Heritage and Cultural Environments

This subject is not offered in 2013.

Admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth-year honours or any masters coursework degree.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

This subject provides students with advanced level analysis and interpretation of the range of issues associated with cultural resource management. The subject advances student knowledge of cross cultural issues as they relate to resource management and examines specific issues pertaining to the evaluation and management of cultural resources. On completion of the subject, students should develop an understanding and/or knowledge of: the structures of governance that protect cultural resources in variously scaled jurisdictions; the methods used to evaluate cultural resources - technical and cultural; resource management systems that integrate different types of environmental knowledge and practice, including Traditional Ecological Knowledge; management of various heritage landscapes; illustrative cases of the complexities of cultural resource management.

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Written work totalling 5000 words 100%.

Prescribed Texts:

A subject reader will be available.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• have gained skills in the oral presentation of information and ideas to a small audience;

• demonstrate advanced research and presentation skills;

• work independently;

• write concise reports or essays.