I checked out their web site and the program looks interesting. The trip to
attend seminars would be a real hike but for just once or twice a year
should be manageable. Thanks for the suggestion.
Peggy Glowacki
At 03:12 PM 1/27/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>The University of Victoria has a very good Cultural Resource Conservation
>Programme that is available, in part, as a distance learning programme.
>Their core courses have been available long-distance for years, and they
>have more recently been making courses available via the internet.  The
>programme leads to a post-graduate diploma, rather than a degree, but I
>know I've been happy with it!
>
>You may wish to contact Brenda Weatherston ([log in to unmask]) for
>further information, or see their web page at http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/
>
>
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>Tim McShane
>Curatorial Assistant, Parks Canada
>(also, Co-Chair of the Museum Division, Arrow 2000 Project)
>
>Views and opinions expressed are entirely my own, and do not necessarily
>reflect those of Parks Canada or the Arrow 2000 Project Association
>
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>Subject: Distance Education?
>Author:  Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> (Peggy
>Glowacki
><[log in to unmask]>) at PCH
>Date:    1/27/99 6:10 PM
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> Hi, Does anyone have information about or opinions of the relative merits
> of Distance Education programs in Museum Studies? I have worked in a small
> museum for 9 years and am thinking of going back for a second MA (my first
> was in American history) but cannot relocate. There are no Museum Studies
> programs in the Chicago area (although Loyola does have a Public History
> program which I am considering) so I am exploring other options. Distance
> Education seems an ideal solution since I work full-time. I have sent for
> info from: University of Oklahoma and Leicester University in England
> (talk
> about distance!) but am having trouble finding other degree-granting
> programs (or anyone whose had experience with them). Any ideas?
>
> Please feel free to reply off-list.
> Thanks,
> Peggy Glowacki
> Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
> University of Illinois at Chicago
> [log in to unmask]
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