Enhance your knowledge of museum or heritage conservation principles and practices with these two survey courses offered through the University of Victoria's Cultural Resource Management Program beginning this fall.

These two print and Web-based courses provide you with engaging opportunities to explore fundamental topics and contemporary issues which guide our practice.

For detailed outlines, requirements and registration options, please visit our web site at http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/. You'll also find links to our other course offerings here as well.

MUSEUM PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES

This print and WWW-based course engages you in an exploration of the traditions of the museum profession and the evolving roles and functions of museums in contemporary society. Newly revised course materials provide practicing and future museum professionals with an overview of current issues, and enhance your ability to:

• appreciate the past, present and future contexts and frameworks in which museum work takes place
• engage in current debates around the purpose of museums with knowledge of all aspects of museum operations
• build your understanding of the role of museums in service to society and to communities
• understand the functional areas of museum work, their processes and their interrelationship within the museum as a complex organization
• forge crucial links between philosophical foundations and professional practice
• strengthen your professional network

Dates: September 17, 2001 to April 26, 2002
Please register by: August 29 (late registrations will be considered if space permits)
Fees: $630 Canadian, including tuition of $430 and a program fee of $200. Other charges may include: off-continent shipping, $100; texts $70.90 plus tax

Participants' Comments:

"This course enriched me not just as a professional . . . but also as a citizen with an interest in promoting institutions which help my community to rescue and use its heritage and to seek a better future."

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES IN HERITAGE CONSERVATION

This survey of the dynamic field of heritage conservation provides you with an understanding of the evolution of the movement, the ethical and legal contexts in which conservation takes place, and the technical and organizational foundations of professional practice. Through this print and Web-based course, you will develop your knowledge of:

• the principles of heritage conservation
• the importance of accommodating diverse perspectives and values in heritage conservation planning and management
• the ways in which heritage conservation activity is integrated with broader economic, social, tourism, and community dynamics
• the policies, approaches, and procedures encountered in the conservation process
• the diverse tasks, skills and types of expertise which are called upon in conservation practice
• heritage conservation literature, sources and reference materials
• the structure and functions of the heritage conservation community

Dates: September 17, 2001 to April 26, 2002
Please register by: August 29 (late registrations will be considered if space permits)
Fees: $630 Canadian, including tuition of $430 and a program fee of $200. Other charges may include: off-continent shipping, $100; texts $70.90 plus tax

Participants' comments:

"I love telling people about this class...while the content originates in Canada, it puts students into our own "backyards." I learned so much about my own local area and gained a new perspective on preservation and the built environment."

"The range of readings and information was fantastic and will continue to be invaluable in the future."

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