Re: Masters and diploma programs in Canada The Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria (which is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island near Vancouver and Seattle), offers a post-degree Diploma in Cultural Conservation that allows you to specialize in museum studies, cultural heritage management, or heritage conservation. The Diploma requires the completion of two core courses, six electives, and an internship, directed studies or co-op work term. We also welcome participation in individual courses on a non-credit, unclassified credit or transfer credit basis. The Program is designed to allow participants to take courses on a part-time basis (although full-time is certainly possible), and we use intensive 6 or 8-day immersion courses on-campus and distance education courses to make it possible for people from outside the Victoria area to participate. As a result we have people from across Canada and US and beyond taking both our on-campus and distance courses. Core courses that are offered annually include: Introduction to Museum Studies (distance format & on-campus) Introduction to Heritage Conservation (distance format & on-campus) Courses that are offered in the on-campus immersion format and occur at least once every two years (sometimes three years) include: MUSEUM STUDIES Electives Collections Management Communicating Through Exhibitions Curatorial Care of Artifacts Public Programming Curatorship: Issues and Practices Exhibition Design and Installation Museum Information Management (also in distance format) International Museology Series (at the InterUniversity Centre, Croatia) CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT Electives Managing Cultural Organizations Planning in Cultlural Organizations Human Resource Management (also in distance format) Financial Management in Cultural Organizations Museums in the Marketplace: Marketing and Public Relations Cultural Tourism HERITAGE CONSERVATION Electives Heritage Area Conservation Inventory and Evaluation of Heritage Resources Studies in Building Conservation The Fabric of Heritage Buildings Heritage Landscape and Gardens Museums in Heritage Buildins (at Colonial Williamsburg) Planning for Community Cultural Stewardship Managing Archaeological Resources OTHER Electives (while these are not part of our regular curriculum, they are offered from time to time): Managing Natural History Collections Curatorship: Indigenous Perspectives Preserving Maritime Heritage Canadian Cultural Policy Cultural Diversity: The Inclusive Museum Multi-media in the Museum A final note, as I know this is getting long, our faculty are all drawn from professional practice and, like the participants, come from all sorts of locations and institutions across the continent and beyond, so every course brings together a very interesting mix of people, experience and perspectives. Please visit our website: www. uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp for more detailed information, or contact us directly! Joy Davis, Program Director Cultural Resource Management Program University of Victoria Phone 250-721-8462 FAX 250-721-8774 email [log in to unmask] For detailed Program information, please visit our Web Site at http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp