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.
SCAD is the leading university in the practice of historic preservation with more than 100 historic properties on three continents.
DesignIntelligence ranked the SCAD undergraduate and graduate interior design programs No. 1 in the U.S. for 2012.
Meet historic preservation alumnus Preston Martin.

Offered in: Savannah, eLearning

ARLH	501	History of Modern Architecture*
HIPR	501	Communication for the Preservationist*
HIPR	502	The Technology of Historic Buildings*
HIPR	701	Introduction to Preservation
HIPR	703	Preservation Law and Advocacy
HIPR	704	Preservation Economics and Development
HIPR	706	Preservation Research and Survey
HIPR	709	Conservation Science and Preservation Technology
HIPR	716	Building Assessment Strategies I
HIPR	734	Preservation Rehabilitation
HIPR	749	Historic Preservation M.A. Final Project
	-	500- to 700-level Elective
Total Course of Study		45 hours*

* Intensive coursework may be assigned upon admission.
Consult your faculty adviser in selecting elective courses.

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From the Bottom Up: An Exploration of Design Rooted in Experiment, Specificity, and the Primacy of Ideas Feb 16, 2012

SCAD Day - Savannah Feb 18, 2012

Markowicz elected to board of directors

Melanie Markowicz (M.F.A., historic preservation, 2011) has been elected to the board of directors for Preservation Wayne in Detroit, Michigan.
Four-state nonprofit hires Birge-Wilson

Adrienne Birge-Wilson (M.F.A., historic preservation, 2011) accepted a position as marketing project manager with Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area, a nonprofit, four-state partnership dedicated to raising awareness of the unparalleled American heritage in the region running from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, through Maryland and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia.
SCAD receives UNESCO recognition

For its revitalization of the North Kowloon Magistracy Building, SCAD was recognized with an honorable mention from the 2011 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award for Culture Heritage Conservation. Read the press release.

Historic Preservation