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Courses - Fall 2023
HISP
Historic Preservation
HISP600
(Perm Req)
History, Theory, and Practice of Historic Preservation
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of ARCH-Historic Preservation Program.
An introduction to history, theory and practice of historic preservation covered through readings, discussions, presentations, class projects, and field trips.
HISP611
(Perm Req)
Historical Research Methods
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of ARCH-Historic Preservation Program.
Credit only granted for: HISP610 or HISP611.
Research methods used by professional historic preservationists to identify and record historic structures and sites. Emphasizes inter/multidisciplinary nature of contemporary preservation practice using archival and ethnographic evidence as a basis for establishing significance.
Department permission required.
HISP629
Independent Studies in Historic Preservation
Credits: 1 - 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
HISP650
(Perm Req)
Historic Preservation Studio Workshop
Credits: 6
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: HISP600; and permission of ARCH-Historic Preservation Program.
Restriction: Must be in a major in ARCH-Historic Preservation Program.
Students carry out a group preservation project in a local community, from inception and problem formulation through completion. Guided carefully by a faculty team, students will conduct research, interact with communities, perform analyses, and propose solutions for an issue or problem of direct relevance to a local community and client group.
Department permission required.
HISP655
(Perm Req)
American Vernacular Architecture
Credits: 4
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of ARCH-Historic Preservation Program.
Credit only granted for: HISP655 or HISP619V.
Formerly: HISP619V.
History, theory, and practice of American vernacular architecture including a review of common building technologies, structure, and style, and focusing on methods and approaches for recording, documenting and analyzing these historic resources.
Prerequisite: permission of department. Class will meet some sessions at Bostwick House.
HISP660
(Perm Req)
Internship in Historic Preservation
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of ARCH-Historic Preservation Program.
Formerly: HISP619.
Students will secure a summer internship with an organization engaged in historic preservation work (this can be a public agency, nonprofit, or private firm). The students will formulate a plan of work and a series of pedagogical goals to satisfy both the practical needs of the project and the academic requirements for the course.
HISP680
(Perm Req)
Preservation Economics
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of ARCH-Historic Preservation Program.
Credit only granted for: HISP619N or HISP680.
Formerly: HISP619N.
Students are introduced to a range of economic theories, methods, and issues that must be considered in the practice of historic preservation. Case studies related to community economic development, adaptive reuse, tax credit programs, project finance, and land use will be presented.
HISP701
(Perm Req)
Certificate Portfolio Project
Credits: 1
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of ARCH-Historic Preservation Program.
Students will gather samples of their work and craft a synthetic statement on their experiences in their HISP certificate courses (for example, picking up on themes such as community involvement, diversity of practice, affordable housing, or sustainability), and the ways in which they have integrated historic preservation into their thinking and practice in their home discipline.
Department permission required.
HISP710
(Perm Req)
Final Project in Historic Preservation I
Credits: 1
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Credit only granted for: HISP700 or HISP710.
Formerly: HISP700.
An independent, applied research project investigating the preservation of a particular site or a specialized issue in historic preservation. This is part one of a two-semester sequence and involves developing the project proposal and bibliography.
Department permission required.
HISP711
(Perm Req)
Final Project in Historic Preservation II
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Credit only granted for: HISP700 or HISP711.
Formerly: HISP700.
An independent, applied research project invesitgating the preservation of a particular site or a specialized issue in historic preservation. This is part two of a two semester sequence and involves project research and writing.
Department permission required.