[can-talk] Upcoming Distance Education Courses at UVic- Spring 2008

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Develop your professional knowledge and skills through Distance Learning
@ UVic

The Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria
is pleased to offer starting in January, several distance education
courses for professionals, volunteers and board members in museums, art
galleries, cultural institutions, heritage sites and related
organizations.

Our distance learning courses enable you to develop integral knowledge
and skills flexibly, either at home or in your workplace, at the times
best suited to your learning needs. Innovative print and electronic
learning resources and interactive communications create stimulating
environments where you learn with expert instructors and groups of
colleagues from across Canada and beyond. Courses can be taken
individually for credit or non-credit or towards a diploma or
professional specialization certificate.

The following is a listing of upcoming distance education courses:

Museum Principles and Practices II: Programming, Exhibitions and
Management https://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/courses/ha486b.aspx 
January 7 to April 11
Explore the role and development of exhibits and programs, and ways in
which knowledge is shared through collections, research, public
partnership and audience development.
Instructor: Shirley Madill 

Curatorship: Contemporary Perspectives 
https://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/courses/ha488j-curatorship-D.aspx 
January 14 - April 20
Explore the contemporary role of the curator, along with collections and
acquisitions policies, object-oriented research methods, documentation
analysis, information management, and the communication of research
through exhibitions and public programs.
Instructor: Dr. Debra Graham, independent curator

Public Programming 
https://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/courses/ha488g.aspx  
January 14 to April 20
Examine the critical roles of interpretation and public programming as
museums and heritage organizations engage their communities in
meaningful, long-term ways.
Instructor: Dr.Candace Matelic, consultant focusing on organizational
development and museum interpretation

Heritage Resource Conservation 
https://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/courses/ha487b.aspx 
January 7 to April 11
Consider the philosophical, ethical, and practical challenges involved
in the conservation of heritage buildings, structures, areas and
associated resources in this independent study survey course.

Determining Significance of Historic Resources
https://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/courses/ha489c-2.aspx
January 14 to April 20
Examine the range of historic, aesthetic, social and scientific values
that establish the significance and character-defining elements of
historic resources, buildings and cultural landscapes.
Instructor: Alastair Kerr, Manager, British Columbia Heritage Branch

For more information on our Program and its offerings, please visit our
website at http://www.continuingstudies.uvic.ca/crmp/ or contact:
Anissa Paulsen 
Cultural Resource Management Program
Division of Continuing Studies
University of Victoria
PO Box 3030 STN CSC
Victoria, BC V8W 3N6 CANADA
T: (250) 721-6119
F: (250) 721-8774
apaulsen at uvcs.uvic.ca