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  • HIST 390: Great Cities in History

    4.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    Prerequisites: Consent of instructorFulfills a course requirement in the History Core ConcentrationEach offering will explore the origins and development of one ofthe world's great cities, such as London, Paris, Dublin, Jerusalem,Athens, Rome, Tokyo, Quebec City, Boston, Chicago and New York.As circumstances warrant, other major cities may be added to thelist. The course may be repeated for credit, but students may studya single city only once. Incorporated into the course is an intensiveperiod of onsite study. When this course if offered in the springsemester, this shall take place during the spring recess in March.Participation in the spring recess phase of this course is required.
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  • HIST 420: Senior Seminar

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    Prerequisite: HIST 101,102, 151, 152, 203L: Senior standing or consentof instructorStudents will research, analyze, and interpret particular historicproblems posed by the Department or the instructor. Based uponcritical, independent research, a final written project will illustrateeach student's understanding of the flow or evolution of history andthe relevance of historical questions or theories to their everyday lives.
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  • HIST 430: Special Topics in History

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    Fulfills a course requirement in the History Core ConcentrationA variable content course, offered periodically when there is sufficientinterest among students for in-depth coverage of a topic which is notincluded among the standard history offerings.
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  • HP 150: Introduction to Historic Preservation

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    Introduction to the study, interpretation and preservation of cultural,natural and social resources, while considering ways to best plan forour future, informed by the study of our past and the engagement ofstakeholders today. Lectures and discussion are augmented by visitingspeakers and field trips to sites and communities. The range of careeropportunities is explored.
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  • HP 160: American Buildings and the Western Tradition

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    A chronological survey of architecture in America, this courseserves as an introduction to the architects, styles, and constructionin America from the 17th century to World War II. Issues of style,aesthetics, technology, and socio-cultural history are explored throughcritical analysis of the built form. The course addresses vernacular andhigh-style architecture, acknowledging European antecedents and theirAmerican variants using an array of visual resources coupled with fieldtrips.
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  • HP 175: Hisotric Building Documentation

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    Prerequisite: HP 150 or permission of instructorThis course addresses established documentation programs, toolsand techniques; terminology of building elements, spaces andsystems; field-recording, reading and preparing architecturaldrawings; photographic recording and image management; andwritten architectural descriptions; and the role of documentation indeveloping project documents for preservation. Class lectures anddemonstrations are coupled with field-based work.
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  • HP 301: Principles of Architectual Conversation

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    Prerequisites: HP 324L or Junior standingProvides an overview of the professional role of the architecturalconservator in the preservation of historic structures. It addressesarchitectural styles, construction technology, and dating techniques;the composition, properties, uses, and conservation of traditionalbuilding materials and systems; conservation standards, treatmentsand practices. Site visits supplement lectures, discussions, readingsand guest lecturers. Students cannot receive credit for both HP 301and HP 503.
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  • HP 302: Principles of Preservation Planning

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    Co-listed with HP 502This class explores the philosophies and methods of planning andcontemporary, related preservation practices in the United States,through lectures, readings, discussion, visiting lecturers, and sitevisits. Subjects addressed include planning history, public policy,legislation, funding, comprehensive plans, zoning, historic districts,design guidelines, easements, Main Street programs, transportation,homeownership, smart growth, and new urbanism. Students cannotreceive credit for both HP 302 and HP 502.
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  • HP 324L: Archival Research

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    Co-listed with HP 524LPrerequisite: HP 150 or permission of instructorResearch in historical preservation entails: site-specific researchrelated to the physical fabric of a building, community, engineeringfeature, landscape or archaeological site; or more generalizedresearch on context-social, cultural, and technological. This courseemploys the research methods and resources needed to completethe nomination of a site to National Register of Historic Places (NR)in accordance with National Park Service standards, particularly asthey relate to Statement of Significance and Description. Classroomdiscussions will be linked to a series of field trips to a wide rangeof archival repositories and relevant neighboring sites. Throughthese, students consider the significance or meaning of a place, howwe determine these attributes, and how we conduct research thatsupports our argument. Students cannot receive credit for both HP324L and HP 524L.
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  • HP 341: Pre-Industrial America

    3.00 Credits
    Roger Williams University

    Prerequisites: AAH 121-122This course explores the rich material culture of pre-industrialAmerica: its landscape as found and altered, architecture, andcraftsmanship in the production of utilitarian and decorative objects.It focuses on traditional means of production and conveyance of craftand craftsmanship from generation to generation, from days of earlysettlement to the 19th century.
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