Online MDS in Historic Preservation Curriculum
Online MDS in Historic Preservation Curriculum
With the blended low-residency and online format of the Online Master of Design Studies in Historic Preservation, you can complete your degree in just four semesters. You’ll also have flexibility to schedule your online courses to fit your busy schedule.
As part of the degree, you will complete a final thesis project that applies research methods to address practical and real-world issues to launch a career in the growing profession of historic preservation that matches their career aspirations.
Curriculum
Semester 1
- HSP3002 Traditional Building*
- HSP3001 Historic Preservation Philosophy and Practice
- HSP2011 American Architecture: Colonial Period to Post Modernism
Semester 2
- HSP3015 Historic Preservation Law and Planning
- HSP Advised Elective
- HSP Advised Elective
Semester 3
- HSP3005 Historic Preservation Research and Documentation*
- DST3011 Thesis Research and Development*
- HSP Advised Elective
Semester 4
*Courses include onsite intensive component. These courses are offered only in the fall semester.
Total Academic Credits: 33
Students are encouraged to start in the fall semester with the Intensive courses. Students may start, nevertheless, with online courses in the spring: HSP3001 Historic Preservation Philosophy and Practice and HSP2011 American Architecture: Colonial Period to Post Modernism. Please contact the program director, Eleni Glekas, with questions about spring semester starts.
- HSP3001 Historic Preservation Philosophy and Practice
- HSP2011 American Architecture: Colonial Period to Post Modernism
Elective Courses
- HSP2006 Architectural Materials Conservation
- HSP2009 International Heritage Conservation
- HSP2010 Cultural Heritage Tourism and Placemaking
- SUS2014 Sustainable Design and Preservation
- HSP2017 Adaptive Reuse and the Real Estate Development Process
- HTC 2200 Archives of the Self
- SUS2025 Greening Existing Buildings
- DME2042 AutoCAD 2D Drafting
- HSP2013 Heritage Documentation (summer travel course only)
- HSP 3019 Narratives of Place
- HSP 3016 The Urban Cultural Landscape Assembled