Continuation of Internship in historic preservation/architectural history. 6-8 hours weekly. Course may include site visits. Graduate students will undertake additional course requirements.

Advanced work on independent research topics by individual students. Departmental approval of the topic is required.

Topical offerings in architectural history.

The Asian-African conference in 1955, known as the Bandung Conference, imagined a movement of newly independent nations of Asia & Africa, joining mutual solidarity to support the development & cultural as well as political independence. In this seminar, students will study the history of the Bandung project, the notion of freedom, liberation, independence, & sovereignty, as well as the material culture & built environment. Grad version has additional requirements.

This class is a field based seminar on methods of analyzing and recording historic buildings, especially vernacular buildings and landscapes. Students will be introduced to intensive building analysis geared to understanding change over time, while learning methods of careful field recording for both documentation and analysis. Graduate students will undertake additional course requirements. Course may include site visits.

Public Humanities and Cultural Change introduces undergraduate students to the power of place and story in the shaping of the American imagination. The multi-disciplinary course centers 1) engaging complex pasts, 2) place-based and community-based methodologies, 3) the inherently political nature of public humanities, and 4) impactful public engagement, especially across difference. Graduate version has additional requirements.

Preparation and completion of a thesis..

Research on topic for Master Thesis.

For Thesis Preparation, taken before a thesis director has been selected.

Advanced work on independent research topics by individual students. Departmental approval of the topic is required.