Students in the program learn preservation in the classroom and through hands-on preservation planning, historical research, and exploration. Preservation is a multi-disciplinary field, and our students study the built environment, cultural landscape and sustainable heritage management through courses taught by leading experts who teach in departments across the University and numerous professionals who do outstanding work in the regional, national and international preservation field.
Class projects, studios, workshops, student research and capstone projects take advantage of the tremendous scope of preservation activity in the region and beyond, from large-scale regional initiatives to grassroots neighborhood efforts in cities and towns, while exploring global comparative perspectives and research opportunities. Our preservation internships provide experiences of practice in the field and are generally done in the summer before the last semester of class work, or during the last semester.
