Preservation (MS)
Roger Williams University
Date Posted: Dec. 13, 2023
Submitted by: Robin Frederick
Sustainability Topic:
Curriculum
Content Type:
Academic Programs
Discipline:
Biological Sciences (includes Ecology)
Tags:
conservation,
resource management
Program Type: Master's Degree
Description
The program offers coursework on the history of the built environment is coupled with applied learning experiences that introduce students to the interdisciplinary, team-based work of historic preservation practice. Applied experience and experiential learning are core components of the curriculum. These are delivered by a series of field-based workshop courses and a required internship undertaken in partnership with nonprofit organizations, government entities, and professional architecture and planning firms. The culminating experience in the MS program is an intensive two-semester sequence of a planning workshop and collaborative studio focused on a major historic rehabilitation or revitalization project.