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Public History M.A. Handbook‌ MASTER OF ARTS Graduate Student IN PUBLIC HISTORY Handbook Assembled by Director of Public History Department of History The departmental policies and guidelines described in this handbook supplement university policies and academic regulations, as articulated in the Graduate Catalog Table of Contents Introduction 1 Administration 1 Director of Graduate Programs 1 Director of Public History 1 Graduate Student Services Assistant 1 How Do I Address a Professor? 1 Faculty 1 Professors 1 Emerti Faculty 2 Special Faculty 2 Inter-institutional Faculty 2 Faculty Fields 2 Curriculum 3 Admission with Transfer Credits 3 Registration and Residence Requirements 3 Types of Courses 3 Internship 3 Colloquia in History 4 Research Seminar in Public History 4 Teaching Seminars 4 Inter-institutional Courses 4 Dual-level Classes 4 Fields of Study 4 Public History Field 4 History Field 4 Non-Thesis Option 4 Thesis Option 5 Graduate Plan of Work 6 Grades 6 Incomplete Grades 6 Support for Conference Travel and Research 7 Portfolio 7 Putting the Portfolio Together 7 Portfolio Defense 7 What to Expect in Orals 8 Thesis Option 8 Thesis Defense 8 Thesis Filing 9 Graduation 10 Teaching 10 Working with Faculty Supervisor 10 University Teacher Training 10 Fundamentals in Teaching 10 Certificate of Accomplishment in Teaching 11 Appendix A: Curriculum Checklist 12 Appendix B: HI 642 Internship 13 i Introduction This handbook is designed to help students navigate the HOW DO I ADDRESS A master’s program in Public History, its degree requirements, PROFESSOR? and life in the History Department. Importantly, if you ever have questions unanswered in this handbook, the Director of Public History is always available as a resource to you. If you are unacquainted with a faculty member, Administration you almost never will go wrong by addressing him The Director of Graduate Programs administers the or her as “Professor department’s graduate program: the MA in History, the MA in LastName.” Some faculty Public History, and the PhD in Public History. The DGP find “Doctor LastName” coordinates the functions of the Graduate Committee, too formal or pretentious, supervises graduate teaching assistants, and has signatory and “FirstName” familiar power over graduate admissions, waivers of requirements, and presumptuous. leaves of absence, examination committees, and various forms “Professor” is a safe, from the Graduate School. Students should consult with the happy medium that you DGP about questions which are not answered by the Graduate can generally rely upon, School catalog or problems they may encounter in the until individuals indicate program. that they would prefer to be addressed in a The Director of Public History oversees the academic different way. aspects of the MA and PhD programs in Public History. The DPH advises all Public History master’s students, assists Just as in conversation, students in selecting examination committees, and monitors when writing to a students’ progress toward their degrees. Students consult with professor with whom you the DPH on curriculum, portfolio and/or thesis schedules, and are unacquainted, or other issues concerning degree requirements. barely acquainted, for the first time, you’re pretty The Graduate Administrative Assistant provides support safe with “Professor for the graduate program, assisting the DGP and the DPH in LastName.” Once the monitoring students’ progress toward their degrees, providing professor replies, you can information about departmental and Graduate School policies generally gauge the most and procedures, and scheduling defenses and exams. appropriate future form of address based upon The Thesis Adviser is the chair of the student’s thesis how your correspondent committee, if a student opts to write a thesis. For those has signed his or her own pursuing the thesis option, by the end of the first year of e-mail reply. coursework, they should select a member of the Public History faculty as thesis adviser. The adviser must be a member of the * * * graduate faculty (a status endowed by the Graduate School). Excerpted from Nate Professors are faculty who are entitled to direct graduate Kreuter, “Doctor, Professor, work, serve as members of examination and thesis or ‘Hey, You’?” Inside committees, and chair those committees. Associate and Full Higher Ed, 3 June 2011, Professors have tenure (permanent appointment). Assistant https://www.insidehighered Professors are in the early stages of their academic careers and .com/advice/2011/06/03/d do not have permanent appointment yet. They are reviewed for octor-professor-or-hey-you tenure during the sixth year of employment. All faculty whose academic appointment includes the title “professor” may be 1 called by that title. Other teaching faculty, such as special faculty, are often called “professor” in common parlance, although technically they are not. Emerti Faculty have retired from regular faculty duties but may continue to teach for a limited period of time. They cannot serve as primary advisors for students new to the program, although they may serve on examination and thesis committees. Special Faculty are temporary and visiting faculty. They may teach graduate courses, but they may serve on examination and thesis committees only as external members. Inter-institutional Faculty from Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC Central, or UNC-Greensboro who already have graduate faculty status at their institutions may sit on examination and thesis committees. They may not, however, serve as a chair. Faculty Fields All faculty teach history courses. Public History specializations are indicated in italics. Ross Bassett: modern US, technology Matthew Booker: modern US, environmental Katherine Mellen Charron: modern US, gender & race, public memory Megan Cherry: colonial America, colonial Fredericko Freitas: Latin America, digital history Craig Friend: early America, gender, public memory, family & community studies David Gilmartin: South Asia Tammy Gordon: modern US, international public history, education & evaluation Ebony Jones: African diaspora, comparative slavery and abolition Owen Kalinga: Africa Verena Kasper-Marienberg: early modern Europe, Jewish studies, museum studies Blair LM Kelley: African American, oral history Judy Kertész: Native American, early America, museum studies, material culture Akram Khater: migration and diaspora, gender, Arab-American Mimi Kim: science and technology Will Kimler: science, biology Susanna Lee: Civil War & Reconstruction Keith Luria: early modern France Alicia McGill: Latin America, cultural heritage, cultural resources management Julie Mell: medieval Europe, Jewish history Nancy Mitchell: modern US, foreign relations Thomas Parker: ancient Near East, Rome Tate Paulette: Mesopotamia, ancient Near East Julia Rudolph: early modern Britain, legal history Brent Sirota: early modern Britain Noah Strote: modern Europe, Germany Steven Vincent: modern Europe, France David Zonderman: modern US, labor, museum studies 2 Curriculum The master’s program in Public History is designed to train historians for careers in public venues, with courses selected from groups embracing a primary field in Public History and a minor field in History. Admission with Transfer Credits: Students who have taken graduate-level courses elsewhere or as non-degree students at NCSU may request the Graduate Committee to review and consider those courses towards credit in the master’s program. No more than twelve credit hours may be brought into the program. Registration and Residence Requirements: Students may enroll in most classes themselves through MyPack Portal. Students must see the Graduate Administrative Assistant to submit paperwork for restricted classes like HI 599: Independent Study and inter-institutional classes. The History Department considers nine hours a full load. Students on the Graduate Student Support Plan (GSSP) must be full-time students. NCSU enforces a continuous registration policy. After students are admitted to the Graduate School and enroll for the first time, they are required to be enrolled each semester excluding summer sessions until they have either graduated or terminated the program. In cases of emergency, leaves of absence may be requested for one semester or one academic year, arranged with the DPH and approved by the DGP. A leave of absence does not stop the six-year “clock” for students to complete the master’s degree. In all cases, students must be registered in the semester they defend their portfolios or theses and intend to graduate. Types of Courses: While there may be an occasional change, typically Public History courses will be taught on the following rotation: Even Falls Odd Springs Odd Falls Even Springs HI 596: Introduction HI 589: HI 596: Introduction HI 533: Oral History to Public History Interpretation at to Public History Hist. Sites & Parks HI 591: Museum HI 593: Material HI 591: Museum HI 593: Material Studies Culture Studies Culture HI 594: Cultural HI 594: Cultural HI 594: Cultural HI 594: Cultural Heritage Resource Heritage Resource Management Management HI 534: Digital HI 599: Spatial HI 588: Family and HI 789: Public History History History Community History in International Contexts Internship: All students complete an internship in their areas of interest. Designed to provide students with professional Public History experience, the internship requires 150 hours of in- house work at an institution agreed upon by the student and the DPH. Ideally, the internship should come with
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