Featured Course: History of American Architecture (HIST198)
BEGINS JANUARY 22nd -- eLearning format (No live meetings!)
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Join us for a survey of four centuries of American architecture!
Bucks County Community College’s award-winning Historic Preservation program presents HIST198: History of American Architecture.
Discover the built environment of the Delaware Valley and beyond from its earliest iterations by Native Americans and transplanted European architectural ideas through the postmodern period.
The work of architects and the evolution of architectural styles are examined as a reflection of broader historical trends. Through observation, description, and analysis, students build their visual literacy skills and historical architectural vocabulary to recognize and interpret a building's historic character.
Upon completion, successful students will be able to:
- describe buildings, structures, and/or landscapes significant to American history using basic architectural terms;
- evaluate how faithfully a building reflects the typical features of an architectural style through an analysis of its form, structure, style, and/or ornamentation; and
- contextualize continuity and change in the built environment within larger trends of politics, economics, social interactions, culture, and/or technology in American history.
… and more!
BCCC is open admission: everyone is welcome to take our courses. Though most of our historic preservation students already have degrees, anyone with a passion for preservation and history is welcome!
The course may be taken “audit” or for a grade; courses successfully completed for a grade can be applied to our occupational Historic Preservation Certificate, designed to enable students to “do” the work of preservation in their communities anywhere in the country.
The Bucks HP program is a Shared program for community colleges: everyone in Pennsylvania takes our courses for in-county or non-sponsored tuition rates (based on location).