Courses

• GRS AH 891: Seminar: Photography
  Historical, archival, and theoretical examinations of photography, with emphasis on its role both as document and as art. Topic for Fall 2010: The Photographic Book.
• GRS AH 892: Approaches to Architectural History
  Introduction to the theory and practice of architectural history. Readings explore varied approaches to interpreting architecture; assignments develop skills of informed and careful architectural analysis.
• GRS AH 893: Seminar: Twentieth-Century Architecture
  
• GRS AH 901: Directed Studies
  
• GRS AH 902: Directed Studies
  
• GRS AL 901: Directed Study in Applied Linguistics
  Directed study in linguistics. Hours arranged.
• GRS AL 902: Directed Study in Applied Linguistics
  Directed study in linguistics. Hours arranged.
• GRS AM 730: Seminar in New England Architecture
  In-depth reading and advanced research on selected topics in New England architecture and cultural landscape studies. Topics vary. Past seminars have examined resources of the seventeenth century and the Federal period.
• GRS AM 735: American Cultur
  This course description is currently under construction.
• GRS AM 736: The Literature of American Studies
  Introduction to classic problems in the interpretation of American society and culture.
• GRS AM 747: Historic Building Conservation
  Theory and practicalities involved in conservation of historic buildings. This course will cover the history and theory of building conservation architectural investigations of building, including documentary, constructional, and finish materials to materials for conservation.
• GRS AM 748: Historic Preservation: Seminar in Adaptive Building Use
  Seminar on the methods of adapting older buildings to new uses. Emphasis on architectural, legal, and economic factors. Field trips, case studies.
• GRS AM 751: Financing Historic Preservation Development
  This course will focus on how to determine the value and potential income of a property, produce a feasibility analysis, and secure financing for preservation projects.
• GRS AM 754: Planning and Preservation
  Considers the methods employed to protect and plan for the historic landscape. Topics include the history of preservation planning and the broader planning profession, and a review of case law, legislation, and the protection strategies of current preservation practice.
• GRS AM 755: Preservation Planning Colloquium
  A comprehensive preservation planning and advocacy course in which students in the Preservation Studies Program prepare a planning document under contract with a community.
• GRS AM 765: American Vernacular Architecture
  This seminar provides an opportunity to examine influential interpretive frameworks employed in the study of American building and the historic landscape, examples of the approach known as vernacular architecture.
• GRS AM 780: Problems in Historic Preservation
  A research seminar to explore, in depth, changing themes or current issues in historic preservation.
• GRS AM 867: Material Culture
  Introduction to the theory and practice of the interdisciplinary study of material culture, which includes everything we make and use, from food and clothing to art and buildings. Explore contemporary scholarship from a range of disciplines. Also offered as GRS AH 867.
• GRS AM 901: Directed Study in American and New England Studies
  
• GRS AM 902: Directed Study in American and New England Studies
  

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