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The Bucks Historic Preservation program provides students with a solid foundation for understanding the work of preservation in communities around the state and nation. Our cost-effective program provides a challenging curriculum giving anyone the building blocks they need to identify, document, conserve, and share historical resources in their communities.
Fall 2025
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AUGUST-START COURSES |
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HIST199 |
Historic Property Research & Documentation The methodology of documenting historic sites will be studied and applied to local buildings and structures. Students utilize primary and secondary archival sources and on-site structural analysis to synthesize a property history, place it in historic context, and argue for its significance. |
8/20/25 | 12/11/25 |
eLearning |
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SEPTEMBER-START COURSES |
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HIST201 |
The course teaches students to see buildings as ever-decaying artifacts in need of vigilant care. Students learn how to steward historic buildings, with special attention paid to period building materials, construction techniques, mechanisms of deterioration and remediation, the building's relationship to its site, and appropriate standards for intervention. |
9/8/25 | 12/11/25 |
Hybrid Technology: THURSDAYS 7:00-9:30pm (Zoom) and SATURDAYS (Newtown; 9/13, 10/4, 10/25 only) 9:00am-12:00pm |
OCTOBER-START COURSES |
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| HIST210 |
Topics in Historic Preservation: Ethnography Ethnography involves documenting the cultural heritage practices of groups of people. Using case studies and field work, the course offers insights into both the theories and practices that shape this work. |
10/13/25 | 12/11/15 |
Mixed: eLearning + MONDAYS (Zoom) 7:00-9:30pm |