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 | Foundations of Museums and Archives I | 3 |
| IHSC:502 | Foundations of 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 | |