The evolution of the rural historic landscape, its aesthetic values, preservation problems, and legal and financial resources available for landscape preservation. Cultural landscapes and intangible heritage conservation will be emphasized.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: All students are required to complete rural landscape materials
readings and associated practice exercises, as well as work in
teams for a final project. Graduate students will also be
required to lead a seminar reading discussion and craft a
major research paper advancing the body of knowledge on rural
preservation in the landscape and give a presentation on paper.
Athena Title
Rural Preservation
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in HIPR 4460S or HIPR 6460S
Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite
HIPR 2000 or HIPR 4000/6000 or HIPR 4030/6030 or permission of school
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will be able to show their understanding of the rural heritage of the United States and how this relates to other values and to the life and economy of rural America.
Students will be able to show an understanding of the competing and often conflicting demands on rural resources and, in this context, to evaluate alternative approaches to preserving both cultural and natural resources in rural environments.
Students will be able to develop a program and techniques for rural conservation that are compatible with rural development and effective utilization of the resources of the countryside.
Students will be able to understand and use the procedure for identifying rural historic districts used by the National Park Service and develop a rationale for identifying landscapes, and components of a landscape worthy of conservation or preservation.
Students will be able to articulate the role of professional conservationists in the development of a rural conservation strategy.
Topical Outline
The evolution of rural landscapes, land-use, economic and social factors and the
resulting patterns of settlement.
Appreciation of the historical and aesthetic value of rural landscape.
Case studies of rural landscapes. Identification of valued components, separately
and collectively-vulnerability to change.
Assessment of significance and integrity of historic landscapes and selection of
appropriate treatment options.
Identification of special problems in rural landscape conservation.
Management alternatives for cultural and natural landscapes.
Study of legal and financial resources available for rural landscape conservation
and identification of needs.
Alternative approaches to rural landscape conservation and the professional's role.
Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes
Critical Thinking
The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.
