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Historic Preservation or Museum Studies Concentration

The Department of Interior Architecture offers a graduate program of study leading to a 36 hour Master of Science degree with a concentration in either historic preservation or museum studies.

Required Core Courses (15 hours)

Historic Preservation Concentration

IAR 543            Historic Preservation: Principles and Practice (3)

IAR 624            History of American Landscapes and Architecture (3)

IAR 625            Preservation Planning and Law (3)

* IAR 690            Internship (3)

Approved elective (3)

Museum Studies Concentration

IAR 626            Management and Leadership in Public History (3)

IAR 627            Museum and Historic Site Interpretation: Principles and Practice (3)

* IAR 690            Internship (3)

Approved Elective (6)

* Students with appropriate professional experience may substitute an elective for the Internship requirement with prior approval of the Director of Graduate Study.

Studio Courses (6 hours)

IAR 501,502        Advanced Interior Architecture I, II (6) or IAR 602 Advanced Interior Architecture III (6)

Research Techniques (9 hours)

IAR 631            Environmental Design Research (3)

IAR 645            Seminar in Interior Architecture (3)

And three (3) hours of research methods approved by the student's committee and typically chosen from the following:

IAR 548            Architectural Conservation (3)

IAR 555      Field Methods in Preservation Technology (3)

IAR 628            Identification and Evaluation of the Historic Built Environment (3)

IAR 545            Southern History and Southern Material Culture in a Museum Context (3)

Electives

HIS 505            Introduction to Archival Management (3)

IAR 536            History of Decorative Arts (3)

IAR 545            Southern History and Southern Material Culture in a Museum Context (3)

IAR 547            Museum Curatorship: Collections Management (3)

IAR 548            Architectural Conservation (3)

IAR 552            History and Theories in Material Culture (3)

IAR 555       Field Methods in Preservation Technology (3)

IAR 628            Identification and Evaluation of the Historic Built Environment (3)

ART 590            Museum Studies (3)

ATY 597            Special Problems in Anthropology (3)

GEO 502    Urban Planning (3)

PSC 540            Nonprofit Management and Leadership (3)

Required courses in either concentration may be taken as electives for students in the other concentration.