Graduate DegreesYou may pursue professional certification in either concentration in the following graduate programs:
Either degree will require 36 semester hours to complete so a full-time student could complete the degree in two years. If your undergraduate degree is in History or a related field, you should apply through the History Department. If your undergraduate degree is in Interior Design, Architecture, or a related field, you may apply through the Department of Interior Architecture. If there is not a clear fit with your undergraduate coursework, some prerequisite coursework may be necessary. Master of Arts in History with a Concentration in Historic Preservation or Museum StudiesThe History Department offers a Master’s degree in which students gain skills and training in public history and a grounding in the core skills of historical analysis, research, and writing. Students complete 21 hours of credit in public history, including a 3-hour internship credit, and 15 hours of graduate courses that emphasize historiography and original research. Entering students choose whether their degree will emphasize Museum Studies or Historic Preservation. As a whole, the program blends a theoretical grounding with hands-on training, giving students the skills and experience they need to thrive in a public history career. The program puts public history concepts in practice: students sharpen their skills as historians and learn by doing. Finally, the program emphasizes community collaboration. The program has ongoing relationships with regional partners such as Old Salem, the Greensboro Historical Museum, the High Point Museum, the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Tannenbaum Historic Park, Preservation North Carolina, the North Carolina Museum of History, and the International Civil Rights Center and Museum. Students complement their coursework with internships at these institutions and others in the U.S. and abroad. For details regarding the Masters of Arts in History degree in Historic Preservation or Museum Studies requirements, please see the Graduate Bulletin and the Plans of Study. Note for History applicants only: When applying for Fall 2008, February 1 is the deadline for all M.A. in History students applying for assistantships and tuition waivers. While we accept applications for Fall 2008 until April 1, 2008, please keep in mind: if you miss the February 1 deadline, you will not be considered for funding and your overall chances of being admitted significantly decline. For additional information, please contact: Benjamin Filene, Director of Public History
^ Return to the top of this page Master of Science in Interior Architecture with a Concentration in Historic Preservation or Museum StudiesThe Department of Interior Architecture (formerly called the Department of Housing and Interior Design) was the first accredited professional interior design program in the state and, in the 1980s, it established the only graduate program in Interior Design in North Carolina. Admission to the program is contingent upon acceptance by both the department and the UNCG Graduate School. Applicants should have a minimum 3.0 grade point average in undergraduate work. The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is required and test scores in the 500 range on both the verbal and qunatitative sections are acceptable prerequisites for consideration. A statement of personal interest, three recommendations, and an interview with portfolio are also required. If distance makes an interview visit problematic, a telephone interview may be substituted. Applicants who do not hold a professional undergraduate degree in Interior Design or Architecture but are graduates of a related environmental design program, such as industrial design, may be required to complete specific undergraduate prerequisite courses as a condition of their admission to the program. Such decisions will be based upon an individual evaluation of credentials, portfolio, and design experience. The Master of Science in Interior Architecture requires a minimum of 36 semester hours including a thesis. The specific requirements for students who elect to pursue a concentration in Historic Preservation or Museum Studies include: Studio Courses (6 hours):
Research Techniques (12 hours):
For the Historic Preservation or Museum Studies concentration, courses appropriate for this requirement would include two from the following:
Thesis (6 hrs.)
Required Historic Preservation Concentration Core( 12 hrs.)
Required Museum Studies Concentration Core (12 hrs.)
* Students with appropriate professional experience may substitute an elective for the Internship requirement with prior approval of the Director of Graduate Studies. ElectivesRelated electives for the Historic Preservation and Museum Studies concentrations include:
Core courses for either concentration may be taken as electives for the other concentration. Additional InformationFor additional information regarding the Master of Science in Interior Design degrees, please contact: Jo Leimenstoll, Director of Graduate Study
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