Degree in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Assets

Curriculum Structure

The planning of the teachings of the Graduate Degree in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Assets involves the structuring of content, systems and methodologies that make it possible to acquire the knowledge, capacities, abilities and basic skills necessary for graduates in conservation and restoration of cultural assets to be able to develop the fundamental task that defines the profession. This task is none other than the preservation of cultural assets, which consists of the examination and diagnosis of the same, in their preventive and curative conservation, in their restoration as well as in their documentation, as specified in the professional profile defined in the White Paper of the degree.

The curriculum developed on the basis of the regulatory framework for the organisation and verification of official university education – Royal Decree 1393/2007 – (modified by RD 861/2010), and the guidelines developed by the University of La Laguna, is structured in the following subjects:

Distribution of the curriculum by type of subject
Type of Subject
Credits
Basic training 60
Mandatory 126
Electives 24
Internships in companies 12
Final Degree Project 18
TOTAL 240

The curriculum is structured into eight modules: Basic Training 1; Conservation and Restoration 1; Materials, Techniques and Procedures; Examination, Diagnosis and Documentation; Conservation and Restoration 2; Optional Subjects; Final Degree Project; and Internships in Companies.

First quarter Second quarter
Subject Credits Subject Credits
First course
Techniques of Expression in Modern Language 6 Cultural Anthropology 6
Sculpture 6 Introduction to History 6
Introduction to Art History 6 Introduction to Philosophical Problems 6
Paint 6 Visual culture and contemporary artistic creation 6
Drawing 6 Photograph 6
Second course
Legal-administrative organization of cultural assets 6 Conservation and restoration of easel painting I 6
Drawing techniques on paper and its conservation 6 Conservation and restoration of sculpture I 6
Nature of materials 6 Deterioration factors 6
Materials, techniques and procedures I
(Sculpture)
6 Materials, techniques and procedures II (Painting) 6
Cataloging and historical documentation of cultural assets 6 Photographic documentation techniques 6
Third course
Conservation and restoration of easel painting II 6 Conservation and restoration of easel painting III 6
Conservation and restoration of sculpture II 6 Safety and health 6
Conservation and restoration of stone material 6 Conservation and restoration of contemporary art 6
Materials, techniques and procedures III (Painting) 6 Materials, techniques and procedures IV (Sculpture) 6
Analytical techniques 6 Preventive conservation of cultural assets 6
Fourth course
Conservation and restoration of altarpieces 6 Final Degree Project 18
Elective 6 Practicum 12
Elective 6
Elective 6
Elective 6
Electives
Iconography 6
Scientific drawing 6
Contemporary art 6
Mural 6
Introduction to archaeological conservation and restoration 6
Museology 6
Three-dimensional digitization and heritage 6
Cultural heritage of the Canary Islands 6