The Program in University of North Texas Department of History Applied history, sometimes referred to as public history, trains students for occupations in archives, museums, college and university libraries, public and private libraries, oral history programs, manuscript repositories, private industries interested in document and artifact preservation, historical agency administration, professional journals, and government. Students in this program earn a Master of Arts or Master of Sciences degree in History with an emphasis in Applied History. For more information on the requirements of this 36-hour degree, see the current UNT Graduate Catalog. Archival Management Courses in archival management train students in the appraisal, accessioning, arrangement, description, and preservation of records and papers. Case studies dealing with security, law, public programs, and the profession are integral parts of the courses.
Students also work in archives and practice the techniques learned in the classroom.
Museum Studies Courses in museum studies examine the evolving roles of museums and the challenges they face in today's society. A theory class studies collections management, exhibit design, educational programming, fund raising, and the daily operations of museums. The student also plans and develops a multi-interview oral history project on a topic or event of historical importance. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the primary domains of archival practice, appraisal and accessioning of records and papers, arrangement, description, preservation, reference, and access. The course also presents, in case study fashion, the topics of security, law, public programs, administration, and the profession.