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Distance Education Courses at the University of Victoria:

 

 

The Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, is pleased to offer distance education courses for professionals, volunteers and board members in museums, art galleries, cultural institutions, heritage sites and related organizations. Courses are designed to address core competencies and emerging needs of the sector and are taught by recognized leading professionals.

 

Our distance learning courses enable you to learn flexibly, either at home or in your workplace, at times best suited to your learning needs.  You interact with colleagues from across North America and beyond in stimulating learning activities and relate your learning to the practical issues and realities of your workplace and community.

 

Fall 2009 Distance Education Courses

 

Museum Principles and Practices I: Community, Curatorship and Collections (HA 486A)

September 14 – December 20, 2009

Strengthen your understanding of museums through a study of core functions, purposes and practices, and the ways in which museums share knowledge through preservation, collections, curatorship and research.

 

Heritage Resource Management (HA 487A)

September 14 – December 20, 2009

Expand your understanding of the nature and value of heritage resources, management approaches, frameworks for conservation and preservation, and planning processes that help ensure their sustainability.

 

Building Sustainable Community Relationships (HA 488S)

September 14 – December 20, 2009

Reconsider your traditional role as cultural worker and identify new ways of relating to your community.  This course encourages you to expand your vision outward, beyond the familiar, to include global trends that are affecting society today. Strengthen your ability to initiate, build and sustain inclusive and mutually beneficial relationships within your communities. Develop new skills in community mapping, collaboration, and incorporating inclusive cultural perspectives.

Instructor: Elizabeth Kidd, Community Arts Management consultant

 

Public Programming (HA 488G)

September 9 – December 20, 2009

Examine the critical roles of interpretation and public programming as museums and heritage organizations engage their communities in meaningful and long-lasting ways.

Instructor: Candace Matelic, PhD is a consultant focusing on organizational development and museum interpretation

 

Curatorship: Contemporary Perspectives (HA 488J)

September 14 – December 20, 2009

Explore the contemporary role of the curator, along with collections and acquisitions policies, object-oriented research methods, documen­tation analysis, information management, and the communication of research through exhibitions and public programs.

Instructor: Debra Graham, PhD is a freelance curator and art historian

 

 

Look forward to Spring 2010 Distance Education Courses!

 

Museum Principles and Practices II: Programming, Exhibitions, and Management (HA 486B)
January 4 - April 11, 2010

 

Heritage Resource Conservation (HA 487B)
January 4 – April 11, 2010

 

Determining Significance of Heritage Resources (HA 489C)
January 4 - April 11, 2010
Instructor: Alastair Kerr

 

Caring for Collections (HA 488D)
January 4 – April 11, 2010
Instructor: Susan L. Maltby

 

Managing Cultural Organizations (HA 488A)
January 4 - April 11, 2010
Instructor: Carrie Brooks-Joiner

 

 

Registration options:

 

Courses can be taken individually for credit or non-credit or towards a comprehensive diploma or focused professional specialization certificate. Choose the programs and format best suited to meet your needs from the flexible options available.

 

You may register online at:  https://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/forms/crm/online_reg.aspx

 

 

 

For more information on the above courses or our Programs, please visit our website at:

 

http://www.continuingstudies.uvic.ca/crmp/

 

or contact:

 

Anissa Paulsen, Program Coordinator

Cultural Resource Management Program

Division of Continuing Studies

University of Victoria

PO Box 3030 STN CSC

Victoria, BC V8W 3N6 CANADA

T: (250) 721-6119

F: (250) 721-8774

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