The UF History Department (opens in new tab) and SPOHP announce a new combined Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree Program (opens in new tab) in oral history, now open to students for admittance. Open to students working in any field of modern history, the program is designed to train students in oral history practice to make history accessible to a broad audience and connect scholars and departments to their local communities.
The 4+1 program’s final MA non-thesis project will be a portfolio designed to find innovative and exciting ways to make oral history accessible to the public. The core element of the portfolio is the creation of a podcast based on oral history materials that introduces the public to a particular moment in the local past and connects that project to the collection at the SPOHP.
Methods and techniques training is at the heart of this BA/MA program. Students applying to 4+1 must be history majors and currently juniors (60-89.9 credit hours) with a 3.25 GPA. Students must take the GRE, and submit an application to the History Department.
Interested students, read more (opens in new tab) at the History Department website (opens in new tab) and e-mail (Dr. Elizabeth Dale) for more information.
See an introductory video (opens in new tab) to the program.