Sustainable Building Conservation (Taught) | Master's degree | Humanities & Culture | On Campus | 1-2 Years | Cardiff University | United Kingdom

Accredited by the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), this distinctive masters’ qualification addresses current challenges recognised worldwide. We place emphasis on the role of sustainability within the historic context at both technical and strategic levels. By using our established expertise as a research locus for sustainable design, the course addresses these concerns, which have been identified internationally by the International Council on Monuments and Sites UK (ICOMOS), as the critical future direction of conservation education. The course is offered on both a full time and a part time basis and attracts students from a broad range of backgrounds who benefit from the opportunity to exchange and build their expertise. In summary, the course aims to: Broaden your career opportunities by enabling you to gain expertise in conservation leading towards professional accreditation. Augment your current expertise by developing skills to assert detailed and strategic responses to complex issues regarding building conservation in the context of a sustainable agenda. Ensure you possess the requisite knowledge but also to know where to refer for advice in order to take responsibility when making reasoned decisions in relation to multifaceted conservation issues. Enable you to use project-based case studies in order to develop a clear understanding of relevant legislative frameworks. Enable you to develop autonomous judgments of appropriateness regarding responses to the historic built environment. The modules shown are an example of the typical curriculum and will be reviewed prior to the academic year. The final modules will be published by September.