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POLICIES Studies
Students seeking admission into the program must meet the P: 870 972 3509
admission requirements of the Graduate School and specific F: 870 972 3207
program requirements.
Preserving,
Applicants must hold a baccalaureate or master's degree (BA, Researching and
BS, MA or MS) from an accredited insitution in a related
discipline such as American Studies, anthropology, English, Heritage Studies Ph.D. Program Presenting
folklore, geography, historic preservation, history, museum PO Box 69 History and Culture
studies, poltical science, public administration or sociology. State University, AR 72467
Transcripts should reflect a strong background in the
humanities and social sciences. Applicants lacking this
background who are otherwise exemplary may be granted
provisional admission to the program, but will be required to heritagestudies@astate.edu
make up these dificiences. In some cases, documented work
experience in the heritage professions may be substituted for
specific preparatory courses or used as a criteron for
admission. Only in rare cases will applicants be admitted who
have not completed an appropriate master's degree before they
begin their doctoral studies.

In addition to the materials required by the graduate School,

applicants to the program must submit a letter explaining their
present career goals and interest in Heritage Studies, a writing
sample and three letters of reference from former professors
or professionally based supervisors or peers. An interview by
the Heritage Studies Admissions Committee may be required.

Heritage Studies Ph.D. Program

Arkansas State University
 WHAT IS PROGRAM CURRICULUM
HERITAGE MISSION THE HERITAGE STUDIES CURRICULUM REFLECTS
STUDIES? A BALANCE BETWEEN RESEARCH AND THE
Our mission is to produce heritage professionals DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL
with the knowledge and expertise needed to
Heritage Studies is an interdisciplinary doctoral SKILLS EXPECTED OF A HERITAGE
identify, assess, preserve, interpret, manage,
program for individuals seeking senior PROFESSIONAL.
and promote historic and cultural resources for
positions in cultural and historic agencies,
non-specialist or "public" audiences. Students
cultural and historic tourism, historic societies,
develop traditional doctoral-level research skills, Fifteen hours of core courses establish a conceptual
museums and archives, parks and historic
but as heritage professionals their expertise will basis for research and a foundation for the
sites, and consulting firms and heritage-related
be applied, practical, public dissemination of
businesses. student's development as a heritage professional.
history and culture.
Twenty-four hours, divided between a specialty
With its interdisciplinary emphasis, the
Heritage Studies Ph.D. Program (Doctor of area and electives, reinforce the program's
Philosophy in Heritage Studies) uses multiple interdisciplinary nature and allow for the crafting of
perspectives to explore the interrelationship of individual programs of study
history, culture, literature, folklore, geography
The practicum is a 300-hour real environment work
and environment in distinctive regions of the
United States and the world. experience directed by a heritage professional
The dissertation is original, interdisciplinary
While applicable to other regions in scope and scholarship that advances the knowledge base of
method, the Heritage Studies doctoral program
uses the unique heritage, attributes and the heritage professions.
resources of the Mississippi River Delta as its
laboratory of study. The Heritage Studies Ph.D. Program is approved by
the Arkansas Department of Higher Education and
How Can You Use Heritage Studies?
the Higher Learning Commission of the North
Historic Preservation Archaeology Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Cultural Tourism Regional/Ethnic Literature
Archives and Museums Folklore Studies
Cultural Resource Management Public History
Ethnography and Oral History Heriate-related consulting

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