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The Historic Preservation Program
University of Mary Washington
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Course Summary
- Type: Bachelor Degree
- Location: Virginia, United States of America
- Duration: 3 Years
- Deadline: Ongoing
Course Description
Historic Preservation focuses on the maintenance, conservation, advocacy, and interpretation of historic sites and structuresand on cultural resource management.Students gain a deeper and richer understanding of America’s cultural and ethnic diversity and the ramifications of technological innovation and social change on people’s quality of life.
UMW was one of the first academic institutions in America to establish an undergraduate curriculum in historic preservation and the first to establish an independent Department of Historic Preservation – now one of the largest undergraduate program of its kind in the nation. Students in the program may emphasize historic architecture, building forensics, folklore, archaeology, preservation planning, material culture, or museums in their course work.
