Cultural Landscape Studies and Conservation - SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Cultural Landscape Studies and Conservation from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is a Campus Master Landscape degree that prepares you for a Architecture career. This area addresses a range of issues germane to the developmental and interpretive history of the cultural landscape . At its most fundamental level, the study area prepares students to address preservation planning and management for a range of cultural landscape types including historic sites and settlements, designed landscapes and vernacular landscapes. There is also a growing set of interdisciplinary methods relevant studentto cultural landscape studies such as critical history, landscape representation, media, visual perception and reception of landscapes , interpretation, narrative and participatory design. Graduate students may explore and/or integrate these methods with design and conservation practices. Required courses and directed electives provide the student with introductory and advanced investigations into the history, theory, and practices of cultural landscape design and stewardship, in the context of broader cultural and environmental concerns. Core courses are supported by a wide range of elective offerings both in the College and at Syracuse University. The study of cultural landscapes is of vital concern in this era of globalization and rapid urban and suburban transformations. Not only are cultural landscapes important places in which we stage our lives, but they are also part of a larger system of cultural and social heritage which affects our identities as individuals, communities and nations. Areas of expertise associated with the study of cultural landscapes include preserving relationships between natural and cultural resources; developing policies and techniques for preservation, rehabilitation, restoration and reconstruction of cultural landscapes; mediating alternative ideas of stewardship and balancing them within a collective sense of place; using cultural landscapes as the basis for contemporary design and development; and understanding the variety and history of human experience through patterns, forms and stories in the landscape . There are a growing number of domestic and international career opportunities that address cultural landscapes in public, private and academic practices. Graduates might work in fields such as preservation planning, sustainable tourism, land use planning, urban design, interpretive design, or cultural history and theory. View more details on SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Landscape courses.