Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF FINE ARTS / SER-418 - CERAMIC AND GLASS

Code: SER-418 Course Title: RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION OF CERAMIC WORKS Theoretical+Practice: 2+2 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department CERAMIC AND GLASS
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer MUHARREM BİROL AKALIN (birolakalin@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Artifacts unearthed after archaeological excavations were to be consolidated, preserved and recorded.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 To gain general conservation and restoration ethics, PO-
Examination
Term Paper
LO-2 To have learned the procedures that conservators should do in archaeological excavation sites, PO-
Examination
Term Paper
LO-3 To be able to recognize the equipment that can be used in conservation and restoration PO-
Examination
Term Paper
LO-4 To be able to recognize chemicals that can be used during the conservation and restoration of artefacts found in archaeological excavations, PO-
Examination
Term Paper
LO-5 To provide students with experience during the conservation practices of the works, PO-
Examination
Term Paper
LO-6 To provide information on how to preserve the preserved works in museums and warehouses after conservation or restoration. PO-
Examination
Term Paper
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Conservation and Restoration History, Ethics and Organization, Preventive Conservation Studies; Storage and Display in Appropriate Conditions, Direct Conservation and Restoration Applications on Objects, Waiting and Control Phases
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Definition and Scope of Conservation and Restoration Lecture, question and answer.
2 Conservation and Restoration History and Ethics Lecture, question and answer.
3 Venice Charter Lecture, question and answer.
4 Introduction of Tools Used in Conservation and Restoration, Lecture, question and answer.
5 Conservation and Restoration Applications in the Excavation Environment, Lecture, question and answer.
6 Transportation and Storage of Artifacts Unearthed from the Excavation, Lecture, question and answer.
7 Introduction of Chemicals to be Used in the Laboratory, Lecture, question and answer.
8 mid-term exam
9 Conservation and Restoration Techniques to be Performed in the Laboratory Lecture, question and answer.
10 Cleaning of the Works to be Conserved, Lecture, question and answer.
11 Consolidation of the Cleaned Works, Lecture, question and answer.
12 Storage of Conservation Completed Artifacts Lecture, question and answer.
13 Preservation Procedures of Artifacts Exhibited in Museums Lecture, question and answer.
14 Keeping Application Records in Computer Environment Lecture, question and answer.
15 Report Writing About Conservation Completed Artifacts Lecture, question and answer.
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 BAŞARAN Sait, Pişmiş Toprak ve Cam Eser Konservasyon ve Restorasyonu, Grapis yayınları, İstanbul 2000
2 UÇANKUŞ Hasan Tahsin. ARKEOLOJİ. Kültür Bakanlığı Yay. No: 2508. Ankara. 2000..
3 Restorasyon ve Konservasyon Dergisi, Sayı 5 Nisan Mayıs Haziran 2010, FSF Matbaacılık, İstanbul 2010. Restorasyon ve Konservasyon Dergisi, Sayı 3 Ekim Kasım Aralık 2009, FSF Matbaacılık, İstanbul 2009.
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper 1 20
9.Project
final exam 16 1 40

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 4 15 60
Outside Class
       a) Reading 0
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 5 5 25
       e) Term paper/Project 4 4 16
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 4 12
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 5 5 25
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 140