SAST 220     Place, Memory, and Identity  (4)

This course explores critical intersections of memory, identity, and place from a multidisciplinary perspective. Students engage a series of concepts and skills regarding place--abstractly and concretely--as they relate to efforts by individuals, communities, and societies to gain meaning from the past for the present.

SAST 320     Place-based Research Methods and Heritage Site Interpretation  (4)

This course introduces students to the principles and practice of place-based, qualitative research methods and heritage site interpretation. It uses a semester-long case study of a local site to teach how to locate and interpret various kinds of visual, oral, and documentary evidence.