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Conservation Assessment and Treatment 1 (CUMC90030)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
September
Overview
Availability | September - Dual-Delivery |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject builds on the current philosophical and ethical approaches and the materials and techniques used in conservation interventions of cultural and heritage collections. Students learn to document the condition and materials of collections, to examine the value based frameworks for the development of treatment decisions and apply these to conservation interventions. Students develop and carry out minor treatment programs on selected collections that are ethical, sustainable and achievable.
This unit may include laboratory or field work in situ as an individual or group projects.
During the pre-teaching period, students are encouraged to participate in a 1-hour orientation forum in the second week of the pre-teaching period on the Wednesday, engage with the online lectures, complete the course readings 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 successful completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Examine, document and assess the condition and deterioration of different artefacts and materials
- Work safely and efficiently in the conservation laboratory
- Identify and recommend treatment options
- Undertake conservation treatments and procedures and incorporate these into ethical and sustainable frameworks in cultural materials conservation
Generic skills
- Applied professional and ethical conservation actions
- The multi-modalities of value and significance in industry
- Effective methodologies, technical approaches and documentary practices
- Organisational and time-management skills
- Professional judgements, critical thinking and decision making
- Applied communication skills and written work
- Participation in collaborative actions
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Students enrolled in the 200-point MC-CULMC Master of Cultural Materials Conservation must have completed the following three subjects:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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CUMC90028 | Introduction to Conservation Treatment | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CUMC90032 | Technical Examination and Documentation | August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CUMC90033 | Cultural Materials Conservation Science | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Students enrolled in the 150-point MC-CULMC Master of Cultural Materials Conservation must have completed the following two subjects:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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CUMC90032 | Technical Examination and Documentation | August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CUMC90033 | Cultural Materials Conservation Science | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Students who have completed CUMC40005 Conservation Assessment and Treatment are not eligible to enrol in this subject.
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 draft technical report
| During the teaching period | 20% |
A seminar presentation
| During the assessment period | 20% |
A final conservation treatment and report
| During the assessment period | 60% |
Hurdle requirement: Hurdle requirement: Students are required to attend 80% of classes in order to pass this subject. Students must pass all assessment tasks to pass this subject. Students are to engage with the pre-teaching material which includes online lectures, quizzes, online readings and a 1 hour briefing session in the pre-teaching period. | During the assessment period | N/A |
Additional details
Hurdle requirement: Students are required to attend 80% of classes in order to pass this subject. Students must pass all assessment tasks to pass this subject
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- September
Principal coordinator Jonathan Kemp Coordinator Paula Dredge Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 1 x 1 hour lectures and 34 hours of seminars with up to 16 additional lab hours (may include field work in situ) Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 22 August 2022 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students are encouraged to participate in a 1-hour orientation forum in the second week of the pre-teaching period on the Wednesday, engage with the online lectures, complete the course readings and any other course preparation as outlined in the LMS. The LMS will be available at the commencement of the pre-teaching period. Teaching period 12 September 2022 to 23 September 2022 Last self-enrol date 26 August 2022 Census date 16 September 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 14 October 2022 September 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-6627052Recommended texts and other resources
Additional texts may be recommended.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Specialisation (formal) Principles of Cultural Materials Conservation - Links to additional information
Last updated: 31 January 2024