COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMT 2006 RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Cultural Heritage and Tourism

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

NURCAN DURMAZ

Offered to

Cultural Heritage and Tourism

Course Objective

It aims to provide information about the principles and methods to be applied in the conservation and repair of materials that have cultural heritage value found in the museum restoration laboratory and ancient city excavation laboratories.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   List basic and up-to-date information about the protection of cultural heritage with national and international validity.
2   Designs application projects in the field of protection and repair and produces solutions to complete the projects successfully.
3   Following national and international technological developments in the field of conservation and restoration; materials, tools and devices used in the field
4   Applies the theoretical, technical and technological knowledge acquired in practical studies in the field in accordance with internationally accepted professional ethics and principles
5   To improve their knowledge and skills with professional experiences follows the broadcasts.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is restoration and conservation
2 What is preventive protection
3 What are the basic concepts and terms that make up the conservation theory
4 What are the basic principles of conservation
5 Conservation ethics
6 What are the responsibilities of conservators and restorers
7 Midterm exam
8 What are the archaeological protection methods that should be applied in the excavation area
9 Conservation planning in the excavation laboratory environment
10 Information on museum restoration laboratory rules and usage.
11 What is active conservation
12 Ingredients used in active canning applications
13 Protection methods of ceramic artifacts (application)
14 General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

C. Çetn, «Arkeolojik Kazı Alanında Önleyici Koruma»,

Orhan Bingöl e 67. Yaş Armağanı (Ed. G. Kökdemir), Ankara 2013, 83-102.

M. Demas, Planning for Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites: A Values-Based Approach , içinde: J.M. Teutonico G. Palumbo (derl.), Management Planning for Archaeological Sites (2000), 27-54

Caple, C., Conservation Skills:Judgment, Method and Decision Making, 2000.

Corr, S., Caring for Conservation: A Manuel of Preventive Conservation, 2000

E. A. Dowman, Conservation in Field Archaeology (1970)

H. Hökten, B. Eskici, Y.S. Şener, S. Çelik, D. Hepdinç, Ankara Üniversitesi Müzede Önleyici Koruma Uzaktan Eğitim Programı (2007)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students must fulfill the requirements of the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nurcan.durmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 14:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 5 1 5
Preparation for final exam 14 2 28
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.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19PO.20
LO.1543
LO.24
LO.354343
LO.4
LO.545543

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