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303614 (v.4) Heritage Studies (Protecting Heritage Places) 413


 

Area:

Faculty of Media, Society and Culture

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

Seminar:

3 x 1 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

11229 (v.6) Heritage Studies (Protecting Heritage Places) 513 or any previous version

Syllabus:

The cultural significance of natural environment. Identification and evaluation of natural and cultural environment using the Protecting Heritage Places Kit of the Australian Heritage Commission. Local politics and the natural and cultural environment. A case study in using Protecting Heritage Places to develop a strategy to protect a place of natural and cultural - including, if relevant, indigenous significance.
 

Unit Outcomes:

On completion of this unit students will effectively use the Australian Heritage Commission's kit, Protecting Heritage Places. Understood the multiple processes involved in preparing documentation which can change the status of place and give it heritage process. Understood the Statement of Significance, a core type of heritage writing. To understand the writing of plan for a heritage place.

Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases.

Unit References:

Australian Heritage Commission, 1990, A Sense of Place: A Conversation in Three Cultures, Canberra. Australian Heritage Commission, 1994, Assessing Diversity in Natural Heritage, Canberra. Australian Heritage Commission, 2002, Ask First: A Guide to Respecting Indigenous Heritage Places and Values, Canberra.

Unit Texts:

Australian Heritgae Commision CD Rom.
 

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Participation 10%, Essay 40%, Team Work Examination, 800 words 10%, Team Work Statement, 500 words 15%, Team Work Plan 25%.

Field of Education:

 90300 Studies in Human Society (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

1  

Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information:

 Not Online  

Result Type:

 Grade/Mark


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2004Bentley CampusSemester 2Y Y

Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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