Historic preservation is interdisciplinary in theory and practice. Each year fifteen students are selected for Preservation Institute: Nantucket (PI:N) from many diverse geographic, educational and professional backgrounds including law, architecture, interior design, construction, planning, landscape architecture, history, American studies, fine arts, engineering and other preservation related fields of study.
Coursework is project oriented involving real problems in the Nantucket community. The academic curriculum includes: historic preservation theory and practice; graphic and photographic archival documentation of Nantucket buildings and sites under HABS/HAER conventions and guidelines; and research and analysis of historic cultural resources using National Park Service Historic Structure Report process and methodology. Lectures, studio projects, field documentation and research are augmented by an off-island fieldtrip to historic Newport, RI and New Bedford. Students earn nine graduate level credit hours through the University of Florida College of Architecture. Transfer of credits should be arranged through the student's own university program.

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