University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 40

ECTS credits : 20

Level : SCQF level 11

Semester: Full Year

Planned timetable: To be arranged.

This module is only available to students taking the Postgraduate Diploma, MLitt or MPhil in Museum and Gallery Studies or MPhil in National Trust for Scotland Studies. Together with AH5561 and AH5562 it forms an essential part of a vocational training programme which combines knowledge and skills development to prepare students for work in the museums/galleries/heritage sector or for further research in this area. Subjects covered include: museum definitions and museum professions; types of museums and museum support systems; history of collecting and museums; current issues and ethics; museum standards schemes; acquisition and disposal policies and practices; collections documentation; collections care and preventive and remedial conservation; security and insurance; collections-based research.

Relationship to other modules

Co-requisite(s): You must also take AH5561 and take AH5562

Anti-requisite(s): You cannot take this module if you take AH5504

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: Teaching takes place over 2 x 5-day residential schools at St Andrews, usually in January and June.

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%

Personnel

Module coordinator: Ms A V Gunn
Module teaching staff: Team taught