AIM703 - Heritage Practice: Conservation and Managing Change
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Luke James |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 4 x 2.5-hour on-site lectures/practical experience (field trips) per trimester 4 x 2-hour online seminars per trimester |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 4 x 2-hour online seminars per trimester |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
The unit focuses on the application of heritage conservation and management concepts, approaches and tools in Australian and international practices. The Unit will familiarise students with the ways in which these support decision making processes, including those framed by heritage laws, design cultures and planning systems; as well as critically examining emerging issues, tensions and gaps. Spanning Indigenous and non-Indigenous heritage sites, places, landscapes, architecture and neighbourhoods, the unit will develop student skills in conservation planning, incorporating municipal, state and national heritage planning as well as place management, documentation, maintenance, impact assessment, development and adaptive re-use.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Demonstrate and apply conceptual, theoretical and methodological frameworks for the identification and management of heritage places in Australia and in international spheres of practice. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Demonstrate knowledge of heritage management systems, including their framing by heritage laws and planning systems in Australia. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO3 | Situate Australian heritage management frameworks within local and international contexts and apply heritage conservation methods to identified pressures and issues. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO5: Problem solving GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO4 | Critically analyse approaches to protecting and managing heritage sites, places and landscapes, including community engagement and ethical issues. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO5 | Incorporate heritage conservation and resilience into planning and strategies for development, adaptive reuse, resilience and other outcomes. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving GLO7: Teamwork |
| ULO6 | Effectively communicate Australian and international heritage conservation approaches in written and digital forms | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Online quiz | 30-minutes | 10% | Week 4 |
| Assessment 2: Essay | 2000 words | 40% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 3: Group Presentation | 16-20 minutes and individual reflection 250 words | 50% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for AIM703 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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