Course Description
Preservation issues, practice, and special topics as related to the concerns of preservation professionals, organizations and agencies, and the documentation, conservation, and interpretation of cultural resources in a designated study area or location.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Students will participate in development of case studies based
on professional site visits. In addition to the above
requirements, graduate students are required to write a research
paper based on the case study project to examine the literature
related to the case study and the conclusions about the
findings of the project. Students will do presentations to the
class on the findings of their field case studies.
Athena Title
Historic Pres Field Study
Prerequisite
Permission of school
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring and summer
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Knowledge: An understanding of basic principles and practices of historic preservation in the context of the study area. An understanding of the unique natural and cultural environment and resources of the study. An understanding of the preservation history of the area. An understanding of preservation tools and techniques utilized for the conservation and interpretation of cultural resources. Skills: An ability to analyze projects, programs, and potentials within the study area. An ability to evaluate the effectiveness of cultural resource projects and programs. An ability to identify potential areas of research related to the places, resources, and individuals encountered as part of the field experience. An ability to employ basic principles of site mapping (in some semesters). An ability to apply basic skills of conservation, e.g., carpentry repair, preparation, and painting of wood, epoxy, and re-pointing of masonry (in some semesters). Values: An attitude of protection and stewardship of natural and cultural resources and an appreciation of cultural diversity of peoples past and present. A sense of the character and distribution of historic resources in an area. A sense of the contribution that preservation makes to the area’s sense-of-place and environmental quality. A sense of the contributions which preservationists can make to the perpetuation and appreciation of cultural resources.
Topical Outline
Travel within a designated area for lectures, observation, and hands-on experiences in heritage conservation within a designated study area. Field work on selected topics of cultural resource documentation, conservation, and/or interpretation. Visitation and examination of historic resources which are or have been the focus of preservation efforts. Hands-on conservation and interpretation work (in some semesters). The class outline consists of a detailed itinerary while in the field, in addition to class time on campus, which equate to the required hours of contact time required for a 3 hour course. Weeks 1-3 Overview, discussions, objectives, and project assignments Weeks 4-13 Travel, site visits, field work Week 14 Finalize field work, discussions Week 15 Final presentations of work