Strengthen
your professional knowledge and skills in heritage conservation planning
through completion of University of Victoria’s Professional Specialization
Certificate in Heritage Conservation Planning. This certificate
requires four courses – three core and one elective – and our
current course schedule makes it possible for you to complete the certificate
in as little as six months.
Two
of the three core courses are offered this upcoming Spring session. One
is via distance learning: HA
489C Determining Significance of Heritage Resources, from January 11
- April 18, 2010. The other, HA
489L Heritage Conservation Planning, is on
campus from January 25 - 30, 2010.
There is a choice of two elective courses,
both offered on campus this session: HA
489H Cultural Tourism, from
January 18 - 23, 2010, and HA
489D Studies in Building Conservation: Masonry, March 8 - 13, 2010.
The
final core course, HA
489K Conservation in Context ,
is on campus form June 2 - 7, 2010.
All
our offerings are comprehensive senior-level courses taught by leaders in the
heritage conservation field. On campus courses are six-day intensives that are
held at the University of Victoria. Distance courses online have an expectation
of roughly 8 to 10 hours of weekly; note that this participation is
asynchronous and there are no specific time requirements for logging into the
site in a given week.
Highlighted
below is information on HA
489C Determining Significance of Heritage Resources, a core course
offered online this Spring session. Information on this course, including a
biography of instructor Alastair Kerr, can be found below as well as on our
website.
Please
do not hesitate to contact the Cultural
Resource Management Program if you would like more information.
Determining
Significance of Heritage Resources
HA 489C
(1.5 units)
January
11- April 18, 2010
Distance offering
Defining the heritage value or significance of a historic place or resource is the
foundation on which any heritage conservation process is built. This course
begins with an exploration of the range of historical, aesthetic, social, and
scientific values that establish the character-defining elements of historic
resources, including buildings, structures, historic districts, and cultural
landscapes. Various methods of inventory and evaluation, from numerical scoring
systems to systems that establish historical contexts of thematic studies, are
discussed, along with their roles in guiding subsequent conservation planning
and decision-making.
Instructor
Alastair Kerr is an expert in heritage planning and historic
resource evaluation, and is a leading theorist in heritage conservation in
Canada. He holds a BA and an MA in art and architectural history from the
University of Victoria. For the past thirty-three years Alastair has worked for
the British Columbia Heritage Branch where he has had extensive experience in
policy development, strategic planning, historic resource evaluation, historic
site and heritage planning, heritage law, public consultation and participation
programs, downtown revitalization, dispute resolution, and training. Alastair
was the Manager of Heritage Programs in the Heritage Branch, Ministry of
Tourism, Sport, and the Arts and is now currently the Director of the Strategic
Coordination of the Tourism Division.
Registration
Deadline: December 14, 2009, late registrations accepted if space permits
Fee: CAD$582.00 plus coursepack (prices determined by the UVic Bookstore).
PLEASE NOTE: Upon registration you will receive further information about
ordering your coursepack (and/or textbook).
Caroline J. Posynick
Program
Coordinator
Cultural
Management Programs
Division
of Continuing Studies
University
of Victoria
PO
Box 3030 STN CSC
Victoria,
BC V8W 3N6
ph:
(250) 721-6119
fax:
(250) 721-8774
Cultural
Resource Management Program