Northeastern University Public History

Northeastern University Department of History 249 Meserve Hall Boston, MA 02115 USA http://www.neu.edu

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

Program Description: The Master’s level program has existed since 1974; the Public History methodological track in our Global Ph.D. program since 1996. A Public History undergraduate concentration has existed since 1990; a combined undergraduate/graduate Public History concentration since 2004; a non-degree graduate certificate program since 1988. The programs are generalist. Students take courses and supervised fieldwork as part of their History degree and receive a Public History undergraduate concentration or graduate concentration. Approximately 900 students have graduated from these programs and most of those wishing to do so have found employment in the field.

Degrees Offered: • B.A. in History with a Concentration in Financial Aid Available: Loans Public History Assistantships • Combined Bachelor’s/Master of Arts Scholarships (“Double with a Certificate or Concentration in Husky” Scholarships for NU grads) Public History Tuition Waiver • M.A. in History with a Certificate or Concentration in Public History Deadline to Apply: Ph.D: January 10; Master’s: • Ph.D. in History with a Certificate or February 1 Concentration in Public History • Non-Degree Graduate Certificate in Credit Hour Requirement: 32 for M.A with 16 in Public History Public History

Program Strengths: Internship Requirement: Required. Individual • Archival Practices students and faculty work to arrange • Business internships. • Digital Methodology Places Where Students Have Interned During • Film and Media the Past Three Years: • Historical Administration • Massachusetts Historical Society • Historic Preservation • John F. Kennedy Presidential Library • Material Cultural Studies • National Archives • Museum Studies • Pilgrim Hall Museum • How Many Students are Admitted Annually: New England Quarterly BA: N/A MA: 15 PhD: 6 • U.S.S. Constitution Museum • New England Jewish Historical Society

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• Black Cultural Archives, London • Bostonian Society • National Park Service

Job Placement Assistance Offered: 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

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