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
MZC 3027 WORLD CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION POLICIES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Museology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BARIŞ GÜR

Offered to

Museology

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 Midterm
8 Unesco World Heritage List and Acceptance Criteria
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 Cultural Heritage Site Management
15 Cultural Heritage Site Management
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Bernice L. Murphy, (ed.), Museums, Ethics and Cultural Heritage, Routledge, London-New York, 2016.
Marie-Theres Albert, Birgitta Ringbeck, 40 Years World Heritage Convention: Popularizing the Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage, De Gruyter, Berlin, 2015.
Sophia Labadi, UNESCO, Cultural Heritage, and Outstanding Universal Value: Value-based Analyses of the World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage Conventions, Rowman Littlefield Publications, Lanham-New York-Toronto, 2013.
Heritage and Globalisation (Key Issues in Cultural Heritage), eds. Sophia Labadi and Colin Long, Routledge, 2010
Sandis, C. Cultural Heritage Ethics: Between Theory and Practice, Open Book Publishers, 2014
Heritage, Museums and Galleries: An Introductory Reader, ed. G. Corsane, Routledge, New York, 2005

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1.Lecture
2.Presentation
3. Question and answer
4.Research activites library

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1-4 will be evaluated via the question asked in the mid-term and final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% class attendance is obligatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

baris.gur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 1 1
Preparation for final exam 1 1 1
Midterm 1 7 7
Midterm 1 7 7
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 110

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.154
LO.25455555
LO.345
LO.4444444

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