Introduction to methods, history, theory, and tools of urban and environmental planning from a historic preservation perspective including current issues of sustainability, climate change, urban form and densities, race, and class. Instructional methods include readings, discussion, and problem-solving.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Graduate students will be required to submit discussion questions based on each week’s readings. In addition, graduate students will be required to submit extended analyses as part of their final research assignment.
Athena Title
Historic Preservation Planning
Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite
HIPR 2000 or HIPR 4000/6000 or HIPR 4030/6030
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Historic preservation planning has evolved from a specialized branch of traditional land use planning to an integral element of a broader urban management framework that includes the master planning process and comprehensive plan development.
Students will be equipped with an understanding of the underlying principles required to make sound planning decisions and apply their academic knowledge of preservation to the management of specific historic resource types and community situations.
Students will apply the basic principles and practices of historic preservation planning, especially at the local level, to the critique and development of preservation plan
Students will understand evolution and their application at local and regional levels.
Students will understand current issues in the field.
Students will understand the relationship between historic preservation planning and other fields.
Students will have an appreciation of the need for consistent and thoughtful management of historic resources, as supported by commonly adopted principles and practice standards.
Students will have an appreciation of the potential contribution to effective historic resource management by both professionals and citizens.
Students will have an appreciation of the potential of historic preservation planning to help address broader global challenges.
Topical Outline
Each section will incorporate lectures/guest presentations, seminars on selected topics/readings, and fieldwork.
Week One
Introduction to the field of preservation planning
Week Two – Three
History and theory of urban and preservation planning
Week Four – Six
Tools and processes of preservation planning
Week Seven – Eleven
Special Topics: density, sprawl, gentrification
Week Twelve – Fourteen
Special Topics: Sustainability, intangible heritage, tourism
Week Fifteen
Project presentations
Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
