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Master of Public History


General information

Course code: 3077 Course fees: Local students - HECS; international students - $A13,500 * Coordinator: TBA
This course offers a vocational program for historians and related professionals. Graduates may go on to work in the fields of commissioned history, heritage conservation and management, oral history, community history, museums and related areas. The program has excellent links with the heritage industry and professional historians working in these fields. The public history program draws on teaching strengths across the faculty, and students have a number of opportunities to build professional networks through assessment tasks.
Over the next few years students will be able to choose a range of units (all offered on-line) which will developed in conjunction with UTS.
Students who have completed 24 points of the Master of Public History may be offered an exit award of a Graduate Certificate of Public History. Students who have completed 48 points of the Master of Public History may be offered an exit award of a Graduate/Postgraduate Diploma in Public History.
The classes will be taught on the Clayton and Caulfield Campuses. The duration of the course is 3 semesters fulltime.

Entry requirements

A Bachelors degree with at least a credit average in the final year or demonstrable professional experience at senior level in a relevant area. Such applicants will need to supply a CV, a 1000 word statement and names of two professional referees.

Course structure

Sudents will be required to complete 6 Public History units including one compulsory unit at level 4 and 2 complusory units at level 5.

The compulsory level 4 units are:

Semester 1
Semester 2

Elective units can be Elective units can be chosen from the following list (subject to availability), or other approved units offered by other schools in the Faculty. The following are units currently offered by the School of Historical Studies:

Semester 1
Semester 2

It is also possible that students may wish to undertake the semester three unit:

Semester 3

Over the next few years students will be able to choose a range of units to be developed in conjunction with UTS (to be offered on-line). Unit titles may include:

The compulsory level 5 units are:

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