Featured Course: History of American Architecture (HIST198)
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 4:30-6:00pm via Teams
Starting September 14, 2026!
(September 14 - December 14; Credit or No Credit/Audit Options; Senior Discount)
Join Bucks County Community College’s award-winning Historic Preservation program on a survey of four centuries of American architecture.
Discover the built environment of Pennsylvania's Delaware Valley and beyond from its earliest iterations by Native Americans and transplanted European architectural ideas through the postmodern period. The work of architects and the evolution of architectural styles are examined as a reflection of broader historical trends. Through observation, description, and analysis, students build their visual literacy skills and historical architectural vocabulary to recognize and interpret a building's historic character.
This course is taught by Kathryn Auerbach, heritage and preservation consultant with more than 40 years of experience.
Next Steps
BCCC is open admission: everyone is welcome to take our courses. Register Here!
Though most of our historic preservation students already have degrees, anyone with a passion for preservation and history is welcome!
The course may be taken “audit” or for a grade; courses successfully completed for a grade can be applied to our occupational Historic Preservation Certificate, designed to enable students to “do” the work of preservation in their communities anywhere in the country.
The Bucks HP program is a Shared program for community colleges: everyone in Pennsylvania takes our courses for in-county or non-sponsored tuition rates (based on location).