Minor in Historic Preservation
TOTAL HOURS: 15
Program Description
The minor in Historic Preservation will be helpful for students pursuing a career in history, architecture, landscape architecture, geography, engineering, interior design, urban and regional planning, and conservation. Students will develop a solid base knowledge of the tools and practices necessary for the conservation or sensitive adaptation of historic buildings and landscapes.
The Historic Preservation minor complements a range of majors, including those focused on history, the built environment, and the intersection of people and our environment:
- Anthropology
- Art and Art History
- Business
- Ecology
- Environmental Engineering
- History
- Interior Design
- Journalism
- Landscape Architecture
- Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management
- Pre-Law
Required Courses (6 hours)
| HIPR 4000/6000 | Introduction to Historic Preservation | 3 |
Choose One of the Following Courses:
| EDES 4610/6610 | Vernacular Architecture | 3 |
| EDES 4630/6630 | The History and Theory of Twentieth-Century Architecture | 3 |
| LAND 4620/6620 | Evolution of American Architecture | 3 |
Electives (Choose at least 9 hours)
| ARID 3210 | Design History 1 | 3 |
| HIPR 2071 | Introduction to Global Cultural Heritage | 3 |
| HIPR 4030 | Principles and Practices of Historic Preservation | 3 |
| HIPR 4072 | Issues in International Heritage Conservation | 3 |
| HIPR 4100 | Cultural Resources Assessment | 3 |
| HIPR 4120 | Historic Site Interpretation | 3 |
| HIPR 4160 | Public History and Technology | 3 |
| HIPR 4200 | Preservation Law | 3 |
| HIPR 4250 | Art and Cultural Heritage Law | 3 |
| HIPR 4330 | Introduction to Cultural Landscape Documentation | 3 |
| HIPR 4460 | Rural Preservation | 3 |
| HIPR 4480 | Introduction to Cultural Landscape Conservation | 3 |
| HIPR 4510 | Financing Historic Preservation | 3 |
| HIPR 4560 | World Architecture | 3 |
| HIPR 4811 | Coastal Georgia Field Studies | 3 |
| HIPR 4950 | Preservation Planning | 3 |
| LAND 2510 | History of the Built Environment I: Landscape | 3 |
| LAND 2520 | History of the Built Environment II: Architecture | 3 |
| EDES 4601 | Vernacular Architecture | 3 |
| EDES 4630 | History of 20th Century Architecture | 3 |
| EDES 4675 | Sustainability of Heritage | 3 |
For more information, contact:
MHP Program Coordinator
Scott Nesbit
102 Denmark Hall
706-542-3996