SYLLABUS 2012 - Texas Tech University

SYLLABUS: MUSM 5334, Curatorial Methodology (Fall 2012) 8
4. Curating Your Home
Each student will curate a group of 7 items selected from their dwelling in Lubbock. There will be three
assignments or tasks associated with curating this collection. There is a separate handout covering the
details of this curation project. Assignments require:
• revisions of information about items in the collection;
• written and oral reasoned justifications for methods and techniques used to revise information
about the items;
• written and oral review of problems associated with revising information on the items
• presentation.
The purposes of this assignment are to
• provide concrete exercises related to curatorial decision-making;
• critically review and examine curatorial decision-making processes;
• use curatorial methods;
• critically review and examine curatorial methods.
The length of each CYH assignment will be determined by the amount of space needed to respond to the
task. Each assignment will be typed and may include images, diagrams, drawings or other relevant
supporting information. The papers will have one-inch margins on the left, right, top and bottom. Do not
use footnotes. Use text citations and include a list of references cited. Place a header outside of the
one-inch margins in the upper right corner of each page. This header must include your first and last name,
the class and assignment (e.g., MUSM 5334 CYH2), the date, and a page number. It would look
something like this: “Jane Doe, MUSM 5334 CYH2, 24 Aug 2011, 1”. This header must appear at the top
of every page and make sure that the page numbers change progressively.
5. Other
Films, special or guest lectures outside of regular class meetings and field trips may be assigned
periodically.
Guidelines for Email attachments and hard copies of papers:
• All written assignments will follow APA, MLA or Chicago Manual styles.
• All digitally submitted assignments will be formatted for 8 ½ x 11 inch paper; have one inch
margins on top, sides and bottom; double spaced; 11 point type in Times New Roman or very
similar type face (no script typefaces); no formatting; indent new paragraphs five spaces; submit
as attachment to an email. Save files as either MSWord .doc, .docx or as .rtf. DO NOT SUBMIT
AS PDF FILES.
Attached email files must be named in the following manner:
• For short essays: last name of student_assignment (e.g., briggs_CYH2.doc)
• All hard copy written assignments will be typed, 1” margins, and stapled in the upper right corner.
No extra lines between paragraphs. The typeface will be 11 point Times New Roman or a very
similar serif type face. No script typefaces are permitted. The student’s name, the course number,
the assignment, the date, and a page number must be included as a header outside of the one inch
margin and in the upper right corner. typed on the first page. Illegible and grammatically
incoherent papers are not acceptable. Paper will be on white paper; type will be black ink. If you
use citations, do not use footnotes. Use either endnotes or citations within the text followed at the
end by a list of “References Cited”. Endnotes or references cited are NOT counted toward the
length of the assignment.