COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURATING AND EXHIBITION PLANNING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZC 2115 CURATING AND EXHIBITION PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Museology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ELIF KESER KAYAALP

Offered to

Museology

Course Objective

To understand the job of curators and the processes of planning a permanent or a temporary exhibition. To go through all the steps starting from the inception of an exhibition idea to the openning of the exhibition. To learn how to manage time, find money, prepare work flow-charts, solve technical problems, barrow objects from other museums, make insurance, deal with public relations, and advertise

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the terminology
2   Understand the process of exhibition planning
3   To learn to coordinate different tasks.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Who is a curator
2 How is an exhibition idea or concept formulated
3 Deciding on the collection, procedures of bringing objects from other museums. Financial planning of the museum.Finding resources for the exhibition
4 Selection of the objects from the faculty collection for the student exhibitions
5 Preliminary Design for the presentation of the Exhibition_ Student presentations
6 Preliminary Design for the presentation of the Exhibition_ Student presentations
7 Production of exhibition material and required technical support
8 Midterm exam
9 Writing and designing the information panels and team working
10 Writing and designing the information panels and team working
11 Marketing and outreach
12 Planning of the opening day of the exhibition, seminars and education activities.
13 Installation of the exhibitons of the students
14 Student presentations
15 Student presentations
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Madran, Burçak, Müze Sergileri Tasarlamak , Müzebilimin ABC si, N. Ertürk ve H. Uralman (der.)
Bıçakçı, Ilker, Sanat Sponsorluğu ve müzeler , Müzebilimin ABC si, N. Ertürk ve H. Uralman (der.)
Birol, Özalp, Nitelik ve itibar eksenli müze pazarlaması , Müzebilimin ABC si, N. Ertürk ve H. Uralman
Erbay, Mutlu, Müzelerde Sergileme ve Sunum Tekniklerinin Planlanması.
Yücel, Derya, Yeni Medya Sanatı ve Yeni Müze.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1.Lecture
2.Presentation
3. Question and answer
4.Research activites library

Assessment Methods

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

Assistant profesor Elif Keser Kayaalp
elif.kayaalp@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 2 2
Preparation for midterm exam 10 2 20
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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