Semester
I (Foundation Course)
* All the courses
falling in I, II and III semester are core courses and are compulsory.
1) Introduction
to the History of Indian Art
The course surveys
the major landmarks in Indian art history and traces the significant
developments in the architectural, sculptural and painting traditions
from their early beginnings to the modern period. Selective and significant
sites and schools of art and architecture shall be introduced in this
course along with the major art movements.
2) Introduction to Museology
The course aims
to acquaint students with the fundamentals of the role and functions
of museums from their historical beginnings to the present, the philosophy
and multifarious nature of museums including emerging trends in Museology
in the form of New Museology that sees museums "beyond walls."
3) Introduction
to Conservation Science
Museum collections
and heritage sites form a basis for the study of art history in a substantial
manner. With time, these collections and sites do undergo various types
of deterioration necessitating their conservation. Though a specialized
science, certain aspects of conservation such as preventive conservation
can be implemented by professionals other than conservators. The course
will cover basics relating to the conservation of cultural heritage.
The emphasis will be on preventive conservation but curative aspects
of conservation shall also be briefly discussed.
4) Research Methodology in Museum Studies
The Course intends
to equip the students with tools and techniques of carrying out a variety
of research works, data collections and analysis in the various subjects
of Museology on the lines of prevalent research norms. It also takes
into account the position, role and philosophy of Museology from the
origin of this discipline to present times with an emphasis towards
its future, both in the global and Indian context.
Semester
II
1) Museum Collection
This course examines
current theories, methodologies and technologies of collections. It
is designed to acquaint students with how and why collecting is done
along with the history of collection. Topics covered under this course
include the History and Development of collection, Types of Collection,
Collection Policy and Nationalism, Acquisition and Disposal: Practices
and Regulation, Antiquities Act Regulation: Conventions and Faking,
Issues of Restitution of Cultural Properties, Collection: Inter-museum
Exchange of Exhibitions, Access to the collection and Storage Collection.
2) Documentation
The accessibility
to Museum Collection is also the accessibility to the information associated.
This course imparts theoretical and practical training about the established
international norms and practices of Museum Documentation, which includes
recording, structuring, maintaining, and retrieving of information related
to pertinent objects of museum collection. It deals with the Objectives
and Principles of Museum Documentation, Standardization and Research
Data input, Procedures and Practices in Documentation system and the
Methods of Documentation (Mannual and Digital), and the Special Features
of Certain Object Categories.
3) Museum and
Education
This course is structured
to elucidate the correlation between Museums and Education. The scope
of the course encompasses meaning and definition of Museum Education
along with the issues of interpretation, outreach programme and non-formal
education. Theoretical aspects of exploring educational potential of
museums are supplemented by practical training in the mediums for the
same. The course also imparts an understanding on the importance of
Target Audience and Visitors Survey's and on Children as Special Category
of Target Audience.
4) Exhibition
The course is intended
to explicate the fundamentals of Museum Exhibition incorporating all
details from the conceptualization stage to the final execution. The
particulars of museum display including various aspects of designing
and lighting are also covered in the course. The course offers an insight
into Objectives and Definition of Exhibition, Elements of Exhibition
(Design, Display and Communication, Exhibition Policy and Types of Exhibition),
Display and Communication, Communication Master Plan and Target Audience,
Conceptualization, Formatting and Layout, Design: Concept and Initializing,
Lighting Techniques-Direct/Indirect and Evaluation.
Semester
III
1) Museum Management
and Administration
The course deals
with the theories, concepts and Practices of Management along with the
Management Principle, both General and Pertinent to Museums. The course
also focuses on the Human Resource (Personnel) Management and the Financial
Resource Management in the museum set-up in conjunction with the Museum's
Administrative Framework.
2) Museum Architecture
The course offers
to provide an in-depth understanding of the Museum Types (Building Type,
Theme Type, Size Type) along with the skill of preparing a Design Brief
(Internal and External Areas, Preparing Architect's Brief). Issues dealt
in the course cover the Design Process of Museum (Site and Location,
New Building and Old Building) and the Design Approach (the Functional
Approach involving lighting, size etc and the Human Approach of Visual
Perception, Human Response etc.). Concerns of later architectural adaptation
and expansion in museums are also included in the course.
3) Museum Marketing
and Public Relation
The course deliberates
into the areas of Museum Marketing and Public Relations by outlining
the General Principles of Museum Marketing and the Nature of Public
Relation in Museum Setting. The course focuses on Methods of Marketing,
and the problems of Museum Accessibility. It emphasizes the function
of the museum as a public facility and confirms the importance of Publicity
and Public Relation in museums along with Evaluation, Assessment and
Improvisation.
Semester
IV
Choices for Elective
Courses (Two courses to be chosen compulsorily)
1) Museum, Society
and Art Practices
The course proposes
to examine the various regional and national, socio-cultural contexts
in which a museum exists and its relevance to the society and community
it serves with reference to Indian Museums. It also explores the changes
and growth in art traditions and cultural practices which may be generated
or affected through the museum.
2) Museum Visitor
and Access Studies
The course emphasizes
the need, methods and practicalities of the task of studying Museum
visitors and provides an all-inclusive Access. It takes into account
in-depth study of the current practices and established norms in the
field. It focuses on the Definitions, Significance and Methodology of
Accessibility, Evaluation, Visitor Profile and Survey. It deals with
the issues of "Planning with Inclusion as a Goal", Access
as a Civil Right Issue and Access to Cultural Resources. It imparts
an understanding of audiences, their needs and their behavior, both
at Macro Level (General Audience Information) and Micro level (Specific
Audience Information) along with an insight into the various visitor
categories, survey procedures and the analysis methods.
3) Museums and
Community Participation
The course charts
the genesis and development of museum and museology along with giving
an insight of the New Museum Movement, New Museum Models and Terminologies.
It also instructs about emerging cases of New Movement in the Indian
Context.
4) Art Galleries
Management
This course is intended
to impart students with the theoretical base and practical skills of
all the operational aspects of art gallery management. The target of
this course is to offer students the chance to unite their background
in museology with an array of managerial works such as writing, research,
management, public relations and marketing.