Museology
MODULE: Museology
Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 21 credits. This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.
DESCRIPTION:
This program introduces museology and museum management, including the management of human resources, fiscal resources, collections, facilities, and information. It provides a fundamental understanding of the museums in their social and cultural context; the history of museums; the influence of information technology; the changing role of museums and exhibitions today and the museums as complex organizations.
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).
Museum Specimen Documentation
Museum Conservation & Curation Museum Exhibitions & Operations Museum Collection Management Museum Legal & Ethical Issues Cultural Resources Management Museum Management
Academic Supervisor: Patricia Aja Sánchez
More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.
* University Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.
* Specialist Diploma (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.
* Expert Diploma (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.
* Bachelor's Degree (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.
* Master's Degree (35 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.
* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.
BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.
Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
Museum Specimen Documentation
This course deals with issues involved in museum administrative work. It reviews museum specimen documentation research approaches, including technological and raw material analyses, classification, contextual studies, and esthetic studies.
Instructor: Patricia Aja Sánchez
Museum Conservation & Curation
This course studies museum conservation problems for specimens of all types. It explores from fundamental collection documentation and research to preventive conservation, storage, and other special curation projects.
Instructor: Patricia Aja Sánchez
Museum Exhibitions & Operations
This course explores designing hypothetical museums considering elements such as architectural plan, staffing plan, budgets, security system, records system, conservation, educational plan, visitor-based design factors, policy making and community relations. It reviews critical issues in the planning, design, preparation, and installation of museum exhibits.
Instructor: Patricia Aja Sánchez
Museum Collection Management
This course exposes the theory and practice in museum collection management, including identification, cataloging, fumigation, storage, cleaning, inventory, and specimen preparation for exhibition.
Instructor: Patricia Aja Sánchez
Museum Legal & Ethical Issues
This course surveys the legal and ethical issues regarding international and national museum operations, including the control and movement of cultural property, artistic and intellectual rights and copyright, concepts of patrimony and issues of repatriation, as well as other relevant policies and regulations.
Instructor: Patricia Aja Sánchez
Cultural Resources Management
This course examines the key issues of cultural resource management. Topics include the role in environmental permitting, inventory and significance evaluation of resources, project impacts and design of mitigation measures, consultation with government agencies and tribal organizations, and related issues in museum management.
Instructor: Patricia Aja Sánchez
Museum Management
This course takes on real-life situations as their starting point and draw upon wider management theory as appropriate. Topics include creative management in museums, visionary leadership, the challenge of managing volunteers in museums, and the consequences of ineffective museum management.
Instructor: Patricia Aja Sánchez
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Professionally recognized and validated degrees.
Accredited (Non USA CHEA). International legalization available.
