GRADUATE INTERDISCIPLINARY MINOR IN HERITAGE STUDIES
The Heritage Studies Minor (HSM) is sponsored by the Collaborative for Cultural Heritage and
Museum Practices (CHAMP) and approved by the university administration. The HSM does not
require prior practical experience in heritage work for admission. Rather, students must be
admitted to the graduate program of an academic department in order to participate in the HSM.
Students already enrolled in one of the graduate programs at the University of Illinois also may
apply for admission to the HSM at any time, but are advised to do so in their first year of study.
Admission for the HSM is contingent upon the approval of the student’s home department.
A student interested in the HSM should inform the HSM Steering Committee of the intent to
pursue the Minor and begin a course of study that will satisfy the requirements. The HSM
Steering Committee regularly reviews student progress in consultation with the student’s
academic advisor.
The HSM introduces graduate students to a range of approaches in heritage theory and practice,
drawing from Anthropology, Landscape Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning,
Architecture, History, Geography, Education, Library Science, and other fields. HSM students
are strongly encouraged to obtain actual field experience in heritage work during their graduate
studies at the University of Illinois.
Requirements:
 Anth 460/LA 460 - Heritage Management
 LA594/Anth 594 - Cultural Heritage
 2 additional courses in heritage and/or history or other courses as approved by the HSM
Committee (see below for a list of approved electives; students wishing to take other
courses toward fulfillment of the minor should consult with the Head of the HSM
Steering Committee prior to registration)
 Culminating project (fulfilled by a project, paper, or design: choice is determined in
consultation with the HSM Steering Committee)
Students on campus wishing to pursue the HSM should contact Professor D. Fairchild Ruggles,
the Head of the HSM Steering Committee. Contact info:
Professor D. Fairchild Ruggles
Department of Landscape Architecture
101 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall, MC- 620
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Phone: (217) 333-9279
E-mail: dfr1@illinois.edu
For more information, please consult the Graduate College webpage:
http://courses.illinois.edu/cis/2009/fall/programs/graduate/heritage_studies.html
Also see CHAMP’s webpage:
http://champ.anthro.illinois.edu/
approved electives for the interdisciplinary Heritage Studies Minor (choose 2)
ANTH 557/LA 562
Social Construction of Space
ANTH/ARTH 462/LA 472 Museum Theory and Practice
ANTH 453/LA 454
Landscape Archaeology
ANTH 505
Global Modernities
ANTH 504
Colonialism and Postcolonialism
LA 513/ARCH 510
History of World Landscapes
(Note: this is already a requirement in the Department of Landscape Architecture)
LA 425
History and Geography of American Landscape to 1880
LA 426
History and Geography of American Landscape since 1880
LA 427
History of the American Vernacular Landscape
LA/RST/UP 540
Public Involvement in Resource Management
LA 517
Land and Society
LA 583/UP583
Environmental History: Cities and Regions
LA 587
Slavery Sites: Commemoration, Memorialization, & Controversies
LA 593
Islamic and South Asian Landscapes
LIS 581
Administration and Use of Archival Materials LIS 590/COMM 529
Folklore-Communication and Culture
UP 504
History of Planning Cities
ARCH 412
Medieval Architecture
ARCH 413
Renaissance Architecture
ARCH 414
Baroque & Rococo Architecture
ARCH 415
Neoclassical and Nineteenth Century Architecture
ARCH 416
Modern American Architecture
ARCH 417
Twentieth-Century Architecture
ARCH 418
History of the Urban Environment
ARCH 419
Historic Building Preservation
ARCH 511
Seminar in Ancient Architecture
ARCH 513
Seminar in Renaissance and Baroque Architecture
ARCH 515
Architectural History of American Communities
ARTH 460
Museum Management
(and most of the art history graduate level courses)
DANC 440
Dance History I
DANC 441
Dance History II
THEA 461
History of Theater 1
THEA 462
History of Theater II
THEA 463
American Theater History I
THEA 464
American Theater History II
THEA 465
Musical Theater History
THEA 468
History of Theater in Western Society I
THEA 469
History of Theater in Western Society II