Boston University Preservation Studies Program

The Boston University Preservation Studies Program offers a Master of Arts in Preservation Studies, as well as a dual degree JD/MA in Preservation Studies. The preservation program is located within the College of Arts and Sciences, while the law component of the JD/MA dual degree is located in the School of Law.

Specialties
Boston University is a major research institution, and the dual JD/MA in Preservation Studies degree was the first in the nation. The Preservation Studies Program is affiliated with the American & New England Studies Program, meaning that students are encouraged to use their elective credits in different schools, such as archaeology, art history, law, and planning.

Master of Arts in Preservation Studies
The MA in Preservation Studies has a required 48-units, including:
 * 5 core classes
 * 3 built environment courses
 * 1 major project
 * 6 electives
 * 3 courses in architectural history from the American Studies Program or the History of Art & Architecture Department
 * 3 courses in related fields that are approved by the program director
 * 1 paid internship of 400 hours; it is possible to have this requirement waived with extensive previous experience

Core Courses

 * Preservation Management Seminar
 * Documenting Historic Buildings and Landscapes
 * Building Conservation
 * Preservation & Planning
 * Financing for Historic Preservation

Elective Courses in Preservation

 * New England's Cultural Landscape
 * Seminar in American Architecture
 * Seminar in Adaptive Reuse
 * Neighborhood Conservation
 * Colloquium in Preservation Planning
 * Readings in American Vernacular Architecture
 * Problems in Historic Preservation

Elective Courses in Archaeology

 * Approaches to Artifact Analysis in Historical Archaeology
 * Studies in Industrial Archaeology
 * New World Historical Archaeology
 * Ethics and Law in Archaeology
 * Archaeological Heritage Management

Elective Courses in Art History

 * The Museum and the Historical Agency
 * Early American Architecture
 * Architectural Technology and Materials
 * Nineteenth-Century Architecture
 * Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Architecture

Elective Courses in Law

 * Historic Preservation Law

JD/MA in Preservation Studies
This 4-year program allows first-year students of the Law School to apply to the joint program. As with the MA in Preservation Studies, a 400 hour internship is required. The format of the program is as follows:
 * Year 1: First year Law program only. Apply to Preservation Studies Program at the start of the second semester.
 * Year 2: 3 or more Law courses and 1 Preservation Studies course, each semester.
 * Year 3: 3 or more Law courses and 1 Preservation Studies course, each semester. JD is awarded at the conclusion of the year.
 * Year 4: 4 courses in Preservation Studies, each semester. MA in Preservation Studies is awarded at the conclusion of the year.

Faculty

 * Claire W. Dempsey (Director, Preservation Studies Program)
 * Nina Silber (Director, American & New England Studies Program)
 * Marilyn Halter (Director of Graduate Studies)

Adjunct Faculty

 * Andrew Bacevich (History and International Relations)
 * Anthony G. Barrand (Anthropology)
 * Mary C. Beaudry (Chair, Department of Archaeology)
 * Ruha Benjamin (Sociology and African-American Studies)
 * Allison Blakely (Director, African-American Studies)
 * Brooke Blower (History)
 * Richard M. Candee (Preservation Studies)
 * Charles Capper (History)
 * Eric Dray (Preservation Studies)
 * Louis Ferleger (History)
 * Peter L. Freeman (Law)
 * Melanie Hall (Director, Museum Studies Program)
 * Linda Haywood (History and African-American Studies)
 * Patricia Hills (History of Art and Architecture)
 * Charles Lindholm (Anthropology)
 * David A. Mayers (Political Science and History)
 * William D. Moore (Material Culture)
 * Keith Morgan (History of Art and Architecture)
 * Rafique Mughal (Archaeology)
 * Sarah Phillips (History)
 * William C.S. Remsen (Preservation Studies)
 * Ronald Richardson (History and African-American Studies)
 * Paolo Scrivano (History of Art and Architecture)
 * John Thornton (History and African-American Studies)
 * Robert Weller (Chair, Department of Anthropology)
 * Merry White (Anthropology)
 * Gregory Williams (History of Art and Architecture)