Teaching

Clemson University Courses

The Archaeology team at the WLCC teaches a class on underwater archaeology for the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice at Clemson University. The class is held virtually through smart classrooms equipped with the latest technology located at the Zucker Graduate Education Center in North Charleston, SC. The WLCC team has also lectured courses and given guest lectures for the Clemson University Master of Science in Historic Preservation (MSHP) in Charleston, SC, since 2010.

Current Courses

  • ANTH 4410 – Underwater Archaeology, Fall, Scafuri and DeLong
  • HP8920/HSPV892: Collection Conservation. Special topic on Collections Management and Preventive Conservation, Spring, Rivera and Cretté
  • HP8930 Independent Study on Collections Care, Spring, Cretté, Arslaner, Rivera

Current Guest Lectures

  • HP8110: Advanced Conservation Laboratory Science, Ford
    • “Non-destructive Analytical Techniques for Preservation and Conservation,” Cretté
    • “Introduction to Corrosion and Metal Conservation,” Cretté

Past Courses

  • ANTH 4990 – Special Topics: Introduction to Underwater Archaeology, Scafuri and DeLong
  • HP811: Advanced Conservation Science/Advanced Architectural Conservation: Colonial Dorchester, Ford, Bell, Nasanen
  • HP8920: Brick Studies: XRF and sourcing ceramic clays, Uebel, Cretté
  • HP8920/HSPV892: Warren Lasch Conservation Center: Conservation of Battery Jasper at Fort Moultrie, Uebel, Nasanen, Cretté
  • HP8920: Digital Documentation in Historic Preservation, Fortenberry
  • HP8920: Preservation Field Studies: St. George’s Bermuda, Fortenberry
  • HP8920: Lowcountry Digital Preservation Institute, Fortenberry 

American College of the Building Arts

The WLCC teaches both fall and spring classes on building materials and scientific methods for American College of the Building Arts (ACBA) sophomores. A combination of lecture and lab sections makes up the classes.

  • SCME 201, Building Materials and Scientific Methods I, Fall, Arslaner, Cretté, Ploehn
  • SCME 202, Building Materials and Scientific Methods II, Spring, Ploehn, Cretté, Arslaner, Allen

Outreach Opportunities

K-12 Outreach

While the WLCC is developing undergraduate and graduate courses through Clemson University to train the world’s next generation of leading cultural heritage and historic preservation specialists, the WLCC also partakes in community outreach. In the past, the WLCC has worked with the Lowcountry STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) Centers to develop programs to introduce K-12 teachers and students to materials and their degradation, 3D scanning, and digital documentation. The WLCC also offers shadowing experiences, educational presentations, and hands-on experience (STEM) for career days and summer camps for K-12 students.

Outreach Abroad

The WLCC team has taught conservation and archaeology lectures for the postgraduate program in Cultural Heritage with a specialization in Underwater Cultural Heritage at the Universidad Externado de Colombia, in Colombia, South America, as well as lectures and fieldwork techniques for undergraduate and master students in conservation at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Conservation in Bornholm, Denmark.