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BGSU’s graduate certificate program in Public History offers advanced graduate training for professionals in the public history
profession in the three-state region of Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana. The program is practical and career-focused in its design,
featuring courses in historical museum management, museology, local history, archival administration, and preservation studies
taught by academic specialists in these topics and by expert practitioners in the field of public history/historical museum
management. The program of study is capped by an internship experience to give students actual hands-on experience in the
field.
ADMISSION PROCEDURES
Students must apply to the Graduate College for general admission. GRE scores are not necessary for the stand-alone certificate.
In addition to the application required by the Graduate College, applicants to the certificate program must submit the following
to the History Department: (1) two letters of recommendation from recent instructors, employers, or other individuals qualified
to evaluate probable success in the program; (2) a personal statement of intent delineating the purpose for enrolling in the
program and outlining career goals (2-3 pages). Careful attention is given to these materials.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Students who wish to be admitted to the graduate certificate program in Public History must meet at least one of the following
requirements:
- Be enrolled in an appropriate graduate program at BGSU (History, ACS, or other related field), with a current graduate GPA
of 3.0 or better.
Or, for the stand-alone certificate:
- Hold a bachelor degree in an appropriate field of study (History, American Studies, or other related field) with a 3.0 minimum
grade point average, or
- Have already completed a graduate degree in an appropriate area of study.
TIME TO COMPLETION OF DEGREE
The graduate certificate in Public History must be completed within four years from the semester date that the first course
is taken. The certificate is awarded upon the completion of all degree requirements, including the internship. The graduate
certificate in Public History will appear on the student’s official transcript.
CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS
The certificate program consists of seventeen academic credit hours of work. These must include fourteen-sixteen hours of
course work (described below) plus two-three hours of approved internship credit as a capstone experience as the completion
of the graduate certificate program. The program of course work includes two required courses:
These two courses are each offered every other year, normally during the Fall semester of each academic year on a rotating
basis. Both of these courses must be successfully completed for the certificate program degree.
The program of study also includes a requirement that students successfully complete any two of the following three courses:
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HIST 6100 LOCAL HISTORY (4 HRS)
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HIST 6560 ARCHIVES ADMINISTRATION (4 HRS)
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TECH 6820 PRESERVATION STUDIES (3 HRS)
These three courses are also offered on an every-other year basis, with TECH 6820 normally being offered during the Summer
semester, the other two courses normally being offered during the Spring semester.
Finally, the program includes a requirement that students successfully complete a capstone internship, to be arranged with
the graduate directors of the History/ACS programs at an approved historical museum, historical society, or other professionally
appropriate worksite.
The internship will normally be taken during the second year of study in the graduate certificate program, following the completion
of all course work for the certificate, but may be taken somewhat earlier in the certificate program as circumstances dictate
and with the approval of the graduate director of the ACS or History program. BGSU requires that for each hour of academic
internship credit, students must complete 45 hours of supervised on-site work.
INFORMATION
For more information about the BGSU Graduate Certificate Program in Public History, please contact:
Donald McQuarie, Director
American Culture Studies Program
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43402
419-372-8886
dmcquar@bgnet.bgsu.edu
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