Family History Certificate Requirements

The certificate will state the student’s geographic area of concentration.

Certificate Requirements

1. Complete the following:
   • Hist 400
   
   
2. Complete one course from the following:
   • Hist 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425
   
   
3. Complete 6 hours from the following:
   • Hist 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 408R, 409R, 410R, 411R, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416
   
   
4. Complete 6 hours from the following:
   • Hist 480, 481R, 482, 496R, or a general history course in the geographic area of specialization
   
   

Recommended but not required:

• Rel C 261

Note: The certificate program can help prepare for certification or accreditation but should not be confused with these two separate, private methods of qualifying professional genealogists.