Certificate Requirements

The Certificate Program requires 27 credits and an internship to complete. Five courses comprise a required core to the program; two other courses must be taken in a chosen track. Two additional elective courses may or may not be in the chosen track, but they must be listed among the courses approved by the Advisory Committee. The course, "Introduction to Historic Preservation," is offered every fall or winter quarter, and should be taken at the earliest opportunity.

Graduate students are required to take the course 23 PLAN 62X, Historic Preservation Planning, in their first or second graduate year; this course and one graduate art or architectural history elective replace the elective courses in the undergraduate curriculum.

The capstone course, 15 HIST 526, Issues in Historic Preservation, should be taken in the spring of the graduating year. Each department is permitted to specify further required courses for graduate students pursuing the Certificate. The internship represents either a paid co-op with a firm or organization that engages in historic preservation work, or a volunteer effort with a non-profit preservation-oriented organization that amounts to 90 hours of service. Qualified students may substitute professional service for the internship.

Students may transfer up to nine credit hours from other universities; each student's advisor will make determinations regarding transfer credits and substitutions.