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1.00 Credits
Furniture and Decorative Arts Restoration One-Credit
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1.00 Credits
Certification in Interpretation One-Credit
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1.00 Credits
Students enrolled in this course participate in the university's annual Cultural and Historic Preservation conference. Attended by scholars from across the country, the conference explores themes relevant to the history of Newport and its environs. The workshops, lectures, and other events offer students the opportunity to meet and question conference participants in both formal and informal settings. 1 credit.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the theories, goals, and practices of historic preservation. Students will have the opportunity to see these concepts applied to the built environment. The four focus areas are theory, planning, conservation, and design. Lectures and hands-on studio sessions will expose students to preservation tools used by historians and planners. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students gain initial field experience in historic preservation. The emphasis is on the investigation, preliminary documentation, and interpretation of buildings, sites, and objects. Students become familiar with terminology used in preservation and develop research and writing skills through a series of projects in and around Newport. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the development of historical archaeology, including its origins, shifting problem orientation, and future. The focus is on southern New England, but extends to other areas of European colonization, including the West Indies. Particular emphasis is paid to the origins of structures of race, class, and gender in the colonial past, and the ways in which these structures influence our lives today. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Historical cemeteries present major challenges to preservationists. This course reviews the history of the American cemetery, beginning with small family burying grounds and moving through the sprawling modern complexes of the present. Students complete portions of a cemetery preservation plan in an effort to assist local community groups with efforts to raise public and private funds for cemetery preservation. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Core Complement Course in Social Sciences The first Africans entered Newport as enslaved captives in the 1640s. This course reviews the history of African Americans in the region, focusing on architecture, material culture, belief systems, and food ways. Students work closely with members of local African-American communities on preservation projects linked to Newport's rich tradition of African-American history. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the historical development of the American built environment, beginning with Native American settlement patterns and continuing to present day phenomena of sprawl and New Urbanism. Through the lens of historic preservation, students explore the ways in which landscape and buildings have developed in response to broader changes in American culture. Students learn to contextualize the built environment, both in its historical trajectory and its relationship to contemporary preservation theory. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
World Heritage Management introduces students to the global nature of historic preservation by examining major monuments across the world. Students explore past functions, designs, engineering, and landscapes of these sites, paying particular attention to the ways in which monuments of the past have informed today's built environment. Students also examine current challenges in managing these sites and evaluating preservation strategies from cross-cultural perspectives. 3 credits.
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