Museum Studies and Historic Preservation Post-Baccalaureate Certificates, Museum Studies and Historic Preservation, UNCG

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

Museum Studies Certificate | Historic Preservation Certificate
Elective Courses | Additional Notes

Earn a post-baccalaureate certificate in either Museum Studies or Historic Preservation by completing the required 15-hour course sequence.These certificates enable non-degree candidates and graduate students in related fields, as well as graduate students in History or Interior Design, to earn professional certification in Historic Preservation or Museum Studies.

The History Department and the Department of Interior Architecture jointly offer two post-baccalaureate certificates: Historic Preservation and Museum Studies. The certificates provide graduate students with training and credentials to pursue careers in history museums, historic preservation, cultural resource management, management of historic sites, specialized design practice, and related work. Each certificate requires 15 semester hours of coursework, including an internship, and electives.

All certificate students must meet all requirements for admission to graduate school in one of the sponsoring departments. In addition to graduate students in History and Interior Architecture, Master’s candidates in related fields such as Applied Geography, Art, or Public Policy may also pursue a certificate while completing their graduate degrees. Non-degree candidates may earn a certificate by completing the 15-hour concentration in either Museum Studies or Historic Preservation.

Required courses for the Museum Studies certificate: HIS/IAR 626: Management and Leadership in Public History (3 hrs.); HIS/IAR 627: Museum and Historic Site Interpretation: Principles and Practice (3 hrs.); HIS/IAR 690: Internship* (3 hrs.); 6 hours of approved electives
Required courses for the Historic Preservation certificate: HIS/IAR 543: Historic Preservation: Principles and Practice (3 hrs.); HIS/IAR 624: History of American Landscapes and Architecture (3 hrs.); HIS/IAR 625: Preservation Planning and Law (3 hrs.); HIS/IAR 690: Internship* (3 hrs.); 3 hours of approved electives

Electives

To complete the 15 hours of coursework for either certificate, electives will be selected with the approval of the Director of Graduate Studies from the following 3-hour courses:

HIS/IAR 536: History of the Decorative Arts
HIS/IAR 545: Southern History and Southern Material Culture in a Museum Context
HIS/IAR 543: Historic Preservation: Principles and Practic
HIS/IAR 547: History Museum Curatorship: Collections Management
HIS/IAR 548: Architectural Conservation
HIS/IAR 624: History of American Landscapes and Architecture
HIS/IAR 552: History and Theories in Material Culture
HIS/IAR 555: Field Methods in Preservation Technology
HIS/IAR 625: Preservation Planning and Law
HIS/IAR 626: Management and Leadership in Public History
HIS/IAR 627: Museum and Historic Site Interpretation: Principles and Practice
HIS/IAR 628: Identification and Evaluation of the Historic Built Environment
HIS/LIS 505: Introduction to Archival Management
ATY 597: Special Problems in Anthropology
ART 590: Museum Studies
GEO 502: Urban Planning
PSC 540: Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Additional Notes:

Students with appropriate professional work experience may substitute an elective for the Internship requirement with prior approval of the Director of Graduate Studies.
Core courses for either certificate may be taken as electives for the other certificate.
Students must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0 in all certificate course work.
No more than 3 semester hours of "C" will count towards a certificate.

For information on the Museum Studies certificate, contact Benjamin Filene, Director of Public History, at bpfilene@uncg.edu or 336-334-3988.

For information on the Historic Preservation certificate, contact Jo Leimenstoll, Director of Graduate Study, at jrleimen@uncg.edu or 336-256-0303.