Northeastern University Public History

Northeastern University Department of History 249 Meserve Hall Boston, MA 02215 http://www.northeastern.edu/cssh/history/graduate/programs/ma-with-public-history-concentration/

Director(s): Marty Blatt; Victoria Cain [email protected] 617-373-2662

Program Description: The M.A. in Public History Program has existed since 1974. A combined undergraduate/graduate program, known as Plus One, has existed since 2004 and results in an M.A. in Public History. Students take courses and supervised fieldwork as part of their Public History graduate work. Over 500 students have graduated from the Public History Program and the great majority wishing to do so have found employment in the field. The university is exploring the possibility of offering a certificate in public history to World History Ph.D. graduates and other graduate students.

Degrees Offered: • M.A. in History with a Concentration in Public History

Program Strengths: Archival practices Public policy Historic Preservation Historical Administration Digital Humanities Material Culture Exhibition Development Museum Studies

How Many Students are Admitted Annually: BA: N/A MA:10 PhD: N/A

Financial Aid Available: Loans Scholarships Tuition Waiver

Deadline to Apply: February 15.

Credit Hour Requirement: 30.

Internship Requirement: Required. Individual students and faculty work to arrange internships.

Places Where Students Have Interned During the Past Three Years: • John F. Kennedy Presidential Library • Metropolitan Waterworks Museum

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• Norman Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library • Friends of the Public Garden and Boston Common • Digital Humanities Quarterly • USS Constitution Museum • Our Marathon Digital Archive • YMCA of Greater Boston • Boston Cultural Council • New England Quarterly • Plimouth Plantation • Massachusetts Historical Society • National Archives • Pilgrim Hall Museum • New England Jewish Historical Society • Black Cultural Archives, London • The Bostonian Society • National Park Service

Job Placement Assistance Offered: Active guidance, referrals, and references (many students find or continue employment with their fieldwork agencies).

Employers Who Have Hired Graduates from this Program within the Past Five Years: • John F. Kennedy Presidential Library • Boston Public Library • Forbes House Museum • Mystic Seaport Museum (Connecticut) • Hancock Shaker Village • Philadelphia Museum of Art • Peabody Essex Museum • McCormick Library (Pennsylvania) • Old North Foundation • New England Historical and Genealogical Society • Capitol Visitor Center (Washington, D.C.) • Historical Society of Pennsylvania • Church of the Latter-Day Saints (Utah) • Young Leadership Division at Combined Jewish Philanthropies • WGBH Boston • South End Historical Society (Boston) • Jewish War Veterans of the USA • Hagley Museum and Library • Facing History • National Air and Space Museum

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