Program Highlights
La Salle’s Public History program will provide graduates with both historical content knowledge and professional skills need for successful careers in Public History by offering:
- A general introduction to Public History
- An understanding of and facility in basic historiographical skills
- An overview of American History
- An in-depth history of Philadelphia
- The acquisition of both content knowledge and pedagogical skills in visual representations associated with American social and cultural history
- An introduction to and the practice of skills related to oral history
- An introduction to the analysis of material culture and archival analysis
- Familiarization with the workings of history museums and the development of exhibits
- Familiarization with various digital media skills for the development of websites and documentaries
- An internship with a public history venue in order to develop skills required for a successful career in public history
