Built and Landscape Heritage

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.

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.

1. Collect your documentation

   • Check your program requirements to find out which documents and forms you will need to prepare.
   • See the program's list of required documents for submission details.
   • Prospective doctoral students with funding from the China Scholarship Council: see additional information.

2. Gather references (if required)

   • Contact past professors for potential references. We will invite your referees to complete an online reference form after you submit your application.
   • Some course-based programs do not require references, please see specific admission requirements if you are unsure.

3. Begin your application

   • Create an eID to log in. If you already have an eID, you can begin your online application. 
   • Once you begin, remember to click 'Save & Continue' often to ensure your application is saved.

4. Submit your application

   • Pay your application fee:
     • $125 for Canadians or Permanent residents
     • $145 for International Students
   • Learn about payment options here