Module Catalogue 2024/25

Pre Requisite Comment

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Co Requisite Comment

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Aims

The aims of the HMPVE module are to provide students with a deeper knowledge, apprectiation and understanding of:

A knowledge of the key consumers/users of heritage, from tourists through to formal learning groups;

The key issues involved in the development of a management plan (e.g. processes, stakeholder engagement, components);

The importance of community engagement in heritage management planning;

The resources required for heritage management;

The conservation of heritage resources in an urban setting;

The roles of risk assessment, monitoring, and evaluation in heritage management;

The needs of consumers (visitor/users, including tourist) of heritage and how the heritage sector address these needs; and

The relationship between heritage tourism in historical and contemporary contexts.

Outline Of Syllabus

The first part of the module considers the practice and processes of heritage management. It will also consider the different challenges and opportunities faced by heritage managers in the field in different geographical locations, including the differences between managing resources in urban and rural contexts, and how best to respond to these. It will introduce the key elements of heritage management planning and processes, the variable use of heritage sites, and the effective engagement with stakeholders and communities. The module will also consider the roles of risk assessment, and monitoring and evaluation in heritage management.
The second part of the module explores the sometimes controversial and always delicate relationship between heritage and its consumers. It examines the growth of the tourism industry and the range of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats offered and posed by tourism to heritage. It also considers the differing needs of local, national, and international heritage consumers and the relationship these needs have on the sustainability of heritage. These issues are explored using case studies from around the world.

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

By the end of the HMPVE module, a typical graduate will have aquired knowledge and understanding of:

Key consumers (visitor/users, including tourist) of heritage and their motivations and needs;

The nature of the tourism industry and its organisational structure from both its historical and contemporary contexts;

Mechanisms for alleviating tourism threats to the heritage sector and on customer care principles;

The components of a management plan and the processes required to develop a plan;

The resources required for the effective management of heritage;

The different strategies required for effective stakeholder and community participation in heritage management;

The workings of heritage conservation in an urban setting; and

The roles of risk assessment, and monitoring and evaluation in heritage management.

Intended Skill Outcomes

By the end of the HMPVE module, a typical graduate will have:

Recognizing and evaluating the different motivations and needs of heritage consumers (visitor/users, including tourist);

Identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats related to the relationship between heritage and tourism;

Ensure good consumer care.

Developed the cognitive skills to understand and evaluate the different motivations and needs of heritage consumer/user groups;

Developed the cognitive skills to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats related to the relationship between heritage and tourism;

Developed the cognitive knowledge and practical skills needed to ensure good customer and learner care;

Developed the skills required to develop a management plan;

Developed the basic skills required to undertake a risk and condition assessment of a heritage site; and,

Developed a range of key skills including written and interpersonal communication, oral presentation, planning and organising, initiative, and adaptability.

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Lectures introduce and develop key theories and methodologies;

Practicals develop subject-specific, professional and cognitive skills;

Guided independent study further facilitates specific intended knowledge outcomes, and to develop both cognitive and practical key skills;

Fieldwork study visits encourage students to relate theoretical knowledge to specific examples thereby developing professional and cognitive skills as well as expanding their knowledge base;

Group learning: (project) provides opportunities for students in teams to obtain hands-on experience in employing theories and skills learnt.

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The assessment will provide the students with opportunity to appreciate the makeup of a management plan and to develop a practical understanding of the style and content of a plan through producing a piece of work that could be included in it.

General Notes

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