The Concurrent Certificate in Critical Heritage Studies is designed to provide undergraduates with the intellectual skills and context necessary for ethical and critically rigorous engagement in the public history and cultural heritage sectors. By choosing courses for this certificate students will gain a grounding in the varied meanings and practice of heritage, which, depending on courses chosen, can include approaches to the study of tradition, collective remembrance, historic preservation, public history and archaeology, and heritage tourism. The certificate will be useful for students aiming to work in the heritage sector and/or as a foundation for graduate work in heritage conservation and management, public history, and museum studies.
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