Abstract
Application-Based Graduate Course Encourages New Preservation Research
Track: Teaching with GIS in Higher Education
Author(s): Judith A. Peters
Students in the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation at the University of Pennsylvania have used GIS in a diverse range of research projects since 2000. Software training generally was provided by the planning department. This presentation will describe a new graduate-level application-based course for students who have research interests in preservation planning, architectural conservation, landscape preservation, history, and historical archaeology. Lectures, tutorials, case studies, and individual projects combine to give students new spatial and analytical skills to apply to their own research. The course was designed to focus on the applications, with software training as needed. The response was overwhelming with 35 attempted registrations for a 25-student limit. Successes and opportunities experienced with such a broad range of GIS skill levels and research interests will be discussed as will the exciting new research opportunities that have emerged.
Judith A. Peters
University of Pennsylvania
Graduate Program Historic Pres.
43 Dead Tree Run Rd
Belle Mead, NJ 08502
US
Phone: 908-359-5820
Fax: 908-359-0898
E-mail: pajap2@attglobal.net