155899 v.6 Bachelor of Arts (Cultural Heritage)
BA(Curtin)
Course CRICOS Code: 050347C
Registered full-time Duration for International Onshore Students on student visas: 3 Years
Introduction
This multidisciplinary course focuses upon the value of objects, events, places and practices of the past, and their significance for the present and the future. It provides an understanding of the processes involved in the social production of heritage values and the transmission of such values from the past to the present and future, while meeting the professional requirements for a career in the heritage industry.
Course Entry Requirements/Prerequisites
Interview and folio presentation - only for Art or Photography streams.
Specific Requirements
STAT elements considered are E and either V or Q.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Applications for recognition of prior learning are assessed on an individual basis.
Duration and Availability
The course is three years full-time or equivalent part-time study. Most units are available in the external mode.
Course Organisation
Students are required to complete 40 days supervised practical experience in selected applied heritage situations. Students may select a double major with anthropology, geography, history, politics and sociology or a stream within the single Cultural Heritage Studies major with topics in architecture and culture, art (visual culture), photography, environmental biology, information studies and literature. These majors and streams are selected in consultation with the course coordinator.
Additional Course Expenses
Students may be expected to purchase a number of textbooks, readers and other essential study materials.
Course Structure |
Hrs/Wk |
Credit |
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Majors, Streams or Other Core Components |
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| 307029 | v.3 | Cultural Heritage Studies Major | 600.0 | ||
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| 307024 | v.3 | Cultural Heritage Studies and Anthropology Double Major | 600.0 | ||
| OR | |||||
| 307025 | v.3 | Cultural Heritage Studies and Geography Double Major | 600.0 | ||
| OR | |||||
| 307026 | v.3 | Cultural Heritage Studies and History Double Major | 600.0 | ||
| OR | |||||
| 307027 | v.3 | Cultural Heritage Studies and Politics Double Major | 600.0 | ||
| OR | |||||
| 307028 | v.3 | Cultural Heritage Studies and Sociology Double Major | 600.0 | ||
| 600.0 | |||||
Availability
| Year | Location | All* | Internal | Partially Online Internal^ | External | Fully Online# | |
| 2006 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||||
| 2006 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y |
The information displayed above refers to study periods and locations where the course is available for first time entry. Students are normally only offered or admitted to a course once.
*The course itself may not be available either solely internally or externally but individual units may be offered in either or both of those modes. Prospective students should contact the Course Coordinator for further information.
^Course and associated units are offered in this mode permitting International Onshore student enrolment.
#Course and associated units are offered in this online only mode and DO NOT permit International Onshore student enrolment.
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