Heritage Resources Management (HERM) 542
Issues in Planning Historic Places (Revision 1)
Revision 1 is closed for registrations, replaced by current version
Delivery Mode: Grouped study Offered in September semester
Credits: 3
Area of Study: Humanities
Prerequisite: None
Precluded Course: HERM 342 (HERM 542 may not be taken for credit by students who have obtained credit for HERM 342. Also, students who complete HERM 542 will not be eligible to enroll in HERM 342.)
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Program: Graduate Diploma in Heritage Resources Management
HERM 542 is not available for challenge.
Introduction
HERM 542: Issues in Planning Historic Places is a detailed examination of planning options and approaches for historic places. Students will gain advanced skills in managing and structuring planning efforts for a variety of types of circumstances; learn how to define appropriate use for buildings, landscapes, and other resources in terms of broader preservation, economic, social, and interpretative needs; and learn how the planning of historic places is shaped by broader cultural and economic contexts and the existing built environment.
Through a range of readings and assignments, this course studies these issues. Significant debates in the field and the purpose of historic place planning, methods of assessment, regulation, conservation and interpretation are all part of this exploration.
Course Outline
Herm 542: Issues in Planning Historic Places is made up of ten units, which are bundled into three parts:
Part I: History, Heritage, and Commemoration
- Unit 1: Historic Places
- Unit 2: On Commemoration, Or the Making of Historic Places
Part II: Planning Historic Places
- Unit 3: Approaches to Planning Historic Places
- Unit 4: Values-Based Management
- Unit 5: Identifying and Evaluating Historic Places
- Unit 6: Legislation and Protection Strategies
- Unit 7: Conservation of Historic Places
- Unit 8: Rehabilitating Historic Places: Conservation Meeting Urban Needs
- Unit 9: Presenting Historic Places to the Public
Part III: Planning Cultural Landscapes
- Unit 10: Cultural Landscapes
Course Evaluation
To receive credit for HERM 542, you must complete all assignments and achieve a course composite grade of at least 60%. The chart below summarizes the course activities and the credit weight associated with each assignment.
Assignment 1 | Assignment 2 | Assignment 3 | Assignment 4 | Assignment 5 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
20% | 10% | 20% | 15% | 35% | 100% |
There is no final exam.
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
The course includes both a print reading file and online materials:
Athabasca University Materials
Athabasca University. HERM 542 Reading File. Athabasca: 2011.
The course electronic materials are accessible online. The course home page includes the following
- Study Guide
- Student Manual
- Course Information
- Digital Reading Room
Students are encouraged to browse the Athabasca University’s library website to review its collection of journal databases, electronic journals, and digital reference tools.
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 1, July 25, 2011