Certificate in Historic Preservation Studies

This certificate is available to students currently enrolled in a master's program at UGA as well as individuals who already hold a master's degree.

• To develop within students an awareness of the contribution that historic resources make to the quality of environments and to the quality of life available to the general populace.

• To foster an understanding of historic preservation needs, problems, and opportunities and the role that individual citizens can play in the protection and perpetuation of historic resources.

• To prepare student, as citizens within their respective communities, to serve as volunteer members of citizen preservation organizations and/or government commissions and to provide informed leadership to these and any other community preservation efforts.

• To provide students the opportunity to study historic preservation as a part of their academic program or as a supplemental educational opportunity available to those who already hold a master's level degree.

The certificate program requires a student to complete 18 hours of credit, including 9 hours of core requirements and 9 hours selected from the historic preservation curriculum. Three hours may be satisfied by a preservation-related thesis in the student's academic department. The thesis proposal must be jointly approved by the graduate coordinator or major professor of the student's degree program and the Graduate Director for Studies in Historic Preservation.

Certificate Core Requirements (9 hours)

• HIPR 6000 - Introduction to Historic Preservation, 3 hrs.

• LAND 6620 - Evolution of American Architecture, 3 hrs.

• HIPR 6440 - Historic Landscape Management, 3 hrs.

Certificate Elective Requirements (9 hours)

• HIPR 6100 - Cultural Resource Assessment, 3 hrs.

• HIPR 6200 - Preservation Law, 3 hrs.

• HIPR 6350 - Building Materials Conservation, 3 hrs.

• HIPR 6720 - Preservation Advocacy/Professional Practice, 3 hrs.

• HIPR 6750 - Special/Independent Studies, 1-3 hrs.

• HIPR 6800 - Contemporary Preservation Perspectives/Study Travel Trip 3hrs

• HIPR 6850 - Preservation Planning Studio, 3 hrs.

• HIPR 7300 - Master's Thesis Writing, 1-3 hr., total of 3 hr. required

This one-year program requires completion of 30 semester hours plus a 9-hour thesis. The program is only open to individuals who have an undergraduate degree in historic preservation.

This four-year program provides both the JD and MHP degrees. Students must make separate applications to the Law School and the Graduate School and be accepted by both units to participate in the program.  For information about the and applications to the Juris Doctor program contact the Law School Admissions Office (telephone 706-542-7060); for historic preservation applications and information, contact the Director for Graduate Studies in Historic Preservation (telephone 706-542-4720).