SCAD > Programs > Historic Preservation

Located in Savannah, one of the most celebrated and studied historic districts in North America, the SCAD historic preservation program immerses students in a living laboratory.

Offered in: Savannah

Core Curriculum
Foundation Studies		35 hours
DRAW	100	Drawing I: Form and Space
DRAW	101	Drawing II: Composition and Media
DRAW	115	Graphics for the Building Arts
DSGN	100	Design I: Elements and Organization
DSGN	101	Color: Theory and Application
DSGN	102	Design II: 3-D Form in Space
	-	Studio Elective

General Education		55 hours
ARLH	307	American Architecture and Urbanism
ARLH	310	American Vernacular Architecture
ARTH	100	Survey of Western Art I
ARTH	110	Survey of Western Art II
CMPA	110	Advanced Survey of Computer Art Applications
COMM	105	Speech and Public Speaking
ENGL	123	Composition
	-	ENGL Elective
	-	General Education Elective*
	-	Natural Sciences/Mathematics*†
	-	Social/Behavioral Sciences*

Major Curriculum		80 hours
ELDS	225	Electronic Design I
HIPR	101	Introduction to Historic Preservation
HIPR	202	Recording and Interpretation for Historical Buildings
HIPR	203	Preservation Research
HIPR	307	Preservation Technology I
HIPR	312	Digital Communication for Historic Preservation
HIPR	313	Preservation Law
HIPR	322	Preservation Economics
HIPR	407	Adaptive Rehabilitation
HIPR	479	Undergraduate Internship
HIPR	480	Historic Preservation Senior Project
WRIT	255	Business and Professional Writing
	-	ARCH, ARLH, CULT, DECA, ELDS, FURN, HIPR, INDS Elective
	-	ARCH, ARLH, CULT, DECA, ELDS, FURN, HIPR, INDS Elective
	-	HIPR Elective
	-	HIPR Elective
Additional Electives		10 hours
	-	Free Elective
	-	Free Elective
Total Course of Study		180 hours

* Consult the general education and mathematics competency requirements.

† MATH 101 Intermediate Mathematics is recommended.

Consult your faculty adviser in selecting elective courses.

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Keller scholar at New Bedford Whaling Museum

Chad Keller (M.F.A., historic preservation, 2005, Savannah) completed a field internship at the Davenport House Museum in Savannah, Georgia, performing a condition assessment of the museum's windows. He accepted the position of Scholar in Residence at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park.
Alesha Hauser works for National Park Service

Alesha Hauser (B.F.A., historic preservation, 2003; M.A., architectural history, 2011, Savannah) is an architectural historian for the National Park Service in the History and National Register Programs in Omaha, Nebraska.
Federal Emergency Management hires Birtchet

Sarah Birtchet (B.F.A., historic preservation, 2006, Savannah) is a historic preservation specialist for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in New Orleans, Louisiana, conducting Section 106 compliance.

Historic Preservation