Featured Course: History of American Architecture (HIST198)
Class begins January 22, 2025
Join Bucks County Community College’s award-winning Historic Preservation program on a survey of four centuries of American architecture.
Discover the built environment of Pennsylvania's 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.
Next Steps
The course is offered through eLearning and may be audited or taken 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 United States.
The Historic Preservation program is part of the shared programs initiative.