Maritime Museums and Heritage Management

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Different ways in which maritime heritage can be disseminated through museums and other media contexts;
• Different approaches to maritime heritage protection legislation on a local, regional and international level;
• The breadth, variety and issues relating to maritime cultural heritage;
• The opportunities and approaches provided by education and outreach programmes for maritime heritage.
• The considerations and problems facing heritage managers in the marine zone;

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Evaluate and critique past and current theoretical and methodological approaches to maritime heritage management across the sector.
• Assess the effectiveness of management regimes for specific case-studies/site types.
• Design and produce material for education and outreach relating to maritime heritage.
• Be aware of the different approaches to the communication of the maritime heritage through museum display.
• Display a depth of knowledge relating to the threats to maritime heritage management and its current context within the UK and other countries.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Undertake research in an independent capacity

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Discuss and propose the most appropriate methods for managing a specific heritage asset.
• Assimilate and synthesise broad theories and models relating to the management and protection of terrestrial and underwater cultural heritage.
• Identify effective and non-effective methods for the dissemination of maritime heritage through education and outreach programmes, including museums
• Think about the relevance of the sea and maritime cultures to the wider heritage sector within modern day context.
• Undertake independent research into the above areas.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Policy brief

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.