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Curriculum

Our cultural and historic preservation curriculum fosters skills in the analysis of material culture and the built environment, critical thinking about the discipline and writing about the relationships between the past and the present. Summer field schools in historical archaeology and architectural survey offer additional opportunities for students to hone their skills.

Major in Cultural and Historic Preservation (B.A.)

Students completing a major in cultural and historic preservation take 15 courses (45 credits).

Required courses:

  • Anthropology: Interpreting Cultural Differences
  • Principles of Historic Preservation
  • Practices of Historic Preservation
  • Historical Archaeology: The Archaeology of the Modern World
  • The American Built Environment
  • World Heritage Management
  • Researching Historic Properties
  • Writing about Historic Preservation
  • Senior Thesis in Cultural and Historic Preservation

Students choose six additional courses from a short list of art, cultural and historic preservation, history and sociology and anthropology offerings.

Minor in Cultural and Historic Preservation

Students completing a minor in cultural and historic preservation take six courses (18 credits).

Required courses:

  • Principles of Historic Preservation
  • The American Built Environment
  • World Heritage Management
  • Researching Historic Properties

Students choose two additional courses from a short list of cultural and historic preservation offerings.