Admission requirements
PLEASE NOTE: APPLICATIONS ARE NOT CURRENTLY BEING ACCEPTED FOR THIS PROGRAM.
Built and Landscape Heritage
Certificate (Cert)
Course-based program
Program overview
PLEASE NOTE: APPLICATIONS ARE NOT CURRENTLY BEING ACCEPTED FOR THIS PROGRAM.
Heritage conservation is widely recognized as an important strategy for identifying and protecting built and landscape heritage resources. Conservation of heritage buildings and historic places represents the past history and culture of a nation, provides a sense of identity and continuity in a fast changing world for future generations and is a vital element of sustainable community development.
To advance professional practice in this domain, the School of Arhitecture, Planning and Landscape is launching a new certificate that explores the links between heritage conservation theory and practice through the lens of research, policy analysis and design intervention at different scales, from a single site to a broad landscape complex.
The certificate will enhance the practice of heritage professionals, consultants and policy makers. Curriculum content explores the links between heritage conservation theory and practice through the lens of research, policy analysis and design intervention at different scales, from a single site to a broad landscape complex.
This project is supported by the Government of Alberta through the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation.
Completing this program
- Principles of Historic Conservation: Students learn principles and theories related to heritage conservation of historic places. They explore the definition of significance and integrity in buildings and districts and strategies to interpret and preserve cultural landscapes.
- Sustainability and Historic Preservation: Students explore the role of historic preservation in the context of pragmatic, social, economic and environmental imperatives of sustainable community development. Topics include sustainable cultural practices, building envelope assessment, pathology and retrofit of heritage buildings, adaptive reuse of historic sites and more.
- Heritage Conservation Policy and Planning: This practice-based course provides an overview of the aspects of heritage conservation related to planning within a community development context, including issues of heritage design, materials conservation, value-based management, and real estate aspects related to heritage projects.
- Advanced Heritage Conservation Project: Students complete an interdisciplinary project related to heritage conservation using the framework of the Historic Places Initiative to document buildings, districts and cultural landscapes and to interpret their historical and architectural significance. They develop a heritage conservation proposal based on site and context analysis of a historic place in Alberta.
Outcomes
The Built and Landscape Heritage certificate is intended for early and mid-career practitioners in architecture, landscape architecture, planning, engineering and other related disciplines who want to acquire specialized knowledge and skills related to heritage conservation. It will be of particular interest to students wishing to acquire heritage conservation knowledge and skills in a Canadian context, with a view to the best practice in the field, regionally, nationally and internationally.
A course-based certificate in Built and Landscape Heritage is usually considered a final degree.
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GPA
A minimum of 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 point system, over the past two years of full-time study (a minimum of 10 full-course equivalents or 60 units) of the undergraduate degree.
Minimum education
A four year baccalaureate degree, or equivalent from a recognized institution.
Work samples
One example of previous academic or professional work submitted in digital form (portable document .PDF files), to be submitted with the online application.
Documents
- Transcripts
- A C.V.
- A statement of interest (1,000 word max.) outlining the applicant’s reasons for pursuing the Certificate in Heritage Conservation, and how the applicant’s specific educational background and professional experience relates to heritage conservation.
Reference letters
Three
Test scores
None
English language proficiency
An applicant whose primary language is not English may fulfill the English language proficiency requirement in one of the following ways:
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL ibt) score of 105.
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 7.5 (minimum of 7.0 in each section)
- Pearson Test of English (PTE) score of 59, or higher (Academic version).
- Canadian Academic English Language test (CAEL) score of 70 (minimum 70 in each section)
- Academic Communication Certificate (ACC) score of A- in each course.
- Cambridge C1 Advanced or Cambridge C2 Proficiency minimum score of 200.
- Duolingo English Test and obtaining a minimum score of 145* (with no sub-score below 125*).
Deadlines
For admission on May 1:
- Canadians and permanent residents: Sept. 1 application deadline
- International students: Sept. 1 application deadline
If you're not a Canadian or permanent resident, or if you have international credentials, make sure to learn about international requirements
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