Graduate Certificate in Heritage Materials Conservation

Whether your professional background is in science, environmental management, architecture, engineering, building and construction, or the humanities, this course will give you the skills in understanding, conserving, reconstructing and restoring heritage materials.In this course you will explore how these materials are made, how they respond to their changing environments, how people value them, and how conservation professionals ensure they survive into the future.Through practical field-based workshops and behind-the-scenes tours of heritage sites and collections, you will learn to investigate the condition and significance of heritage items, develop conservation and management plans for them, and carry out laboratory and on-site treatment techniques to preserve and restore them.All units contain Indigenous cultural content as a key underpinning to theory, practice, history and contemporary social, economic and cultural issues in the cultural heritage sector.The flexibility to develop your personal vision, interests and focus as a professional is intrinsic to the course, and progression to the Graduate Diploma in Creative and Cultural Futures and Master of Arts in Creative and Cultural Futures is available by enrolling in additional units.WIL is a significant focus of the course, with all units centered on the development of key methods, techniques and skills required for work in the field of cultural heritage.As part of your studies you will gain extensive practical experience working in real-life industry scenarios, participate in site-based tutorials, explore numerous local and international case studies, while also contributing to group projects and research work.You will also have the opportunity to gain access to mentors from within the industry, deliver presentations to culture and heritage practitioners, and be challenged working with simulations of real-world industry design briefs.If you are already employed in the sector, you will also be encouraged to use your past experiences to reflect on current industry practice, problems and issues.A clear pathway of study exists between this course, the undergraduate Bachelor of Arts (Culture and Heritage), the postgraduate Graduate Diploma in Creative and Cultural Futures, and the Master of Arts in Creative and Cultural Futures.Students who have completed this course may apply and receive credit for units within the Graduate Diploma in Creative and Cultural Futures.

Graduate Certificate in Heritage Materials Conservation (12 credit points) Required - Must pass 12 credit points as follows

• 11160 - Heritage Materials and Their Environments G - 3 cp, Level G 11161 - The Cultural Significance of Patina G - 3 cp, Level G 11162 - Heritage Materials - Structure and Integrity G - 3 cp, Level G 11163 - Heritage Materials - Aesthetics and Stability G - 3 cp, Level G

Admission Requirements

Students must have a bachelor degree in any field as approved by the University.

Assumed Knowledge

None.

Periods Course is Open to New Admissions

Information on admission closing dates can be found here.