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Conservation Assessment and Treatment 2 (CUMC90005)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
April
Overview
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Students undertake more complex assessment, documentation and conservation interventions of cultural collections across different material and media types within an ethical and sustainable decision making framework. Content, processes and practices will depend on the values and functionality of the cultural and heritage collections but will include examination, documentation, digital and physical interventions. Each year alternative areas of study will be offered across objects, paper, paintings and other media. This unit includes individual or group projects in either the conservation laboratory at the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation with in situ work in the field, or off campus conservation treatments.
During the pre-teaching period students are expected to participate in a 1 hour online orientation forum in the first week of the pre-teaching period on the Wednesday, engage with the online lectures, complete the course readings, quizzes and any other course preparation as outlined in the LMS. The LMS will be available at the commencement of the pre-teaching period.
Intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of this subject students should be able to:
- assess and document in detail the condition and appropriate interventions for various cultural and heritage collections, their values, situated contexts and functionality
- identify damage and their associated value to critically propose and perform conservation interventions for a variety of conservation problems;
- reflect on ways of knowing cultural and heritage collections in conservation practice and inclusion;
- demonstrate sound, independent, critical, ethical and sustainable decision making skills in a professional conservation laboratory, institutional and in situ contexts;
- undertake group and individual conservation interventions and develop project management skills;
- present written, oral and new media reports to a professional standard and to broad audiences for social and cultural impact.
Generic skills
- applied professional and ethical conservation actions;
- well-developed translation of research to industry and practice based projects;
- an ability to negotiate value and significance for industry and diverse stakeholders;
- critical methodologies, technical approaches and documentary practices;
- advanced analytical, organisational and time-management skills;
- professional judgement, critical thinking and decision making;
- industry focused communication skills and written work;
- high level participation in collaborative conservation actions.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Students must meet one of the following prerequisite options:
Option 1
Admission into the 200pt Program course entry point in the MC-CULMC Master of Cultural Materials Conservation
AND
Completion of a minimum of 100 credit points of study
AND
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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CUMC90030 | Conservation Assessment and Treatment 1 | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Option 2
Admission into the 150pt Program course entry point in the MC-CULMC Master of Cultural Materials Conservation
AND
Completion of a minimum of 50 credit points of study
AND
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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CUMC90030 | Conservation Assessment and Treatment 1 | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Option 3
Admission into the 100pt Program course entry point in the MC-CULMC Master of Cultural Materials Conservation
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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A written report
| Week 1 | 10% |
An oral presentation due in the last week of the teaching period (10 minutes)
| During the teaching period | 10% |
Conservation treatment reports and practical treatments
| Three weeks after the teaching period | 25% |
A media presentation
| Four weeks after the teaching period | 10% |
Conservation treatment reports and practical treatments
| Four weeks after the teaching period | 45% |
Hurdle requirement: Hurdle requirement: Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% of classes in order to pass this subject. Students must pass all assessment tasks to pass this subject and engage with the pre-teaching material prior to the teaching period. | Pre-teaching, teaching and assessment period | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- April
Principal coordinator Jonathan Kemp Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours On-campus, off-campus and field work activities, with up to 24 additional lab hours Total time commitment 340 hours Pre teaching start date 21 March 2022 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period students are expected to complete the course readings, review the lectures and any other course preparation as outlined on the LMS. The LMS will become available at the commencement of the pre-teaching dates. Teaching period 11 April 2022 to 13 May 2022 Last self-enrol date 25 March 2022 Census date 22 April 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 13 May 2022 Assessment period ends 10 June 2022 April contact information
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Online readings, prescribed texts and pre-teaching tasks will be made available in the pre-teaching period.
Our cultural materials conservation library guide includes links to key texts https://unimelb.libguides.com/cmc#s-lg-page-section-6627052
Recommended texts and other resources
Additional texts may be recommended.
- Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
Last updated: 31 January 2024