | Design Plan for the Sawmill Town History Wing at the Texas Forestry Museum | |
| Kurt Terry | May 2017 | Sandul | Forgetting the Lynching of Jesse Washington: Manifestations of Memory and the "Waco Horror" | |
| Hayley Hasik | May 2017 | Sandul | "I'd Rather be Forgotten than Dishonored": An Oral and Life History Project with a Vietnam Veteran | |
| Joyce Pitts | Dec. 2016 | Sosebee | The Pickering Lumber Company: An Archival Processing Project | |
| Cody Stanley | August 2016 | Beisel | Albert Thomas: Space in the Bayou | |
| Jake McAdams | August 2013 | Sandul | Cowboy Churches & Oral History | |
| Misty Hurley | August 2013 | Beisel | Cemetery Preservation & Interpretation | |
| Natalie Bach-Prather | May 2013 | Beisel | Harrison County Historic Resources | |
| Lisa Bentley | May 2012 | Sandul | From Rotgut to White Lightening | |
| Stephen DeLear | August 2011 | Sandul | March! Civil Rights in Nacogdoches | |
| Kaitlin Wieseman | August 2011 | Beisel | Power-Heweston Colony: Interpretation | |
| Mary Alice Cook | May 2011 | Beisel | Company Doctors in Sawmill Towns | |
| Jennifer Brancato | August 2008 | Beisel | Material Culture at Durst-Taylor House | |
| Jason Fuqua | August 2007 | Beisel | Tea Drinking & Material Culture after 780 | |
Minor in Public History for Undergraduates
Undergraduates at SFASU have the opportunity to minor in Public History. This minor is open to all students, including majors in History.
| DEGREE PLAN - 18 HOURS | |||
| 3 hours, required | HIST 3308 Introduction to Public History | ||
| 3 hours, required | HIST 4465 Internship in Public History | ||
| 6 hours from: | HIST 3309 Local & Oral History | ||
| HIST 3311 Topics in Public History | |||
| HIST 4335 Historic Preservation & Cultural Resources Management | |||
| HIST 4336 Archives and Museums | |||
| 6 hours from: | Any 3000 or 4000-level History course (cannot be used for major) | ||
The specialized public history courses will be offered on a rotating schedule. Students may take the courses in any order and are not required to take Introduction to Pubic History first. The Internship is available all semesters by arrangement.
HIS308 - Introduction to Public History
| Semester | Professor | Syllabus |
| Spring 2017 | Beisel | HIS308 |
| Fall 2020 | Beisel | HIST 3308 and Calendar |
| Spring 2021 | Sandul | HIST 3309 |
| Fall 2021 | Sandul | HIST 4336 |
HIS465/HIST4365 - Internship in Public History (all undergraduate placements)
| Semester | Professor | Student | Partner Institution |
| Summer II 2018 | Beisel | Katie Irwin | East Texas Research Center |
| Summer II 2017 | Beisel | Laura Goodman | East Texas Research Center |
| Summer II 2017 | Beisel | Christina Tellez | Pasadena (TX) Heritage Museum |
| Spring 2017 | Beisel | Maria Mougridis | Heritage Center of Cherokee County |
| Spring 2020 | Beisel | Emily Hughes | City of Nac., Historic Sites Dept. |
| Fall 2020 | Beisel | Jayden Franke | Millard's Crossing Historic Village, Inc. |
| Summer 2021 | Beisel | Alissa Clark | Heritage Center of Cherokee County |
Here are a few pictures from Katie Irwin's processing of the Blount Collection for the ETRC in Summer II 2018.
