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AAAP 410/510 Preservation Field School (2) Peting. Summer.
AAAP 411/511 Introduction to Historic Preservation (3)
This course provides a broad overview of the field of historic preservation for students interested in learning about the work of preserving historic resources. Topics covered will include a brief history of preservation in America; the legal, administrative, and fiscal workings of the layered government partnerships; the roles of private and non-profit preservationists; and the various occupational opportunities for preservationists. It will also cover the dating and categorization of historic buildings through examination of architectural styles and building materials. Carter. Fall.
AAAP 410/510 Research Methods (crosslisted with AAD 630) (4)
Introduces a range of social science and historical inquiry research methodologies and methods of importance to the fields of historic preservation and arts administration. Students develop their preliminary research proposals for their terminal research theses or projects. Dewey. Spring.
AAAP 410/510 Research Proposal (crosslisted with AAD 631) (3, P/NP)
Intensive workshops to assist students in developing their research design, data collection instruments, coding and analysis procedures, and human subjects compliance protocols for their terminal master’s thesis or project. Dewey. Fall. (Prerequisites: HP 4/510 Research Methods).
AAAP 410/510 National Register Nomination (3)
Historic district designation acknowledges the scarcity and cultural worth of the buildings and sites, causing, in most cases, property values to rise and allowing for modest tax incentives. The course offers an overview of the National Register process, various types of nominations, and instructions on preparing a registration form. Emphasis is placed on criteria, evaluation, historic context development, property recordation, and research strategies. Carter. Winter. (Prerequisites: AAAP 511 Introduction to Historic Preservation, and two courses from ARH 564-566)
AAAP 451/551 Historic Survey and Inventory Methodology (3)
Methodology for conducting reconnaissance and intensive surveys utilizing National Park Service standards. Students will identify and record distinctive features of historic resources. Course work includes completion of Oregon inventory forms, site plan drawing, photography, and research. Pinyerd. Fall.
AAAP 441/541 Legal Issues in Historic Preservation (3)
Study of constitutional, statutory, and common law legal theories affecting the development of historic preservation including the First Amendment, eminent domain, due process, police powers, regulatory takings, and aesthetic zoning. Eisemann. Spring, alternating years.
AAAP 410/510 The Economics of Historic Preservation (3)
Most of us accept that preservation will not take place in the private sector unless it makes economic sense. The objective of this course is to help preservation students understand why this is, as well as to arm them with the tools needed to find creative and profitable solutions for saving historic buildings. Engeman, Spring, alternating years.
Historic Preservation Courses
AAAP 410/510 American Building Construction History (3)
This course is designed to bridge the content presented in the building construction and preservation/restoration technology classes (offered through the Architecture Department) by stressing the historical and theoretical dimensions of American building technology. Through an interdisciplinary approach, this course offers a study of the tools, techniques, and technological forces that shaped the American built environment from the seventeenth-century braced frame in New England to the emergence of the skyscraper in Chicago at the end of the Nineteenth Century. Heath. Winter.
AAAP 410/510 HABS/HAER Documentation (3)
This course explores field measurement and photographic techniques for recording historic buildings. It provides demonstrations and exercises using technical drawing skills and issues related to building diagnostics. Coursework includes production of drawings conforming to HABS standards. S. Bell. Winter.
AAAP 410/510 Preservation Technology (3)
A study of building materials, structural systems, buildings, and elements produced by historical technologies and tools. Includes discussion of their evolution, chronological and stylistic context, deterioration, and repair. Woods and metals or masonry focus, alternating years. S. Bell. Spring.
AAAP 410/510 Historic Structures Report (3)
This course will introduce students to the intricacies of site analysis, structural recordation and physical condition assessment. This analysis requires measuring and photographing for graphic documentation, and crtitical visual inspection for written condition assessment. S. Bell. Fall
AAAP 410/510 Preservation and Sustainability (3)
This course is intended to be a ‘full-bodied’ investigation into the relationship between preservation and sustainability philosophies and methodologies. Students will research how ‘green’ is measured, understand what those measurements tend to value, and assess how they might affect historic preservation efforts. Teams of students will be organized to apply the highest methods and goals of both fields to local buildings. Falsetto. Occasional offering.
AAAP 410/510 Historical Archaeology and Preservation (3)
This course explores the role of historical archaeology within the broader field of historic preservation. The course covers the development of the field in North America, and how the common interest in buildings and use of documents and oral history brings historical archaeologists into close alignment with methods relied upon in historic preservation. Minor. Occasional offering.
AAAP 410/510 Transportation and Preservation (3)
This course will address issues of compliance with preservation laws and guidelines in relation to transportation development projects. Special attention will be paid to understanding processes, such as how to fulfill Section 106 requirements, and how to negotiate the needs of the resource with the needs of the transportation authorities. Case studies and examples from throughout Oregon will be examined to illustrate key points. C. Bell. Occasional offering.
AAAP 510 Adaptive Reuse Studio (1-6)
This adaptive re-use seminar/studio is intended as an introduction to the guiding principles of the Secretary of Interior Standards for Rehabilitation. Case studies and guest speakers will take you through the various constraints and opportunities addressed in actual projects undertaken within Oregon. Students with design backgrounds will be assigned a terminal design project; those from outside the design profession may choose to undertake a research project with an accompanying "key distinguishing features" and design analysis board. Amundson. Fall, Occasional offering.
AAAP 411/511 Introduction to Field Recording Methods (3)
The primary objective of the course is to develop fundamental understanding and facility with basic graphic representation and documentation of the built environment. While focusing on the documentation of buildings using basic drawing skills and standard preservation practices, students expand their level of graphic literacy through a series of exercises and projects. Staff. Spring.
AAAP 412/512 Identifying and Interpreting Vernacular Settings (3)
A reading, discussion, and analysis seminar on the critical literature in vernacular studies. Building forms and plan types will be discussed as examples of cultural and regional expression. A term paper/project is required. Heath. Spring.
Architecture Courses
ARCH 434/534 Vernacular Architecture (3)
This course focuses on the survey and theory of various vernacular building traditions globally. Addresses questions concerning nature, diffusion, and transformation of architectural types. Focuses on the relationships among craft, the building process, and the making of places. Davis. Winter, alternating years.
ARCH 440/540 Human Context of Design (4)
This course addresses the buildings and landscapes of our built environment: why we build them, how they enhance our lives, how they don't, how we can make them better. Young. Winter.
ARCH 470/570 Building Construction: the Art of Building (4)
The objective of this course is to provide an understanding of the basic materials and methods of architecture with an emphasis on the design, construction and performance of primary structures in wood, steel, concrete and masonry. Thallon/Rowell. Fall.
Architectural History Courses
AAAP 510, 511, 512 Interpreting American Architecture from a Preservation Perspective I, II, and III (4, 4, 4)
The American built environment is examined from the Colonial Era to the present day. Marked changes in materials, technologies, and spatial usage are discussed. Stylistic development and building type analysis are addressed for preservation classification purposes, and the cultural/historical context within which various building forms existed are stressed in this series of courses. Heath.
ARH 407/507 Oregon Architecture Seminar (4)
This seminar is part of an ongoing series in which students complete surveys of selected small portions of the state, gathering and collating information that will eventually be used in a guide book to Oregon architecture to be pulished by the Society of Architectural Historians. Roth. Spring, alternating years.
ARH 560 Eighteenth-Century Architecture (4)
Discusses the development of modern architecture including the rise of archaeology, the impact of new technologies, and the appearance of the professional architect. Roth. Fall, alternating years.
ARH 561 Nineteenth-Century Architecture (4)
Traces major developments in European architecture 1740-1900, with a special emphasis on such topics as the impact of eclecticism, industrialization and urban growth. Roth. Winter, alternating years.
ARH 562 Twentieth-Century Architecture (4)
Major developments in European architecture from 1890 to the present. Topics include the theory of international modernism and the rise of ethnic traditions. Roth. Spring, alternating years.
ARH 563 Native American Architecture (4)
Investigates the built fabric of Native American cultures from the earliest evidence up through about 1920. Includes discussions on dwellings, ceremonial structures, earth works, and utilitarian structures. Roth. Winter, alternating years.
ARH 564, 565, 566 American Architecture I, II, and III (4, 4, 4)
This courses focuses on major developments in American Architecture. The first term covers the vernacular traditions, late baroque transplantation, and the effort to create national symbols from 1600 to 1820. The second term spans 1820-1900 and includes the rediscovery of national symbols, the impact of industry, and the national focus on the single-family residence. Academicism, the impact of International Modernism, and the rediscovery of eclectic symbolism from the late nineteenth-century to the present is examined in the third term. Roth. Fall, Winter, Spring.
ARH 467/567 Chicago Architecture (4)
Examines the architectural development of Chicago and its environs from the time of its founding in 1833 up to about 1990. Special attention is given to the rise of two distinctly American building types in Chicago - the office skyscraper and the suburban single-family house. Attention is also given to the social and economic forces and to the systems of transportation that caused Chicago to appear and flourish and that brought about that city's unique commercial and residential architectural forms. Roth. Fall, alternating years.
ARH 568 Oregon Architecture (4)
Explores the development of architecture in the Oregon territory from prehistoric times to the present. Includes settlements, building types, urban planning, and civil engineering. Roth. Winter, alternating years.
ARH 577, 578 History of Landscape Architecture II (4)
Presents a history of landscape architecture focusing on the garden and open public spaces. The second term discusses landscape design of the 18th and 19th centuries, emphasizing the design of public open spaces and the Anglo-American tradition. Helphand.
Arts and Administration Courses
AAD 560 Arts Administration (3)
Considers the arts administrative role in museums, galleries, art centers, community and university art programs, state and local education divisions, art councils, and performing arts organizations. Staff. Fall.
AAD 429/529 Museum Education (4)
Examines theory and practice of museum education. Analyzes program-development approaches for university and community audiences; creates educational materials for campus and local museums. Staff. Spring, alternating years.
AAD 462/562 Cultural Policy (4)
Explores the development of cultural policy institutions and processes in the United States and abroad, with an emphasis on understanding the context and issues of contemporary American cultural policy. Dewey. Winter.
Landscape Architecture Courses
LA 485/585 Contemporary American Landscapes (4)
Explores ideas of landscape perception, landscape as a manifestation of American culture, and the landscape in communication media. Also examines the ideas, places, and experiences of particular contemporary significance, symbolism, or iconic value. Helphand. (Occasional offering)
LA 408/508 Cultural Landscape Preservation and Theory (4)
Presents tools and techniques currently used in the preservation of historic, cultural, and vernacular landscapes. Includes history of landscape preservation, significant legislation, and case studies. Davison. Spring, alternating years.
Planning, Public Policy, and Management Courses
PPPM 422/522 Grant Writing (1) P/N only
Introduction to the process of preparing grant applications and material for funded research. Choquette. Spring.
PPPM 480/580 Managing Nonprofit Organizations (4)
How to manage nonprofit organizations for superior performance in a humane, responsive, and responsible manner. Distinctive characteristics of nonprofit organizations. Phipps. Fall.
PPPM 440/540 Land Use Planning (4)
Land use planning in urban, rural, and connecting environments. Includes a discussion of functions, distribution, and relationships of land uses, as well as the social, economic, fiscal, and physical consequences of alternative land development patterns. Metzger. Spring.
PPPM 608 Community Planning Workshop (10)
Two-term applied research-service program that usually focuses on issues of immediate environmental and economic importance to the client and the general public. Parker. Fall, Spring.
PPPM 611 Introduction to Planning Practice (4)
Concepts and functions of the planning process as they relate to the social, economic, political, and environmental aspects of communities and regions. Margerum. Fall.
PPPM 622 Project Management (4)
Application of specific techniques that lead to projects being completed on time, within budget, and with appropriate quality. Choquette.
PPPM 634 Strategic Planning (4)
Process of strategic planning for communities, public organizations, and nonprofit agencies. Choquette. Fall.
PPPM 635 Planning and Social Change (4)
Introduction to the relationships between social change and planning policy. Includes equity literature related to planning; examines how national social trends affect housing and neighborhood change.
Geography
GEOG 416/516 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (4)
Covers such fundamental topics as data sources, input, manipulation, analysis, output, and product generation.
Lobben. Fall.
GEOG 442/542 Urban Geography (4)
Urbanization throughout the world, the structure of urban settlements; cities as regional centers, physical places, and homes for people; geographic problems in major urban environments. Hardwick. Fall.
GEOG 471/571 North American Cultural Landscapes (4)
Examines the origin and evolution of cultural landscapes in North America through historical and contemporary sources, and draws upon the local region for student projects. Holtgrieve. Fall, Winter.
Courses in other departments
The following are lists of the suggested departments and courses from which you might choose your electives:
Anthropology (including archaeology at the UO, as well as at OSU)
Architecture
Art History
Arts and Administration
Environmental Studies
Folklore
Geography
History
Landscape Architecture
Planning, Public Policy, and Management
