Course Description
Field study investigation by site visits of current professional practice and research directions in the field of historic preservation.
Athena Title
Preservation Perspectives
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
The Preservation Perspectives Field Study allows students to observe firsthand the wide variety of architectural styles and preservation projects and programs studied in the classroom on the UGA campus and to engage with preservation professionals and program alumni practicing in the field. Lectures, case studies, and on-site group field exercises support the learning objectives. Meeting alumni in the field and preservationists in the field to get impressions, reactions of the different speakers in learning about a professional career and types of interest in preservation issues/concerns as possible thesis topics. Student Learning Objectives 1. Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge relevant to architectural and landscape styles and periods, preservation planning, and documentation of cultural resources, as applied in the subject communities and, more broadly, in the field of historic preservation. 2. Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge relevant to the preservation and development of cultural resources in the subject communities and, more broadly, in the field of historic preservation. 3. Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge relevant to the interpretation of cultural resources in the subject communities and, more broadly, in the field of historic preservation. 4. Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge relevant to the roles of professionals in the preservation and development of cultural resources in the subject communities and, more broadly, in the field of historic preservation.
Topical Outline
The field study will focus on the various aspects of the public and private historic preservation programs in a selected community outside of Athens, Georgia. The Preservation Perspectives Field Study is conducted each year for all (first and second year) historic preservation graduate students. At the time of this submission, Charleston and Savannah are visited in alternate years, but other communities may be utilized for the study. The course involves orientation on the UGA Campus beforehand, three full days in the field, and a post-trip wrap-up session on the UGA Campus. A typical program in Charleston would consist of visits to: The Aiken-Rhett House, Nathaniel Russell House, Preservation Society of Charleston, Historic Charleston Foundation, Old Slave Mart Museum, Charleston Historic District, Magnolia Cemetery, Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, Gullah- Geechee sites in Mount Pleasant, and Drayton Hall. Sites visited will be relevant to each of the learning objectives identified above. A typical program in Savannah would consist of visits to: Savannah-Chatham Historic Preservation Commission, National Historic Landmark and Victorian Districts, Davenport House, Scarborough House, Factors’ Walk, Beech Institute, Bonaventure Cemetery, Fort Pulaski or Wormsloe Plantation, Savannah College of Art and Design, Telfair Museum. Sites visited will be relevant to each of the learning objectives identified above.
Syllabus
Public CV