Public Humanities, Certificate
This Interdisciplinary graduate certificate program provides opportunities for students who are interested in pursuing a public engagement element to their education at the graduate level.
Based in the Institute for Human Science and Culture, the Certificate offers transferable, hands-on skills applicable to a wide range of professions, providing students experience in presenting their scholarly research in public settings. These experiences offer background for those interested in work in fields such as Digital Humanities, museums and education, heritage preservation, public history, communications, community arts programming, and arts and nonprofit management.
Two required 3-credit core courses, six credit hours of electives from three thematic clusters, and three methodology credits comprise the certificate.
For information please contact Dr. Jodi Kearns at (330) 972-7952 or jkearns@uakron.edu
Core Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| IHSC 501 | Advanced Topics in Museums and Archives I | 3 |
| IHSC 502 | Advanced Topics in Museums and Archives II | 3 |
| Total Hours | 6 | |
Methodologies
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Take one course from the following Methodologies frameworks below: | 3 | |
| Educational Practices in Museums and Cultural Spaces | ||
| HIST 584 | Museums and Archives | |
| HIST 585 | History, Communities, and Memory | |
| EDFN 600 | Philosophies of Education | |
| Digital Public Humanities | ||
| ENGL 689 | Seminar in English (Digital Humanities) | |
| EDIT 610 | Introduction to Instructional Technology | |
| COMM 542 | Social Media Metrics and Analytics | |
| Research, Performance, and Public Exhibitions | ||
| AADMN 610 | Principles of Arts Administration | |
| AADMN 620 | Arts Administration Practices & Policies | |
| AADMN 640 | Legal Aspects of Arts Administrators | |
| Total Hours | 3 | |
Thematic Clusters
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Take two courses from one of the Thematic Clusters areas listed below: | 6 | |
| Culture and Memory | ||
| ENGL 689 | Seminar in English (Digital Projects in the Archives) | |
| HIST 570 | Ohio History | |
| HIST 587 | Science and Technology in World History | |
| Environments, Communities, and Access | ||
| HIST 571 | American Environmental History | |
| HIST 583 | History and Video Games | |
| COMM 540 | Strategic Social Media | |
| THEA 555 | Creating Performance | |
| THEA 567 | Multi-Cultural Theatre | |
| THEA 576 | Theatre and Community Action | |
| Performance and Visual Culture | ||
| THEA 533 | Theatre Organization and Production Management | |
| AADMN 660 | Colloquium on the Arts | |
| AADMN 650 | Audience Development | |
| AADMN 630 | Fund Raising & Grantsmanship in the Arts | |
| One of the following courses can be taken as part of any Thematic Cluster: | ||
| ENGL 689 | Seminar in English (Grant Writing) | |
| ENGL 689 | Seminar in English (Professional Writing) | |
| Total Hours | 6 | |