Jun 17, 2025  
Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026

HON 204 - HNR HUM The Politics of Historical Preservation in Lancaster County

4.00 credits.
(Humanities Core Course).
*Guided Writing and Research
Explore Lancaster County’s Pennsylvania German heritage: the Amish, Mennonite, Brethren, and Moravian communities. Students visit historic sites, museums, historical libraries, and archives.  Take an interdisciplinary approach to examining historic preservation through the lens of history, political science, religion, folklore, social science, economics, architecture, and landscape design. Learn about the politics of historic preservation through studying with public historians at historic sites.  Learn about the role of public historians regarding the public policy of historic preservation.   Signature Learning Experience - Supervised Research. Honors students only.