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Part of the School of Architecture,
Histo ric Preservation at Pratt is a two-year
44-credit program leading to a Master
of Science in Historic Preservation.
The Historic Preservation (HP)
program prepares students for leadership
in a continuously changing preservation
context. With a broad grasp of cultural
heritage issues, law, policy, and practice
coupled with documentation, evalua-
tion, communication, and interpretative
skills, the program’s scholars are prepared
with the essential practical and profes-
sional tools of the field. Case studies and
interaction with community leaders and
practitioners insure an integrative, inter-
disciplinary, and inclusive approach. The
New York City environment, its urban
context, and an accomplished faculty sup-
port the goal of excellence and national
recognition in the field.
Courses such as history, documentation
and interpretation, adaptive re-use, archi-
tecture, preservation planning, policy, and
heritage impart the broad range of skills
practitioners need today to practice in
this field. Students are encouraged to
analyze preservation policies and methods
within a broader historical and social
context, a critical approach that enables
graduates to practice at the highest
professional level. Internships give stu-
dents real-world experience.
The program also seeks to foster a
critical approach to the field. Historic
Preservation is in the midst of many
changes as the profession grapples with
the integration of environmental, sus-
tainability, and livability issues. An urban
focus, using New York City as a laboratory,
allows students to interact not just with
preservation professionals but also with
the residents and community groups of
historic neighborhoods, experiencing as
students the world they will work in.
The faculty is drawn from preser-
vation professionals who bring the real
world of preservation practice—that of
the architect, the designer, the historian,
the private sector, the government,
and the nonprofits—into the classroom.
Students intern at the New York City
Landmarks Preservation Commission,
at preservation organizations, and in
architects’ offices, working at the cutting
edge of our field. Internships range from
community organizations at one end to
the World Monuments Fund at the other.
chair
John Shapiro
[email protected]assistant to the chair
Lacey Tauber
718-399-4340
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