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 with questions about spring semester starts.
- HSP3001 Historic Preservation Philosophy and Practice
- HSP2011 American Architecture: Colonial Period to Post Modernism
Elective Courses
- DHH3021 Environmental Psychology
- DME2073 Visual Communication
- HSP2006 Architectural Materials Conservation
- HSP2009 International Heritage Conservation
- HSP2010 Cultural Heritage Tourism and Placemaking
- HSP 3016 The Urban Cultural Landscape Assembled
- HSP 3019 Narratives of Place
- HSP3020 Adaptive Reuse and Development Process
- HTC2200 Cinematic Cityscapes
- HTC3001 The City Since the Enlightenment: Theory and Experience
- SUS2014 Sustainable Design and Preservation
- SUS2025 Greening Existing Buildings
- SUS2035 Sustainable Communities: Land Use, Transportation, and Planning
- URB3011 Site, Story, Stakeholders
- URB3014 Urban Economy, Strategy, and the Competitive City