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ARTH 405 Cultural Heritage Preservation Units: 3.00
An investigation of how cultural heritage has been preserved in different parts of the world in the past and the present, focusing on methods used to ameliorate or prevent damage and destruction caused by the environment, war, looting and restoration. Case studies will be drawn from the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Learning Hours: 126 (36 Seminar, 90 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Level 4 or above and registration in an ARTH Major or Joint Honours Plan and a minimum of 24.0 units in ARTH and a cumulative GPA of 1.90 or higher.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Assemble a considerable body of research beyond the course readings on a specific topic using the Queen's libraries and their databases.
- Compose one substantial research essay and several short reading responses.
- Discuss the most significant features of at least ten UNESCO World Heritage sites of a cultural nature in several different parts of the world.
- Explain the most important steps in the establishment of international laws and organizations to protect cultural heritage worldwide.
- Provide in-depth critical analysis of visual and written sources pertinent to the course.
- Understand the common ways works of art and monuments become seriously damaged, including natural and human causes.