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M.Ed. in Heritage Studies
M.Ed. in Heritage Studies

Heritage Education offers you...

  • A Master of Education degree from Plymouth State University in a field that emphasizes the interdisciplinary social sciences.
  • A committed faculty with professional expertise in their fields.
  • A range of classroom options, independent work and internships.
  • The development of educational materials, such as document packets, in-depth research projects, teaching units and lesson plans.
  • Field experiences in historical, nautical and prehistoric archeology.

Heritage Studies is an interdisciplinary study of the past to understand the present. The MEd in Heritage Studies degree program employs place-based heritage models that may be used to conduct a critical evaluation of the past anywhere on the globe. Using the methods of historians, geographers, archaeologists, anthropologists, architects, sociologists, folklorists, and other social scientists, heritage studies students explore the many layers of the past that make the present. Students create a course of study that will aid them in their future endeavors. With their advisor, students design a program of study that focuses on developing heritage models using New Hampshire and New England or global cultures.

Social Studies teacher certification for grades 5–12 is also available with additional coursework and practicum experience.

Heritage Studies concentrations

Certificate Programs:

Contact Information

Program Coordinator:
Dr. Stacey Yap - e-mail the coordinator
Professor of Anthropology & Sociology
Department of Social Science
Plymouth State University
MSC 39
17 High Street
Plymouth, NH 03264

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