Assistant Professor
Dept. of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology,
Utah State University, Old Main 245F, Logan, UT 84341
Phone: 1 - 435 - 797 - 1496 | Email: bpitblado@hass.usu.edu
Office hours: M 1:30-2:30, W 10:00-11:00, Th 1:00-2:00 Fall 2004
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5800: Museum Development
Spring 2003
If you signed up for 1 credit hour, you will complete 45 hours of work during spring semester. If you signed up for 2 credit hours, you will complete 90 hours. Much of this time will be filled outside "the classroom," but you should be aware of the following group meeting times. During Week 1, we will convene Friday, January 10, 2:30 - 3:30. Weeks 2 & 3, you will each be assigned (2) two-hour time blocks to learn about Chance Gulch (for a total of four hours in each of weeks 1 and 2). Weeks 4 - 12, we will meet every Wednesday, 2:30 - 3:30. All formal meetings will be held in the Anthropology conference room, unless I notify you otherwise. Important: Our grant proposal is due on April 1, 2003. That means that we will complete our work by the end of March, which also means that you will need to divide the total hours you must devote to your museum development experience by the twelve weeks of the semester that we'll work on it, to get an average number of hours per week you will need to commit. Top...Anthropology 5800 will provide you with the opportunity to develop a proposal for a museum exhibit. The exhibit will interpret the Chance Gulch archaeological site, located southeast of Gunnison, Colorado. Students will determine the nature and scope of the interpretation, and they will work as a group to prepare a grant proposal to the Colorado Historical Society (CHS) to fund their proposed exhibit. The course will begin with an intensive introduction to the Chance Gulch site, history of excavations, excavation methods, crew involved, and interpretations to date. Once students have learned about the site, they will decide how to interpret it, create a detailed exhibit plan, and price equipment and supplies needed to complete the exhibit. Finally, they will formulate an actual grant proposal to CHS based on their plan, to be submitted mid-April, 2003. Top...Program learning goals & assessment The USU Anthropology program has identified learning goals to help guide students through coursework in the discipline. Specific goals that Anth 5800 will help you reach include the following:
I will evaluate your progress towards these goals in several ways. Most importantly, I will carefully evaluate the contributions you make to our group CHS grant proposal. I will also keep track of the time you commit to the project through time cards that allow you to detail the tasks you have accomplished in a given week. The various steps of the background research, exhibit planning and writing process will all help you attain goals one through eight, above. Assistance Course
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