University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 60

ECTS credits : 30

Level : SCQF level 11

Semester: Summer after graduation

Availability restrictions: Available only to students on the Museum and Heritage Studies programme who have secured an approved work placement.

Planned timetable: To be confirmed

This module forms part of the vocational training that combines knowledge and skills development to prepare students for work in the heritage sector. Students will collaborate as a group within a museum or heritage institution to achieve a defined set of objectives that aim to engage the public with a theme or body of research. Students will build on and apply the knowledge they have gained in previous modules to develop either an exhibition, events programme or digital output, taking the project through key stages of the process with the support of professionals working in the field and a member of teaching staff from the University.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must pass GD5601 and pass GD5602

Anti-requisite(s): take GD5603 and take GD5604 and take GD5605

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 14 x 1.5 hour practical class in the form of meetings to develop the project, plus small group or individual meetings with host institutions.

Scheduled learning hours: 51

Guided independent study hours: 168

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 0%
Practical examinations : %

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr N P Meehan
Module teaching staff: Ms Nicole Meehan Dr Karen Brown Dr Agnes Bos
Module coordinator email npm6@st-andrews.ac.uk

Intended learning outcomes

• The module aims to give students experience of putting into practice the theory they have learnt in the pre-requisite modules through a real-world project.
• Students will develop practical project-management and team work skills, learning how to work together to plan and handle the different elements of a complex public engagement project and respond to setbacks and risk.
• Students will build on their understanding of communicating with public audiences and of making research accessible using museum collections.
• Students will understand how the different roles and teams within a museum and/or heritage organisation function and how they interact, gaining experience in one of these roles.
• Students will learn the different metrics for evaluating the success of a public engagement project and will gain practical experience of using and applying these.