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Stand out in the field

Today, more and more landscape architecture and historic preservation employers are looking to hire professionals with knowledge of cultural landscapes– practitioners who can connect a place’s history, design and ecology. 

Give yourself an edge in the job market by adding a Certificate in Cultural Landscape Conservation to your degree. At only 15 credit hours, this certificate overlaps with current landscape architecture and historic preservation curriculum, making it a smart decision for any schedule.  

Interested? Check out the course offerings below to see how the certificate can fit into your schedule:  

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Graduate Certificate Classes

Required Courses (6 hours)

  • HIPR 6000-Introduction to Historic Preservation (3hrs) OR HIPR 6030-Principles and Practices (3hrs)  
  • HIPR 6480-Introduction to Cultural Landscape Conservation (3hrs)  

Electives (9 hours)

  • HIPR 6070-Regional Studies in Heritage Conservation (3hrs)  
  • HIPR 6072-Issues in International Preservation (3hrs)  
  • HIPR 6100-Cultural Resource Assessment (3hrs)  
  • HIPR 6120-Historic Site Interpretation (3hrs)  
  • HIPR 6330S-Cultural Landscape Documentation (3hrs)  
  • HIPR 6440-Historic Landscape Management (3hrs)  
  • HIPR 6460-Rural Preservation (3hrs)  
  • LAND 6390-Ecological Landscape Restoration (3hrs)  
  • LAND 6440-Plant Communities of the Cherokee Landscape (3hrs)  
  • LAND 6580-Landscapes in Literature, the Arts, and Popular Culture (3hrs)  
  • PLAN 6410-Cultural Landscapes and Urban Form (3hrs)  
  • EDES 6270-Environmental Use of GIS (3hrs)  
  • EDES 6280-Advanced GIS (3hrs)  
  • EDES 6640-History of Urban Planning (3hrs)  
  • EDES 6650-City Planning (3hrs)  
  • EDES 7370-Landscape Management (3hrs)
  • HIPR/PLAN/LAND 7300-Thesis (3hrs), (if topic is related to historic or cultural landscape conservation)
  • HIPR 6750, 6751, 6752-Independent Study (1-3hrs), (similar to thesis if topic is related to historic or cultural landscape conservation) 
Undergraduate Certificate Classes

Required Courses (6 hours)

  • HIPR 4480 -Introduction to Cultural Landscape Conservation (3hrs)
  • HIPR 4000 Introduction to Historic Preservation OR HIPR 4030 Principles and Practices of Historic Preservation

Electives

  • EDES 4610/6610, Vernacular Architecture (3 hours)
  • HIPR 4120/6120, Historic Site Interpretation (3 hours)
  • HIPR 4330/6330, Introduction to Cultural Landscape Documentation (3 hours)
  • HIPR 4340/6340, Cultural Landscape Inventory and Assessment (3 hours)
  • HIPR 4360/6360, Landscape Materials Conservation (3 hours)
  • HIPR 4400/6400, Southern Garden History (3 hours)
  • HIPR 4440/6440, Historic Landscape Management (3 hours)
  • HIPR 4460/6460, Rural Preservation (3 hours)
  • HIPR 4850/6850, Selected Topics in Heritage Conservation (1-3 hours)
  • LAND 2310, Introduction to Sustainability (3 hours)
  • LAND 2510, History of the Built Environment I: Landscape (3 hours)
  • LAND 4400/6400, Plant Communities of the Southeast (3 hours)
  • LAND 4360, Advanced Landscape Ecology (3 hours)

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