Public Humanities, Certificate

Certificate offers transferable, hands-on skills applicable to a wide range of professions in cultural institutions. Discussions of issues and related project-based work for those interested in work in fields such as  humanities, museums and education, heritage preservation, public history, communications, community arts programming, and arts and nonprofit management.

Two required sequential core courses (6 credits), electives* (6 credits), capstone work in public humanities (3 credits), and a final reflection.

*Electives not listed that align with the student's purpose and major from other programs will be considered upon written request and justification by the student to the program director.

For information please contact Dr. Jodi Kearns at (330) 972-7952 or jkearns@uakron.edu

Core Courses

IHSC 501Advanced Topics in Museums and Archives I3
IHSC 502Advanced Topics in Museums and Archives II3
Total Hours6

Elective Courses

Select electives that support your purpose and major. Electives not listed that align with the student's purpose and major from other programs will be considered upon written request and justification by the student to the program director.6
AADMN 610Principles of Arts Administration
AADMN 620Arts Administration Practices & Policies
AADMN 630Fund Raising & Grantsmanship in the Arts
AADMN 640Legal Aspects of Arts Administrators
AADMN 650Audience Development
AADMN 660Colloquium on the Arts
COMM 506Contemporary Public Relations
COMM 575Political Communication
COMM 645Intercultural Communication Theory
EDFN 600Philosophies of Education
EDFN 620Psychology of Instruction for Teaching & Learning
EDIT 610Introduction to Instructional Technology
EDLP 601Organizational Leadership
EDLP 604School-Community Relations
ENGL 589Seminar in English (Writing for Public Humanities)
ENGL 589Seminar in English (Digital Projects in the Archives)
ENGL 689Seminar in English (Digital Humanities)
ENGL 689Seminar in English (Grant Writing)
ENGL 689Seminar in English (Professional Writing)
HIST 570Ohio History
HIST 571American Environmental History
HIST 584Museums and Archives
HIST 585History, Communities, and Memory
HIST 587Science and Technology in World History
HIST 583History and Video Games
HRM 688Leadership Skills
IHSC 545Special Topics in Human Science and Culture
PSYC 756Role of Attitudes & Values in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
SOWK 611Dynamics of Racism & Discrimination
SOWK 628Human Behavior and the Social Environment
Total Hours6

Capstone Courses

Take one capstone course, usually part of your degree internship, thesis, or capstone course. Certificate-only students take the IHSC course. If your degree is not represented, contact the program director to see if adding another capstone course is possible. 3
IHSC 525Capstone in Public Humanities
HIST 601Graduate Research Seminar in History
ENGL 699Master's Thesis
Total Hours3