University of Oregon Historic Preservation Program

The University of Oregon Historic Preservation Program offers a Master of Science in Historic Preservation (MSHP). The program is located within the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts.

History
The Historic Preservation Program was initially established as only a graduate program in 1980, adding the undergraduate major in 1987. The program now is headquartered in Lawrence Hall.

Concentrations
University of Oregon's Historic Preservation Program has three concentration areas. The University issues this statement on their specialties: "The program is perhaps best described as having broad cultural concerns with a technical emphasis." Students are encouraged to take elective courses throughout the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, including Architecture, Arts and Administration, Interior Architecture, History of Art and Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Planning, Public Policy, and Management.
 * Preservation, Theory, Design, and Technology
 * Preservation Planning and Cultural Resource Management
 * Resource Identification and Evaluation

Master of Science in Historic Preservation
The MSHP has a required 72-units, including:
 * 20 units of core classes
 * 12 units of architectural history
 * 15 units of concentration courses
 * 5 units of practicum/internship
 * 2 units of independent research
 * 12 units of thesis or terminal project
 * 6 units of electives

Field Schools
The University of Oregon has previously held summer field schools in Croatia (2012), specializing in cultural landscapes and sustainable design, and in the Pacific Northwest (2013), specializing in hands-on community-based preservation.

Core Courses

 * Preservation Field School (2 units)
 * Introduction to Historic Preservation (3 units)
 * Research Methods/Proposal (3 units)
 * National Register Nomination (3 units)
 * Historic Survey and Inventory Methodology (3 units)
 * Land Use Ethics in Historic Preservation (3 units)
 * Preservation Economics (3 units)

Elective Courses in Preservation

 * Interpreting American Architecture from a Preservation Perspective I, II, III (4 units)
 * American Building Construction History (4 units)
 * Sustainable Preservation Theory, Design and Technology concentration course
 * Resource Identification and Evaluation concentration course
 * HABS/HAER Documentation (4 units)
 * Resource Identification and Evaluation concentration course
 * Preservation Technology (3 units)
 * Sustainable Preservation Theory, Design and Technology concentration course
 * Historic Structures Report (3 units)
 * Sustainable Preservation Theory, Design and Technology concentration course
 * Preservation and Sustainability (3 units)
 * Historical Archaeology and Preservation (3 units)
 * Cultural Resource Management concentration course
 * Resource Identification and Evaluation concentration course
 * Green Transportation and Preservation (3 units)
 * Sustainable Preservation Theory, Design and Technology concentration course
 * Cultural Resource Management concentration course
 * Resource Identification and Evaluation concentration course
 * Adaptive Reuse (seminar/studio (3 units)
 * Sustainable Preservation Theory, Design and Technology concentration course
 * Graphic Communication of Ideas (3 units)
 * Sustainable Preservation Theory, Design and Technology concentration course
 * Resource Identification and Evaluation concentration course
 * Identifying and Interpreting Vernacular Settings (3 units)
 * Sustainable Preservation Theory, Design and Technology concentration course
 * Resource Identification and Evaluation concentration course
 * Sustainable Cities and Transportation (3 units)

Elective Courses in Architecture

 * Vernacular Architecture (3 units)
 * Resource Identification and Evaluation concentration course
 * Human Context of Design (4 units)
 * Sustainable Preservation Theory, Design and Technology concentration course
 * Building Construction: the Art of Building (4 units)
 * Sustainable Preservation Theory, Design and Technology concentration course

Elective Courses in Architectural History

 * Eighteenth-Century Architecture (4 units)
 * Nineteenth-Century Architecture (4 units)
 * Twentieth-Century Architecture (4 units)
 * Native American Architecture (4 units)
 * American Architecture I, II, and III (4 units each)
 * Resource Identification and Evaluation concentration course
 * Chicago Architecture (4 units)
 * Oregon Architecture (4 units)
 * Resource Identification and Evaluation concentration course
 * History of Landscape Architecture (4 units)

Elective Courses in Arts and Administration

 * Arts Administration (4 units)
 * Cultural Resource Management concentration course
 * Cultural Museums (4 units)
 * Cultural Policy (4 units)

Elective Courses in Landscape Architecture

 * Contemporary American Landscapes (4 units)
 * Landscape Preservation (4 units)
 * Sustainable Preservation Theory, Design and Technology concentration course
 * Cultural Resource Management concentration course
 * Resource Identification and Evaluation concentration course
 * National Parks (4 units)
 * Cultural Resource Management concentration course
 * Resource Identification and Evaluation concentration course

Elective Courses in Planning, Public Policy, and Management

 * Grant Writing (1 unit)
 * Cultural Resource Management concentration course
 * Managing Nonprofit Organizations (4 units)
 * Cultural Resource Management concentration course
 * Land Use Planning and Growth Management (4 units)
 * Cultural Resource Management concentration course
 * Community Planning Workshop (1-16 units)
 * Cultural Resource Management concentration course
 * Introduction to Planning Practice (4 units)
 * Cultural Resource Management concentration course
 * Project Management (4 units)
 * Planning and Social Change (4 units)
 * Cultural Resource Management concentration course

Faculty

 * Kingston Heath (Historic Preservation Program Director)
 * Shannon Sardell (Pacific Northwest Field School Director)

Adjunct Faculty

 * Lauren Allsopp (historic earth structures and construction)
 * Chris Bell (transportation and preservation)
 * Nicola Camerlenghi (architectural history)
 * Liz Carter (preservation policy and planning)
 * Erin Cunningham (interior architectural history)
 * Howard Davis (vernacular architecture)
 * Mark Davison (cultural landscapes)
 * Kassia Dellabough (internship practicum)
 * Patricia Dewey (research methods)
 * Eric Eisemann (preservation law)
 * Jessica Engeman (economics)
 * Paul Falsetto (sustainability)
 * Mark Gillem (design studios)
 * Kristen Grieger (internship practicum)
 * Jason Alexander Hayter (planning)
 * Thomas Hubka (vernacular architecture)
 * Kenneth Helphand (cultural landscapes)
 * Henry C. Kunowski (adaptive reuse)
 * Robert Z. Melnick (history and theory)
 * Rick Minor (archaeology)
 * Donald Peting (restoration practices)
 * Kirk Ranzetta (internship practicum)
 * Leland Roth (architectural history)
 * Rob Thallon (building construction)