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Level 6
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20 Credits
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0.1667 EFTS
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Delivery type:Online
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Course duration: 16 weeks
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Course cost:$890 NZ Domestic$2,104 NZ International
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Workload - Approximately 13 hours per week
This online archives management course gives you an overview of the principles and key practices associated with managing community, private and public sector archives and archival tāonga in Aotearoa New Zealand.
This course covers:
- What archives are, and how they are managed and used to ensure continuing memory and accountability.
- A detailed overview of archives management practices in Aotearoa New Zealand, and how these practices are adapted to fit different organisational and cultural contexts.
- The varied roles of the archivist and the assorted definitions, theories, methodologies and strategies that are applied to archives management.
- Cultural protocols that may need to be considered and introduces issues that impact the ongoing management and use of archives.
For more information watch the course introduction video below.
What you will learn
When you successfully complete this course you will be able to:
- Identify the characteristics of archives and archival repositories and discuss the role and purpose of archives, archival tāonga and archivists.
- Explain key aspects of archives management practice in various organisational and cultural contexts.
- Analyse issues that impact the management of archives, determine their effect, and propose fitting solutions that recognise cultural protocols.
Assessment
This course is 100% internally assessed.
Textbooks
No textbooks are needed for this course.
Computer and internet requirements
This course is delivered online, so you will access your course material and submit assessments online. Our online courses may include reading, videos, quizzes or activities, and you may need to download content.
For online learning you need:
- Access to a laptop or desktop computer
- Reliable internet and data plan.
If you are unsure if your current computer, Windows or internet access will allow you to study online, please contact us before applying to enrol.
How to enrol
Before enrolling in this course you need to:
- choose the qualification you will study the course under
- check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.