At-large Courses

Beyond the core courses, field schools, and internships, students must take three additional courses that relate in some way to early America, material culture, or museums. Many of these courses will be cross-listed between two or more departments. There is no specific list of approved courses. Collegiate Program students may select from any courses offered in any department that bear on early America, material culture, or museums. The director of the Collegiate Program can confirm whether a particular course meets the requirement.

The NIAHD sponsors several special courses in History, Anthropology, American Studies, and Music that are especially applicable as electives. These courses include not only early American History per se, but Architectural History, Historical Archaeology, Material Culture, and Music History. Some seats in all of these courses will be reserved for Collegiate Program students. The mix of sponsored courses varies from semester to semester, but the NIAHD currently sponsors these courses:

Fall NIAHD Core Course on Public History

Spring NIAHD Core Course on Research Methods

Field School in Material Culture

Colonial Virginia

Archaeological Material Culture

American Vernacular Architectural History

Architectural History Field School

The World of Thomas Jefferson

Williamsburg, Colonial and Revolutionary

Early American Music

Foodways and the Archaeological Record

Zooarchaeology

Archaeology of Colonial Williamsburg and the Tidewater

The Colonial and Revolutionary Tidewater

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