Graduate Certificate Program

Historic Preservation Certificate

This certificate is open to undergraduate and graduate students in all units at Rutgers University, including the students at Art History and students of the Bloustein School.

A Joint Offering of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and The Department of Art History/Cultural Heritage Preservation Studies (CHAPS).

Overview

The Certificate in Historic Preservation (15 credits) offers students a theoretical and practical introduction to the fields of cultural heritage and historic preservation through a combination of special courses and supervised internship or Independent Study opportunities. The program is multi-disciplinary and transcultural in nature, embracing state and national concerns while also reflecting the surge of interest in conservation issues on a global scale. These developments have resulted in the rapid expansion of organizations devoted to preservation issues and a dramatic
increase in educational and career opportunities..

The Certificate offers a combination of courses originating in the The Department of Art History/Cultural Heritage Preservation Studies (CHAPS) Program and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, and courses anchored in other Rutgers departments and units. The certificate program is open to undergraduate and graduate “concurrent” students in all units at Rutgers University, including the students at Art History and students of the Bloustein School.

A Certificate in Historic Preservation will be awarded to students who complete the program with an average of B or higher. The Certificate will be conferred only with the awarding of of a BA, BS, MCRP, MA or PhD degree in an established undergraduate or graduate department, or other degree-granting program of Rutgers.

Students interested in the program are encouraged to subscribe the Historic Preservation listserv for information about upcoming events and other items of interest.

Program

The Certificate Program consists of five (5) three-credit courses. Three are required (3 credits each for a total of 9 credits). Two of the required classes, taken in any sequence, are Foundations in Cultural Heritage and Preservation (CHAPS) and Historic Preservation: History, Architecture, Programs and Policy (Bloustein). The third required course is a supervised internship or supervised independent study (taken at either CHAPS or Bloustein) approved in advance in writing by the CHAPS program director or the coordinator of this certificate program at the Bloustein School.

In addition are two elective courses (3 credits each, 6 credits total). The elective courses include any CHAPS course, any Bloustein course, or any course on architecture, urban studies, urban planning and related subjects in the Rutgers departments of Art History, Geography, Landscape Architecture, American Studies, Archaeology and Anthropology. Prerequisites to these individual courses must be met by those enrolled.

Program & Course Outline

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Core Courses

16:082:530 Foundations in Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies (fall)

AND

34:970:521 Historic Preservation History, Architecture, Programs and Policy (spring) (cross-listed as 762:448 and 01:478:40)

Elective Courses

Art History

01:082:101 Building the Future: An Introduction to Architecture
01:082:391 Nineteenth-Century Architecture and Society in the United States
01:082:431 Theories and Methods of Architectural Preservation
01:082:392 Twentieth-Century Architecture
01:082:428 The Modern City
01:082:446 Studies in American Architecture

Bloustein School – GRADUATE

34:970:501 History and Theory of Planning
34:970:517 Survey of Planning Law Principles
34:970:523 Environmental Law and Policy
34:970:590 Graphic Communication and Design Representation
34:970:601 Planning and Design II
34:970:602 Zoning and Urban Planning

Bloustein School – UNDERGRADUATE

10:975:101 Introduction to Urban Studies
10:975:440 Real Estate Development
10:975:463 Environmental Law and Policy
10:971:310 U.S. Housing Policy
10:971:318 History and Theory of Urban Planning and Design
10:971:372 Urban Revitalization
10:762:201 Introduction to Urban Planning and Design
10:762:315 Fundamentals of Urban Planning and Design

American Studies

050:281:01 Native American Culture
050:200:02 Topics in American Studies: Latinos and Community
050:246:01 The Black Experience in America

Anthropology

01:070:313 Historical Archaeology
01:070:333 Colonial Archaeology
01:070:393 Cultural Resource Management
16:070:584 The Built Environment
16:070:587 Field Study in Archaeology

CHAPS

16.082.530 Foundations in Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies (Undergraduate section: 01:082:430)
16.082.605 Methods in Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies (Undergraduates by request only)
16:082:594 Studies in Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies (various topics. Undergraduate section: 01:082:440)
16:082:593 Special Topics in Politics, History, and Heritage (various topics. Undergraduate section 01:082:441)

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