LABORATORY METHODS 1

Course Outline

Course Number: 1380207

Fall Semester, 1998 Sir Sandford Fleming College

Program: Collections Conservation & Management

Community Development & Health

Semester 1

Course Format: on-site delivery, 2 hours lecture/demonstration

Hours: 30

Mondays 10 -12

Faculty: Lana Dryden, Office # 371G Office Hours
Tuesday 11:00 -12:00
Wednesday 12:00 - 1:00
Thursday 11:00 - 12:00
E-mail address: ldryden@flemingc.on.ca

Vocational Outcomes:

This course is designed to comply with standards and ethics prescribed by 11C - CG, (CAC), CAPC, and ICOM committee for Professional Museum Training.

Generic Skills Outcomes:

1. Communicate clearly, concisely, and correctly in the written, spoken and visual form that fulfils the purpose and meets the needs of the audience.

2. Re-frame information, ideas, and concepts using the narrative, visual, numerical and symbolic representations which demonstrate understanding.

Math Skills:

3. Apply a wide variety of mathematical techniques with a degree of accuracy required to solve problems and make decisions.

Computer Literacy:

4. Use a variety of computer hardware and software and other technological tools appropriate and necessary to the performance of tasks.

Interpersonal Skills:

5. Interact with others in groups or teams in ways that contribute to effective working relationships and the achievement of goals.

6. Manage use of time and other resources to attain personal and/or project related goals.

Analytical Skills:

7. Collect, analyze and organize relevant and necessary information from a variety of sources.

8. Evaluate the validity of arguments based on qualitative and quantitative information in order to accept or challenge the findings of others.

General Education Goal Area:

N/A

Course Description:

This course provides an introduction to the types of materials, techniques, applications, and methods available for the treatment, stabilization, and optimum care of ceramic, glass, stone and metal artifacts.

Corequisites: None

Prerequisites: None

Aim:

The aim of this course is to enable students to understand conservation methods and materials relating to the treatment of ceramics, glass, stone, and metal.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of the course, the learner has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

1. Clean ceramics, glass, stone and metals using a variety of techniques, (eg. dry cleaning, aqueous solutions, solvents, poultices, etc.)

2. Repair consolidate, and gap fill ceramics, glass and stone while maintaining the integrity of the original object.

3. Colour tint, colour match, and paint replacement fills and surfaces.

4. Clean metals and metal surfaces using a method of techniques, (eg. intensive washing and drying, use of sequestering agents, electronic and electrochemical reduction; and polishes, rust convertors, and other preparations).

5. Stabilize metal surfaces through the application of protective coatings.

Learning Sequence:

Learning Resources:

There are no required tests for this course

Assessment Plan:

Students may be provided with opportunities for self-assessments, peer assessment, and faculty assessment through a variety of collaborative and reflective methods including dialogue with professional group projects and research assignments. The intention of the various assessment activities is to ensure that students are able to apply new skills and knowledge effectively and deliberately in a variety of contexts. The following work will be graded and the marks will comprise the final grade for the course.

PLA options and contact for this course:

Individual process to be determined by consultation

Lana Dryden, Faculty, Office # 371 G

Academic Responsibilities:

1. Written assignments must be:

• typed or word-processed
• double spaced
• proofed for spelling and grammatical errors
• enclosed with a single cover sheet which includes student name, title of the assignment and date of submission
• stapled in the top left hand corner (unbound)
• include a bibliography (where appropriate)
• use a recognized method of citation (eg: MLA or Chicago)

2. Re-writes:

Faculty may request a re-write of a submission if the criteria for assessment have not been met. Late penalties will apply if the assignment is not re-submitted the following day.

3. Penalties for Late Submissions:

Completion of Term Work

• All assignments must be completed in order for students to achieve a passing grade

Late Assignments

Late assignments receive the following penalty:

• marks will be deducted at the rate of 10% per day for three days after which assignments are marked at zero
• faculty are not obliged to provide feedback on assignments marked at zero

Oral Presentations

• oral presentations and/or practical tests or projects for evaluation must be delivered on the day scheduled. A "no-show" will be graded at zero, unless adequate explanation is provided.

4. Academic Integrity:

Plagiarism is a serious breach of academic integrity and the college has a strict policy on this issue (see Academic Regulations).

• It is a student's responsibility to ensure that all written submissions include an appropriate method of in-text citation as well as an accompanying bibliography.
• Seminar and oral presentations should be supported by a bibliography and sources should be referred to during the presentation.

5. Make-up Tests:

In valid circumstances (ill health, personal crisis), a student may be given a make-up test to compensate for one missed in class-time. Students must contact the instructor within seven days of the original test in order to request a make-up.

6. Extensions and GDFS:

• An extension may be granted to an individual student based on need and circumstance. Medical grounds should be substantiated.
• The revised due date will be recorded and signed by both parties
• The entire class may be given an extension, at the discretion of faculty.
• Incomplete a Grade Deferred marks at the end of the semester must be negotiated between student and faculty (see Academic Regulations). Note: these are a privilege to be granted under special circumstances, not used in order to compensate for poor planning.

7. Site Work:

Students must agree to work within the parameters of the guidelines established for site work. Failure to comply, may result in the termination of project and suspension of the privilege of access.