Dear History Students, Do you sometimes wonder what you can do with your degree? There are lots of options, and public history is one of them. If you want to learn more, may I suggest taking HIST 388 with the fabulous Professor Wintermute? Here is the course description: HIST 388: Oral History Methods and Practices Thursday, 3:10 -5:50pm, Powdermaker Hall 157 At what point do family stories become history? What are the boundaries between an official, formal "history" and the personal, individual "past"? These are the types of questions that oral historians bring to the fore as they seek to create new primary sources and craft new secondary interpretations of the past drawn from the eyewitness testimony of the participant. In this workshop-oriented course, students will be introduced to the methods and practice of oral history, from the pre-interview survey, through the actual sit-down interview with a subject, to the creation of a viable primary source that can be used by future researchers. Students will be paired with retired faculty members from the Anthropology, Economics, Sociology, and other departments to create a living record of the subject's experiences in their field and at Queens College.