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MHP
Master of Historic Preservation
About the MHP Program
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Noteworthy credentials of the UGA MHP program include being:
- A Member of the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE)
- A Professional Graduate Historic Preservation Degree
- Home to the Alpha Chapter of Sigma Pi Kappa (HP Honorary) and the
Student Historic Preservation Organization (SHPO)
- Sponsor of April is Preservation Month at UGA
Introduction
The MHP degree program prepares students for broad-based careers in the
conservation and management of historic resources in both the built and
natural environments. The two-year course of study attracts students from
diverse backgrounds and is structured to develop versatile, competent
and highly motivated professionals who can perceive preservation opportunities
in the broadest sense and who can develop strategies ensuring the protection
and use of cultural resources as a part of the fabric of urban and rural
environments.
As the site of the oldest state-chartered university in
America (1785), it is appropriate that the University's Old North Campus
is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This district,
along with much of the city of Athens, provides a door-step laboratory
for preservation majors at the University of Georgia, which is complemented
by numerous sites, districts, and entire communities across the state.
Yet, despite the significance of these historic resources, threats to
their continued existence arise on a daily basis. Thus, it is in the context of
dealing with contemporary issues that these areas, as preservation laboratories,
can provide both professional training and practical experience to the
student in both rural and urban environments.
Philosophy
and Objectives
Historic resources, in both the built and natural environments,
are vital elements of our nation's cultural continuum. As such, they contribute
to our national and individual identity and psychological well-being.
There are also a number of economic benefits realized through the preservation
of these resources:
In addition to these obvious benefits of historic preservation,
there is the issue of the right of our cities and countryside to be beautiful
and the recognition of the aesthetic contribution of many historic resources
to the quality of environments and, thus, to the quality of life within
a neighborhood, city, or region.
The MHP program's general objectives are:
- To prepare students from diverse academic backgrounds such as architecture,
landscape architecture, urban planning or design, interior design, art
history, social history, law, archaeology, real estate, economics, or
other disciplines, to work together efficiently at the task of retrieving
and recycling the built and natural environment, and to give these specialists
a common concept of their task, a common language for describing it,
and common methods for dealing with the problems involved.
- To develop highly motivated professionals who can perceive preservation
opportunities in their broadest sense, recognizing the need to develop,
protect, and utilize historic resources as a part of the living fabric
of the community, area, or region.
- To develop, within students, an awareness of the specific historic
resource problems and opportunities which exist within the region in
which the University of Georgia is located, as well as in other parts
of our nation.
- To develop a center of preservation education capable of serving students
from Georgia, the Southeast, and areas beyond this region.
The more specific objectives of the curriculum are to
provide for the student:
- An understanding of the nature and role of historic resources.
- A basis for the development of a personal philosophy in historic preservation.
- A working knowledge of the principles and techniques of historic resource
protection and utilization within both urban and rural environments,
along with the ability to utilize effective preservation planning processes.
- An intensive, community-oriented, practical educational experience
which effects a balance between academic and professional training.
- Preparation for the assumption of responsible positions, as a preservation
planning professional, with private organizations, design and/or planning
firms, as well as agencies of municipal, state, or federal government.
- Recognition of personal potential for leadership within the preservation
field.
More information on the program is offered on these pages:
Application, Admissions, and Aid
Program Requirements
Other Historic Preservation Programs
(Certificate, Accelerated Master's, and Joint Doctorate)
Contacting Us or Visiting the Campus
HP Links
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