Public History Program
Why public history?
The History Department at the State University of West Georgia offers course work in public history at the B.A. and M.A. level to prepare students for careers in museums, local and community history, archives, historic preservation, and other history-related fields. A public historian uses professional expertise and skills to document the past and to present it to the public in a wide variety of settings. Public historians curate and interpret museum collections, process archival materials, document the region's historic structures and folklife resources, conduct oral histories, edit historical publications, and administer and direct local history museums and organizations.
