Cornell University Registrar

Graduate Field

City and Regional Planning

Program Description

Graduate students from any discipline at Cornell (with the exception of students pursuing the M.A. degree in Historic Preservation Planning) are eligible to pursue the Graduate Minor in Historic Preservation Planning, provided their degree program allows it. The minor gives students across the university the opportunity to take advantage of the wide variety of historic preservation planning courses offered by the Department of City and Regional Planning.

Upon successful completion of the required classes, the Graduate Minor in Historic Preservation Planning will appear on the students' official Cornell transcript.

Graduate Minor Requirements

• The minor is fulfilled with a minimum of four courses, totaling a minimum of 13 credit hours.
• Students take three required classes and one elective (at the 5000-level or higher).
• A minimum 3.0 GPA is required in the coursework completed for the minor.
• Students must have a member from the Graduate Field of City and Regional Planning faculty appointed as a minor member of their committee.

Required Coursework

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
CRP 5600	Documentation for Preservation	3
CRP 5610	Historic Preservation Planning Workshop: Surveys	4
CRP 5620	Perspectives on Preservation	3
Elective Courses
One additional approved historic preservation course offered (3 credit minimum) at the 5000-level or higher. The director of historic preservation approves all students' programs of study, can disqualify any class, and accepts other classes as electives.
CRP 5630	Problems in Contemporary Preservation Practice	1-4
CRP 5640	Building Materials Conservation	3
CRP 5661	Planning and Preservation Practice: Work Weekend	1
CRP 5670	Measured Drawing	3
CRP 6630	Historic Preservation Law	3
CRP 6640	Economics and Financing of Neighborhood Conservation and Preservation	3
CRP 6650	Preservation Planning and Urban Change	3