PROGRAM BENEFITS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION CERTIFICATE
RENOWNED FACULTY Our faculty are respected professionals committed to preserving and reusing historic buildings, furnishings, sites, and landscapes as well as social inclusion and cultural representation. Their professional affiliations in Chicago and abroad provide a powerful network of connections.
THE RESOURCES OF A LEADING ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL Students benefit from access to SAIC’s state-of-the art facilities and resources, including our Art Institute of Chicago and Ryerson and Burnham libraries—a major art and architecture research collection. Your peer group includes practicing artists and designers from across the globe.
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CHICAGO—YOUR URBAN CLASSROOM Chicago is a living laboratory and program projects involve buildings, sites, archives, and collections relating to rural, industrial, urban, and suburban communities.
REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE Students gain valuable experience through an internship with preservation agencies, conservators, restoration architects or designers of their choosing, or by participating in an SAIC study trip. Other SAIC courses or external professional training may satisfy this requirement.
SEAMLESS TRANSITION TO SAIC’S MSHP PROGRAM Students who successfully complete the certificate program may choose to work with the program director to transfer credits to our Master of Science in Historic Preservation. 25% of the degree requirements are satisfied upon completion of the certificate program.
PROGRAM RECOGNITION The SAIC Historic Preservation Certificate is recognized by the National Council for Preservation Education.
For further information, contact:
SAIC GRADUATE ADMISSIONS gradmiss@saic.edu 1.312.629.6100