As an undergraduate interested in a public-history career, you will want to balance depth in a field, era, or topic in which you are particularly interested with a broader knowledge base. Consider taking courses that will give you an introduction to parts of the public history jobs you might want. For example, work in a museum includes finances, grant writing, and speech-giving, as well as an understanding of material culture, mounting exhibitions, and various periods in history. All History and Art History courses will help because they will all provide the historical context necessary for the work of public historians. Those listed here specifically consider material culture.
Note: Not all courses listed here are offered every semester.
HIST 2840: Wonders of the World, Global History of Innovation
HIST 3040: Cultural Heritage of the Ancient World
HIST 3070: American Popular Culture
HIST 3200: History of Modern Europe
HIST 4490: U.S. Gilded Age, 1877-1901
HIST 4550: U.S. Civil War & Reconstruction Era
HIST 4610: The Rural South
HIST 4680: History of Rural America
HIST 4880: American Stuff, Colonial Times to the Present
AMD 2570: Museum Studies
AMD 3540: History of European & North American Dress
AMD 3560: History of 20th Century Fashion
AMD 2040: Textile Science
AMD 3620: Cultural Perspectives of Dress
ANTHR 3080: Archaeology
ARCH 3210: History of the American City
ARTID 2500: Fundamentals of Interior Design
COM S 1130: Introduction to Spreadsheets & Databases
CRP 4750: Grant Writing
ENGL 3090: Proposal & Report Writing
MGMT 4100: Social Entrepreneurship
PR 2200: Principles of Public Relations
PR 3050: Publicity Methods
RELIG 2050: Introduction to World Religions
RELIG 2420: History of Christianity: Beginnings to the Reformation
RELIG 2430: History of Christianity: The Reformation to the Present
RELIG 3280: Native American Religions
RELIG 3340: Africana Religions
RELIG 3390: Goddess Religions
RELIG 3520: Religions of India
THTRE 2550: Introduction to Theatrical Production
THTRE 3600: Stagecraft
ART H 2800: History of Art I
ART H 2810: History of Art II
ART H 2920: Introduction to Visual Culture Studies
ART H 2930: Origins & Evolution of Modern Design
ART H 3820: Art & Architecture of Asia
ART H 4810: Art & Architecture of India
ART H 4860: Art History Field Study
ART H 4870: Nineteenth-Century Art
ART H 4940: Women/Gender in Art
ART H 4970: Museum/Gallery Internship
CLST 2750: The Ancient City
CLST 3040: Cultural Heritage of the Ancient World
CLST 3760: Classical Archaeology
CLST 3760A: Classical Archeology: Bronze Age & Early Iron Age Greece
CLST 3760B: Classical Archeology: Archaic through Hellenistic Greece
CLST 3760C: Classical Archaeology: Roman Archaeology
CLST 3830: Greek & Roman Art
CLST 3940: The Archaeology of Greece: An Introduction