Athabasca U. offers new Heritage Resources Mgmt. Program

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Athabasca U. offers new Heritage Resources Mgmt. Program

Postby newsposter » Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:46 am

Athabasca University has launched a new Heritage Resources
Management Program.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 21, 2008
Athabasca University Launches Heritage Resources Management Program

Athabasca University has launched an exciting new academic
program in Heritage Resources Management. The new program is
designed to provide a sound foundation in museum and
heritage studies, giving prospective and current heritage
professionals an opportunity to build and develop their
skills.

The Heritage Resources Management Program will offer both
undergraduate and graduate routes to professional
certification. Students can pursue either the University
Certificate in Heritage Resources Management or the Graduate
Diploma in Heritage Resources Management.

"The ability to preserve and conserve Canadian heritage is
crucial," said program director Don Wetherell, a noted
Alberta historian, author and academic. "One of the
strengths of the program is that it deals with the whole of
the heritage field, not just museums and interpretive
centres, but also heritage preservation, and archival
practice."

Courses will be of interest to people working at heritage
institutions such as galleries, museums, historic sites,
archives, interpretive centres and parks. It will also be
of special interest to the more than 40,000 Canadians who
spend time each year volunteering in heritage facilities.

"The courses are of a high level so that the certificate
courses can be used toward a Bachelor of Arts at AU and the
diploma courses can be used toward a Master of Arts in
Integrated Studies degree," says Wetherell. "Additionally,
the program would be valuable for people currently employed,
for career advancement and strengthening experience."

The Heritage Resources Management Program will also provide
academic training for the Government of Alberta's Historic
Resources Intern Program. Interns at provincial heritage
sites and museums will earn formal academic credentials in
heritage resources management while they are employed in the
heritage field.

"This is an exciting program that will benefit all those
passionate about Alberta's and Canada's heritage and will
allow Alberta's expertise to be shared around the world,"
said Frits Pannekoek, president of Athabasca University. "We
have already had enquiries from as far away as Mozambique
and Nunavut."

Athabasca University is one of the world's foremost and
fastest growing distance and e-learning centres. The
university serves over 37,000 graduate and undergraduate
students and offers more than 700 courses in 90
undergraduate and graduate degrees, diploma and certificate
programs.

For more information about the Heritage Resources Management
Program at Athabasca University, visit the program website
at http://heritage.resources.athabascau.ca/

Contact:
Don Wetherell, Director
Heritage Resources Management Program
Athabasca University
1-866-380-5287
donaldw@athabascau.ca
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