COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WORLD CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION POLICIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Efes Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

NURCAN DURMAZ

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management
Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Civil Aviation and Cabin Services
Civil Aviation Transportation Management
Food Technology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide information about the World Cultural Heritage and conservation policies, to explain the criteria for the preparation of World Cultural Heritage lists, to identify problems with a global perspective, and to provide solutions

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will have detailed knowledge of World Cultural Heritage
2   Students will be able to discuss the adequacy of international policies for the protection of Cultural Heritage
3   Students will be able to define global issues related to Cultural Heritage and to offer solution proposals
4   Students will have the opportunity to define and evaluate the selection criteria of the Heritage List and the heritage that is accepted under threat

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduciton
2 The concept of cultural heritage
3 International treaties and conventions for the protection of cultural heritage
4 International treaties and conventions for the protection of cultural heritage
5 Conservation Policies on Cultural Heritage in the World
6 Conservation Policies on Cultural Heritage in the World
7 Cultural Heritage Site Management
8 Mid-term exam
9 Unesco World Heritage List and Acceptance Criteria
10 Unesco World Heritage List and Contribution to the Heritage Administration
11 World Heritage in danger
12 History of smuggling of antiquity
13 Destruction of Cultural Heritage in the Middle East
14 Management and evaluation of cultural heritage
15 Management and evaluation of cultural heritage
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Mehmet Tunçer, Dünden Bugüne Kültürel Miras ve Koruma, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara, 2017.
Alev Erkilet, Kenti Dinlemek Kültürel Miras, Kentsel Ayrışme ve Yoksulluğa Dair Yazılar, Büyüyenay Yayınları, Istanbul, 2017.
Esra Fanusçu Özcan (Derl.), Zeugma Yalnız Değildir! Türkiye de Barajlar ve Kültürel Miras, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul, 2013.
UNESCO: World Heritage Sites: A Complete Guide to 1,007 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 2015.
Heritage and Globalisation (Key Issues in Cultural Heritage), eds. Sophia Labadi and Colin Long, Routledge, 2010
Labadi, S. UNESCO, cultural heritage, and outstanding universal value : value-based analyses of the World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage Conventions, AltaMira Press, 2013
Sandis, C. Cultural Heritage Ethics: Between Theory and Practice, Open Book Publishers, 2014

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm+Final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is compulsory to attend % 70 to the classes and fulfill the course requirements

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nurcan.durmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 4 2 8
Preparation for final exam 4 2 8
Other (watching artwork belong to visual arts) 2 2 4
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41

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