Public History Practicum

Undergraduate

This practicum provides students in the History program with the opportunity to apply learned concepts and theory to a practical setting and become further familiarized with an area of interest in Public History. Students will be placed in organizations in the Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent regions related to their area of interest in Public History (e.g., museums, historical societies, heritage sites, etc.), and will be expected to dedicate a total of 100 hours to both in-class and on-line learning, and practicum components of the course. The course is open to History majors only. (Prerequisites: HIST-4800 and minimum average in History courses of 75% or permission of instructor). (This is an experiential learning course.)