HIST201 Building Conservation
Department of Social & Behavioral Science: Historic Preservation
- I. Course Number and Title
- HIST201 Building Conservation
- II. Number of Credits
- 3 credits
- III. Number of Instructional Minutes
- 2250
- IV. Prerequisites
- None
- Corequisites
- None
- V. Other Pertinent Information
- Students may be required to take an individual and/or group field trip.
- VI. Catalog Course Description
- The course teaches students to see buildings as ever-decaying artifacts in need of vigilant care. Students learn how to steward historic buildings, with special attention paid to period building materials, construction techniques, mechanisms of deterioration and remediation, the building's relationship to its site, and appropriate standards for intervention.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
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Course Learning Goals
Students will:
- Describe materials and methods used in the construction of historic buildings, noting their continuity and change through time;
- Apply knowledge of historic construction technologies to date components of historic structures;
- Differentiate among forms of intervention appropriate to historic places using recognized standards and regulations;
- Explain how the integrity of historic fabric can impact a place's historic significance; and
- Synthesize on-site observation of material components with knowledge of appropriate architectural conservation techniques to develop a conditions survey and treatment recommendations.
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Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities
The following thematic topics will be incorporated into the course:
- Historic preservation and architectural conservation philosophy
- Secretary of the Interior's Guidelines and Standards
- Architectural styles and building technology
- Building materials as historical evidence
- Historic structural systems
- Historic environmental systems
- Materials science overview: properties of building materials, microstructure and its relationship to performance and ultimate failure
- Deterioration mechanisms
- Historic fabric and integrity assessment
- Documentation of degradation and making recommendations for treatment
- In-kind and substitute materials
- Technology and architectural conservation
- Architectural conservation and today's environmental challenges
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Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
Attainment of course learning goals may be assessed by one or more of the following:
- Written assignments
- Discussion responses
- Quizzes
- Case study analyses
- Research-based reports
- Field experiences
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Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Student:
See course syllabus.
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Review/Approval Date - 2/99; New Core 8/2015