HIST217 Principles of Historic Gardens
Department of Social & Behavioral Science: Historic Preservation
- I. Course Number and Title
- HIST217 Principles of Historic Gardens
- II. Number of Credits
- 1 credit
- III. Number of Instructional Minutes
- 750
- IV. Prerequisites
- None
- Corequisites
- None
- V. Other Pertinent Information
- Students may be required to take a personal and/or group field trip.
- VI. Catalog Course Description
- An overview of formal gardens and other historic designed landscapes as part of the built environment. Special emphasis is placed on the development of formal gardens in the first half of the twentieth century and the ways in which they reflect cultural ideas about nature.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
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Course Learning Goals
Students will:
- identify specific types of historic designed landscapes;
- recognize character-defining features and components of historic gardens and other designed landscapes on site and/or in historic plans, photographs, or other primary sources;
- explain how botanical and environmental considerations influenced the choice of plantings for period gardens;
- articulate the challenges inherent to the preservation and/or restoration of organic material in historic gardens; and
- discuss changes to formal landscape development in America in the first half of the twentieth century.
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Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities
The following thematic topics are incorporated into the course:
- Defining historic designed landscapes
- Primary sources used in the investigation of historic designed landscapes
- Formal gardens as art and science
- Botany and authentic horticultural plants for period gardens
- Overview of formal garden development in America, 1900-1950
- Site maintenance in restored gardens
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Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
Attainment of course learning goals may be assessed by one or more of the following:
- Written assignments
- Discussion responses
- Quizzes
- Case study analyses
- Research-based reports
- Field experiences
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Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Student:
See course syllabus.
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Review/Approval Date - 1/2000; Revised 02/28/2019