Seminars for investigations of selected topics in historic preservation. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits under different subtitles.

Seminars for investigations of selected topics in historic preservation. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits under different subtitles.

Seminars for investigations of selected topics in historic preservation. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits under different subtitles.

Introduces and explores the concept of "cultural landscape" and the field of cultural landscape studies, with special emphasis upon how historic preservation policy and practice regards cultural landscapes, and the concept's potential for the future of the field.

Globalization, urbanization, and climate change are all threats to cultural heritage and cultural diversity. Although it is increasingly recognized that heritage plays a significant role in sustainable development, its contribution has been trivialized as a part of the sustainable development agenda. This course will address the relevance of protecting, promoting, and utilizing cultural heritage to achieving social, economic, and environmental well-being as well as strategies for integrating cultural heritage conservation into the sustainable development debate.

The goal of this course is to assist non-lawyers in understanding laws, policies, and procedures and how they impact your professional practice as preservationists, planners, archaeologists, and in other conservation related fields. Preservation law encompasses a number of practice areas including, but not limited to land use and zoning, real property, local government, constitutional, administrative, and environmental law as well as the conservation of archaeological resources.

This course is a sequel to HP 610: American American Architecture I. It will examine architectural developments in America from the middle of the 19th century to the present, with a focus upon the virate intersection of American architecture with the emergence of modern architecture in the rest of the world. There will be special emphasis upon architectural professionalization and its impact on processes of design in all context. Field trip is required.

HP 613 will provide an in-depth examination of current methods and technologies used in the conservation of historic materials and structural elements. This course will also examine the materials and methods of construction used in historic structures in Europe and the United States. The investigation of historic structural systems will include an examination of the technology available and the progressive changes in technology and how it impacted construction methods.

A graduate seminar that explores the traditions, policies, practices and regulations that dictate the form of the built environment in the United States, from colonial times to the present, in rural, suburban, and urban contexts.

An introduction to architectural preservation and design, using sites in Kentucky. Design projects will focus on restoration, preservation, and adaptive reuse of historic structures, new urban infill structures, and new structures within historic urban and rural contexts. Individual and team projects will require interaction with local preservation and planning groups. Course meets for 3 hours each week. Prerequisite: Enrollment in program or consent of instructor.