Heritage Preservation Minor

Program Overview

This program in Historic Preservation and Cultural Heritage combines required courses in geography, history, and preservation with restricted elective courses in related fields. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the history, theory, and practice of historic preservation and cultural heritage management. The program prepares students for careers in historic preservation, cultural resource management, museum studies, and related fields.

Program Outline

Outline:

Required Courses: 18 hours

• GEOG 333W Unsettled Geographies [GEWI] (3 hrs)
• GHPR 335 Historic Preservation (3 hrs)
• GHPR 400 Cultural History of American Architecture (3 hrs)
• GHPR 450 Digital Heritage (3 hrs)
• HIST 123 The United States to 1877 [GEKS] (3 hrs)
• HIST 124 The United States, 1877 to the Present [GEKS] (3 hrs)

Restricted Elective Courses: 4-6 hours

Choose two courses from the following:

• ANTH 135 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology [GEGA or GEKS] (3 hrs)
• ANTH 150 Introductory Archaeology [GEKS] (3 hrs)
• CNST 201 Construction Systems (3 hrs)
• CNST 228 Construction Graphics (3 hrs)
• ETWE 105 History of Industrial Technology (3 hrs)
• GEOG 112 Introduction to Travel and Tourism (3 hrs)
• GEOG 113 Great Lakes Geotourism: Water and Wine (3 hrs)
• GEOG 212 Geography of Travel and Tourism (3 hrs)
• GEOG 276 Principles of Geographic Information Systems (3 hrs)
• GEOG 313 Geography of Michigan (3 hrs)
• GEOG 315 Travel and Tourism: The European Scene (3 hrs)
• GEOG 332 Urban Geography (3 hrs)
• GEOG 335 Economic Geography (3 hrs)
• GEOG 346 Destination Branding (3 hrs)
• GEOG 360 Cultural Geography (3 hrs)
• GHPR 401 Planning/Preservation Graphics and Geovisualization (3 hrs)
• GHPR 415 Place, Race, and Ethnicity (2 hrs)
• GHPR 423 Interpreting the Historic Site (2 hrs)
• GHPR 435 Heritage Preservation Field Project (2 hrs)
• GHPR 443 Heritage Tourism and Preservation (3 hrs)
• GHPR 446 Heritage Interpretation (2 hrs)
• GHPR 475 Architectural Nomenclature (2 hrs)
• HIST 305 Native American History (3 hrs)
• HIST 313 Michigan History (3 hrs)
• HIST 362 United States Urban History (3 hrs)
• IDE 226 History of Interiors from 1800 to Present (3 hrs)
• PSY 350 Environmental Psychology (3 hrs)
• SOCL 306 The Urban Community (3 hrs)
• URP 215 Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning (3 hrs)