COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURATORS AND MUSEUMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZC 5004 CURATORS AND MUSEUMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Museology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR REMZI YAĞCI

Offered to

Museology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the core skills of a curator: to understand objects and how to research them, and to understand collections and the added meaning that forming objects into collections and articulating them in exhibitions can create. The course provides an opportunity for students to acquire such skills through working in groups on object research and documentation projects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students are expected to understand what is meant by `curatorship , and what the role of curator includes
2   Students are expected to e able to take responsibility for a collection with confidence
3   Students are expected to be able to research an object
4   Students are expected to be able to facilitate and promote the use of collections as a resource by everyone in the museum through working productively with other specialist colleagues
5   Students are expected to be able to articulate objects and develop exhibition concepts using collections

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Bibliography and Methodology
2 How to conduct object- and collections-based research
3 How to conduct object- and collections-based research
4 How to be familiar with the appropriate methodologies for researching collections
5 How to be familiar with the appropriate methodologies for researching collections
6 Have acquired skills required to conduct research on different kinds of collections
7 Have acquired skills required to conduct research on different kinds of collections
8 Midterm
9 Have acquired key team-working and project-management skills
10 Have acquired key team-working and project-management skills
11 Have a working familiarity with diffferent museums and collections
12 Have a working familiarity with diffferent museums and collections
13 General overview
14 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Pearce, Susan M. 1993. Museums, Objects and Collections: A Cultural Study
Candlin. Fiona and Guins, Raiford. 2009. The Object Reader.
Caple, Chris. 2006. Objects: Reluctant Witnesses to the Past.
Koen, Harvey. 2009. History and Material Culture: A Student's Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and student presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Presentations, midterm and final examinations

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance (70%) is obligatory.
Students are expected to prepare presentations and homeworks on the assigned subjects.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

remzi.yagci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 2 20 40
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 187

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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