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Conservation Industry Internship 2 (CUMC90037)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Off Campus
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Semester 2
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Off Campus Semester 2 - Off Campus |
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This subject aims to build students’ capacity in working within an organisation in ways that:
- Offer an extended opportunity to build a repertoire of industry relevant skills and articulate the conservation experience in an outward- facing forum
- Foster a deeper understanding of and ability to support organisational aims
- Align professional development with industry needs
- Incorporate an increased peer review and peer development process.
This subject offers students the opportunity to undertake an extended placement in the cultural heritage industry beyond the three-week full time (or part-time equivalent) placement offered in the compulsory internship subject CUMC90006, allowing students to complete a longer placement at the same host organisation as their compulsory internship. Students develop further skills in conservation treatment, research or other projects, alongside demonstrating advanced skills in communicating about their work with broader community stakeholders.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Incorporate relevant theoretical grounding from guiding documents such as the AICCM Code of Ethics and Practice and the AIATSIS Code of Ethics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research into conservation practice in a professional context
- Effectively execute and communicate a conservation project in an industry setting
- Integrate technical conservation understanding and stakeholder relations to effectively communicate a conservation project to a broad audience
- Build an expanded professional network including for peer review, incorporating an understanding of the responsibilities and accountabilities of representing an organisation to a professional and a public audience.
Generic skills
- Communicate a conservation project to distinct audiences, including industry, early career peers and the general public
- Carry out a mentored conservation project in the workplace
- Identify skills, competencies and areas for further development in a professional conservation context.
Last updated: 27 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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CUMC90006 | Conservation Industry Internship |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
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: 27 February 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Report
| 2 Weeks after the end of teaching | 40% |
Host-directed public communication task
| 2 Weeks after the end of teaching | 40% |
Workshop presentation to subject cohort
| End of semester | 20% |
Hurdle requirement: Late Penalty and Assessment hurdle requirement: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at five per cent (5%) of the possible marks available for the assessment task per day or part thereof. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass the subject. Each submitted assessment must be complete, constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task and will not be accepted after 20 University business days from the original assessment due date without written approval. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Last updated: 27 February 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Off Campus
Coordinator Paula Dredge Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours Industry Internship Placement of 110 - 120 hours and 3-hour dual-delivery summative learning workshop will be held in week 12 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2 - Off Campus
Coordinator Paula Dredge Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours Industry Internship Placement of 110 - 120 hours and 3-hour dual-delivery summative learning workshop in week 12 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
What do these dates mean
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Last updated: 27 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Best Practice in Communicating Conservation
Castaneda-Delgado, M., 2020. Becoming-Artwork: Rethinking Agency and Performativity Through the Conservation History of Rembrandt's The Night Watch (1642) (Doctoral dissertation, Concordia University).
Gill, K 2012 ‘Images can speak louder than words: communicating conservation effectively’,
in J. H. Townsend et al (eds), Congress proceedings The Decorative: Conservation and the Applied Arts, 24th International Congress of IIC, Vienna, Austria, September, International Institute for Conservation, London, pp. S114–S121.Peters, R. 2020. “Conservation and Engagement: Transforming and Being Transformed.” In Heritage, Conservation, and Social Engagement, edited by R. F. Peters, I. L. F. den Boer, J. S. Johnson, and S. Pancaldo, 6–29. London: UCL Press.
Roy, A. & Froggett, L. & Little, R & Whitaker, L., 2011, ‘New Model Visual Arts Organisations & Social Engagement’, University of Central Lancashire Psychosocial Research Unit, Preston, Lancs. DOI: 10.13140/2.1.5190.6880.
Williams, E. ed., 2013. The public face of conservation. Archetype Publications, London.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Cultural Materials Conservation
Last updated: 27 February 2024