Quick Events Links:
     Recent News & Activities
     Newsletter

  Quick Links:
     Course Materials
     Office Hours
     Course Listings
     Events
     Announcements
     Cultural Heritage and Historic Preservation
     Rutgers Art Review

     Gifts and Donations

MA Track in Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies

The Art History Department is inaugurating a new graduate track within the Graduate Program in Art History, under the auspices of its Program in Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies (CHAPS). The MA Track in Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies builds on the success of the Certificate Program in Historic Preservation, now in its sixth year, which is open to undergraduate and graduate students. Co-Directors of CHAPS are Tod Marder and Archer St. Clair Harvey.

The MA Track is a two year degree program (30 credits) that emphasizes the development of a broad understanding of cultural heritage and preservation contexts and policies along with the development of professional skills. There is a strong multidisciplinary and cross-cultural emphasis. Faculty includes members of the Departments of Art History, Anthropology, The Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, among others, as well as professionals in relevant fields. A major focus is practical professional experiences, which will include an internship with an appropriate institution, firm, or governmental agency, fieldwork experience, and/or an study abroad experience within an approved program in cultural heritage preservation. Students choose an area of focus at the end of the first year. Areas of focus might include: Architectural Preservation; Landscape and Site Preservation; Cultural Resources Preservation, Heritage management, Policy and Ethics. All students will be encouraged to spend a summer or semester abroad.

Program information and application instructions are available at
http://arthistory.rutgers.edu/grad/gradHisPres.php
Application Deadline for Fall 2009: March 15, 2009.

See also http://historicpreservation.rutgers.edu/ .

Department of Art History
Voorhees Hall
71 Hamilton Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Tel: 732-932-7041
Fax: 732-932-1261

Catherine Puglisi, Chairperson

Erik Thunø , Undergraduate Director

Susan Sidlauskas, Graduate Program Director

Cathy Pizzi, Department Administrator

Geralyn Colvil, Student Coordinator

The Department Website is maintained by the Art History Webmaster.
Copyright Information, © 2004-2005 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. All rights reserved.