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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of the history of African-Americans from their origins in Africa to the present. Students examine the social, political, legal, and economic history of the African-American community. Major topics include the impact of slavery, military service, and the Civil Rights Movement and Black Power Movement.
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1.00 Credits
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.
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1.00 Credits
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.
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1.00 Credits
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.
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3.00 Credits
Historic Preservation Planning and Sustainability introduces students to the principles, practices, and procedures of land-use planning and public policy associated with historic preservation planning. Sustainable communities and the historic preservation connection are discussed within the context of case studies. Issues include combating sprawl, preserving rural landscapes, and managing growth.
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3.00 Credits
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.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the historical antecedents, theoretical foundations, and current issues in historic preservation practice.
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3.00 Credits
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 buildings historic character.
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3.00 Credits
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.
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3.00 Credits
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.
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