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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
MZC 5021	MUSEUMS AND SOCIETY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7

Offered By

Museology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ELIF KESER KAYAALP

Offered to

Museology

Course Objective

This course will discuss the role of museums and cultural heritage in creating a community identity, awareness and memory. It will explore the importance of religious and ethnic heritage and their social role. It will address the potential of museums and cultural heritage sites to achieve peace, overcome poverty and advance in human rights

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To understand the interdisciplinary interaction between the field of Museology and other fields
2	To establish relations between museology and cultural processes
3	To develop a critical approach towards Museuology and Cultural Heritage Studies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Museums and Identity
2	Museums, Community awareness and involvement
3	Social Memory
4	Museums and Education
5	Religious Heritage
6	Ethnic Heritage
7	Tourism, Museums and Cultural Heritage
8	Student Presentations
9	Student Presentations
10	Cultural Heritage and Globalisation, UNESCO
11	Cultural Heritage, Diversity, Human Rights
12	Cultural Heritage and overcoming poverty
13	Assessment
14	Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Atagök, Tomur (der.) (1999) Yeniden Müzeciliği Düşünmek. Yıldız Teknik Basım-Yayın Merkezi: Istanbul.

Atagök, Tomur (1999), Yaşayan Müze ve Eğitim , Sanat Dünyamız, sayı 71.
Atakuman "Heritage as a Matter of Prestige: A History of the State Heritage Discourse and Practice in Turkey", 7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East- ICAANE, 12-16 April 2010, London-UK
Macdonald, Sharon, and Gordon Fyfe, eds. Theorizing Museums: Representing Identity and Diversity in a Changing World. Oxford: Blackwell: The Sociological Review, 1996.
Müzecilikte Yeni Yaklaşımlar Küreselleşme ve Yerelleşme, 2000, Tarih Vakfı: Istanbul.

Silverman, Lois H. (2010) The Social Work of Museums. Routledge: New York and London.

Smith, L., 2006. Uses of heritage. London: Routledge.

Smith, L. andWaterton, E., 2009. Heritage, communities and archaeology. London: Duckworth

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1.Lecture
2.Presentation
3. Discussion
4.Research

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

Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated via the question asked in the mid-term and final exams and the presentation and the homework that the student will prepare.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% class attendance is obligatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

elif_keser@yahoo.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	3	36
Tutorials	0	0	0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	10	2	20
Preparation for midterm exam	1	7	7
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparation for quiz etc.	0	0	0
Preparing assignments	2	40	80
Preparing presentations	1	20	20
Final	1	1	1
Midterm	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.8	PO.9
LO.1	5	3	5	3	3		4	4
LO.2			4	4	5	3		4
LO.3			4	4	5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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