ARCH40290: Dissertation (Conservation)

• Conservation Theory & Conservation Skills.

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• To engage the student in advanced level research; practising, developing and demonstrating their research skills in conservation or object analysis.

• Based in the laboratories in Durham, the student undertakes research in an aspect of object conservation. In doing the research the student becomes familiar with the published literature on a research topic, develops a research design, collects data or information (data/information may be recovered from library, laboratory or field work), critically evaluates it and draws appropriate conclusions. They write and present a dissertation of up to 18,000 words.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• A detailed knowledge of the physical and chemical basis for the decay, stabilisation and conservation processes of ancient and historic materials in order to appreciate and recover the information contained in every object.
• A detailed understanding at an advanced level of archaeological and historic materials and technologies.

Subject-specific Skills:

• Developed a capacity to devise experiments or derive information to answer fundamental research questions in conservation.

Key Skills:

• An advanced knowledge of methods of analytical investigation.
• Communication skills in written, image, computer and verbal formats to a professional standard.
• Demonstrated to a professional standard an ability to undertake research, collect information (data) and critically evaluate it, and to draw appropriate conclusions.

• Teaching is primarily provided through tutorials.
• Learning is primarily achieved through undertaking the research.
• Assessment is achieved through an 18,000 word dissertation.

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