The Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation and Regionalism (HPR) requires the completion of a minimum of 18 credit hours. Students may request that up to nine hours in the certificate also be used to satisfy graduate degree requirements. Most courses are offered in the late afternoon, evening, or weekends.
Course requirements include:
- Introduction to Preservation and Regionalism (LA/ARCH/CRP 579, 3 credit hours): introduces the approaches and issues of the program.
- Three courses chosen from the Elective Courses (see below) with approval of the Certificate Coordinator (9 credit hours): allows students to gain expertise in the practice of preservation and regionalism in their professional field and knowledge of Southwest and U.S. architecture, planning and landscape history.
- Historic Community Research (LA/ARCH/CRP 590, 3 credit hours): an interdisciplinary-team-based field research seminar. The research and local contacts developed by the Historic Community Research course lays the groundwork for many students’ capstone projects. The Historic plaza research project led to one architecture thesis (Monticello) and three DPAC studios (Doña Ana, Santa Rosa and Portales) which each focused on the economic, physical and social revitalization of a historic community space.
- A capstone project working with a New Mexican community carried out through an internship, problems course, or design and planning studio (3-6 credit hours): A student who satisfies this final requirement with a 6-hour studio will total 21 hours for the certificate.
Elective Courses:
Preservation Technologies and Adaptive Reuse (Arch 512)
Cultural Landscape Planning (LA 512)
Preservation, Eco tourism, and Community Development (CRP 570)
Alternative Construction Methods and Materials (Arch 512)
Gardens in the Sand: New Mexico’s Historic Landscapes (LA 562)
Southwest Architecture and Cultural Landscapes (Arch 562)
Urban Design Theory (CRP 525)
Planning Issues of Native American Reservations (CRP 573)
Planning Issues in Chicano Communities (CRP 586)
Theories and Methods of Folklore Study (Amer St 513)
Museum Practices (Anthro 582, Art 507)
Intercultural Field Research (C&J 573)
Public History (Hist 510)