Historical Preservation Certificate
The Historical Preservation Certificate equips students with an extensive knowledge of the historic environment. You’ll learn how to document, record, maintain, and manage historic and archeological places. Students with the certificate have worked in:
- Environmental protection
- Historical research and tourism
- Site management
The Historical Preservation Certificate is supported by the Center for Historical Preservation. The certificate welcomes students with diverse educational backgrounds and is open to all graduate students at Texas A&M University.
Certificate Spotlights
Andrea Batarse
Andrea Batarse ‘20, Master of Architecture
Final Study Project: borderline
Andrew J. Billingsley
Andrew J. Billingsley ‘20, Master of Science in Architecture
Thesis: Connecting the Dots: Choosing an Appropriate Terrestrial Laser Scanning Hardware and Software System to Document Three Early 20th Century Buildings on the Campus of Texas A&M University. Master’s thesis, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/191561
Joshua R. Farrar
Joshua R. Farrar ‘20, Ph.D. Anthropology
Dissertation: The Milam Street Bridge Artifact Assemblage: Houstonians Joined by the Common Thread of Artifacts – A Story Spanning from the Civil War to Modern Day. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/191629
Curriculum
The Historical Preservation Certificate includes at least 12 hours of coursework.
The coursework for the certificate provides instruction in skills and knowledge deemed common and essential in the field of historic preservation by the National Council for Preservation Education:
- History, theory, and practice of preservation
- History of the designed environment (including, for example, the history of architecture, urban development, landscape architecture, archaeology, or material culture)
- Documentation and recording techniques used in preservation and archaeology
- Specialized components (design, technology, economics, law, planning, tourism, conservation, and curation)
To culminate their studies, students must complete a study, paper, or dissertation with a focus on historical preservation and participate in a colloquium. The project will be evaluated by the director and certificate committee of the Center for Historic Preservation.
| Listing | Class | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ARCH 646 | Historic Preservation Theory and Practice | 3 |
Select 12 hours of coursework from the following:
| Listing | Class | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ARCH 608 | Architectural Design IV | 3 |
| ARCH 644 | Seminar in Art and Architectural History | 3 |
| ARCH 647 | Documentation of Historic Buildings and Sites | 3 |
| ARCH 648 | Building Preservation Technology | 3 |
| ARCH 649 | Advanced History of Building Technology | 3 |
| ARCH 659 | Digital Architectural Photography | 3 |
| ARCH 691 | Research | 3 |
| COSC 689 | Special Topics in… | 3 |
| LAND 622/PLAN 622 | Critical Place Studies: Theory, Research and Practice | 3 |
| LAND 691 | Research | 3 |
| LAND 693 | Professional Study | 3 |
| LDEV 671 | Sustainable Development | 3 |
| PLAN 625 | Geographical Information Systems in Landscape and Urban Planning | 3 |
| PLAN 640 | Law and Legislation Related to Planning | 3 |
| PLAN 689 | Special Topics In… | 3 |
| PLAN 691 | Research | 3 |
| PLAN 693 | Professional Study | 3 |
| ANTH 605 | Conservation of Archaeological Resources I | 3 |
| ANTH 606 | Conservation of Archaeological Resources II | 3 |
| ANTH 608 | Skills in Maritime Archaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 691 | Research | 3 |
| GEOG 605 | Processes in Cultural Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 691 | Research | 3 |
| RPTS 307 | Interpretation of Natural and Cultural Resources | 3 |
| RPTS 646 | Heritage Tourism | 3 |
| RPTS 691 | Research | 3 |
| RPTS 693 | Professional Study | 3 |