Historic Preservation
Principles of Historic Preservation
HIST191
This course presents key themes related to historic preservation as a field of cultural heritage. Grassroots organizing to preserve places of historical and cultural importance is examined with an eye to heritage stewardship. Students consider local, state, and federal regulations related to preservation action and what makes old places “historic.”
1 credits
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Principles of Historic Building Analysis
HIST192
This course is an overview of American architecture. Students explore historic styles within a social and cultural context. Emphasis on identification, description, and building significance explored through representative examples throughout the country. Students identify, describe, and write about significant architecture in context.
1 credits
Prerequisite: None
Principles of Building Conservation
HIST193
This course presents key themes and techniques in the care and treatment of historic properties. Conservation/preservation as a form of intervention is emphasized. Students learn about historic construction materials, natural and man-made forms of deterioration and their remediation, and how to engage sustainable conservation practices in preservation projects.
1 credits
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Historical Archaeology
HIST195
This course introduces students to the study of the physical traces left by people in the past, emphasizing methods of identifying, documenting, excavating, and analyzing historical sites and their artifacts. Students study archaeological sites through an anthropological lens via field, lab, and historical research techniques, including new technologies.
3 credits
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Historic Preservation
HIST197
This course surveys the historical antecedents, theoretical foundations, and current issues in historic preservation practice.
3 credits
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
History: American Architecture
HIST198
This course surveys four centuries of American architecture. 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 architectural vocabulary to recognize and interpret a building’s historic character.
3 credits
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Historic Property Research and Documentation
HIST199
The methodology of documenting historic sites will be studied and applied to local buildings and structures. Students utilize primary and secondary archival sources and on-site structural analysis to synthesize a property history, place it in historic context, and argue for its significance.
3 credits
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Building Conservation
HIST201
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.
3 credits
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Historic Preservation Internship
HIST203
The Internship for Historic Preservation provides students with practical training in the field. Students apply historic preservation skills to a selected preservation project. Students work directly under the supervision of a Historic Preservation Professional to develop the project plan and execution.
3 credits
Prerequisite: 18 credits of completed coursework in Historic Preservation (C or better)
Corequisite: None
Oral History
HIST204
This course combines the theory and practice of oral history with extensive field work. Students examine the legal and practical issues of recording oral histories as they apply to a public project. Students interview, record, transcribe, formally present, and assemble the material into an accepted archival format.
3 credits
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Restoration Workshop
HIST206
The course is a hands-on approach to the conservation and preservation of buildings. Advanced building techniques are stressed.
3 credits
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Documentation Workshop
HIST207
This course takes a hands-on approach to the survey, documentation, and/or recording of historical resources.
3 credits
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Topics in Historic Preservation
HIST210
This course introduces students to various emerging issues in historic preservation. Topics vary by semester and include developing areas of historic preservation and/or areas of historic preservation which are subject to frequent reinterpretation.
3 credits
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Preservation Site Project
HIST214
Melding classroom knowledge and skills with real-world experience, students apply preservation concepts to a specific historic resource or cultural landscape. Utilizing a life-cycle approach to a given project, students learn to think holistically about the preservation process and the factors impacting a project’s execution prior to conducting the work.
3 credits
Prerequisite: HIST201 or HIST206 or Permission of the Social & Behavioral Science Department.
Corequisite: None
Management of Historic Sites
HIST219
Using case studies, students study the principles, methods, and disciplines required to manage a small museum or historic site, with special emphasis on personnel, financial and collections management, exhibit development and interpretation, fundraising, marketing, customer service, governance, ethics, and professional standards.
3 credits
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Introduction to Folklore Studies
CLTR220
This course explores how folklorists and others study traditional, everyday, and “unofficial” world cultural expressions, covering various genres of verbal art, performance, material culture, and belief. Considering pattern and variation, students collect and analyze folklore with respect to its diverse cultural contexts, applying theory to real-life examples and creating interpretations.
3 credits
Prerequisite: Writing Placement Test score of 6 or COMP107 (C or better) or COMP108 (C or better) or permission of the Department of Language and Literature
Corequisite: None
History of American Furniture
VAFW190
Students analyze American furniture in the context of craft, elements of style, connoisseurship, historical influences, connections to European and Eastern traditions, socio-economics, regionalism, pattern books, and related domestic architecture.
3 credits
Prerequisite: Writing Placement Test score of 6 or COMP107 (C or better)
Corequisite: None