Natural and Cultural Heritage Management 

Are you passionate about natural and cultural experiences, the experience economy and communication? Then the Bachelor of Natural and Cultural Heritage Management programme at Hjørring might be just what you are looking for! The following topics are among those we cover: interaction between humans and nature, cultural forms of expression and the encounter between various cultures. During the study programme, you will be collaborating with the businesses and organisations in the experience industry, politicians and public administration, leisure organisations as well as the local community.
 

 

The experience economy Experiences have taken on great significance for the people of today. Experiences of culture and nature play a central role. These are created and communicated through businesses involved in the rapidly growing experience economy. This interaction of culture, nature and the business community provides excellent scope for sustainable growth and employment.

 

About Natural and Cultural Heritage Management

As an undergraduate studying natural and cultural heritage management, you will acquire the following skills working closely with practical field studies:

• You will qualify to work with mediation tasks in experience-economy businesses, primarily in the field of natural and cultural heritage management. Once qualified, you will be able to work in public and private sector enterprises and other organisations involved with natural and cultural heritage management, including tourism. In addition, many will go on to work with projects and perhaps as an instigator. 
   
• You will acquire theoretical and practical knowledge and skills that will equip you to organise and market mediation programmes and concepts – both within your own culture and with an international perspective.
   
• You will acquire skills for developing and implementing new initiatives within the experience economy, especially natural and cultural heritage management.
   
• You will qualify for admission to further education programmes, including supplementary subjects or postgraduate qualifications at the university’s specialised study programmes within the experience economy, tourism and other related study programmes.
   

Focus on practice and mediation

During your natural and cultural heritage management studies, you will have to collaborate across the board with politicians, administrators, the businesses and organisations in the experience economy, leisure organisations as well as the local community.

 

Mediation is paramount to the programme, both in the sense of communicating experiences to various target groups and in the sense of developing new areas and concepts within the experience economy.

 

Your creativity will be challenged in many ways during your studies, both during the mediation workshops (photography, video, web design, public speaking, etc.) and during extensive work with hands-on projects, a central part of your studies.

 

The study programme qualifies you to undertake mediation tasks as well as for planning and developing programmes and innovative forms of mediation.

 

Arranging your Natural and Cultural Heritage Management studies

The programme is arranged so that relevant courses and programmes, including Diploma programmes, can either be incorporated for admission to, and gain merits in relation to, subject areas/modules of the Bachelor of Natural and Cultural Heritage Management programme.

 

The Bachelor of Natural and Cultural Heritage Management programme is a full-time programme, but it can be arranged so that, as far as possible, tuition and workshops are grouped together on three days of the week – to cater for students who have a long way to travel, and students who also have part-time jobs.

 

Part of the programme can also be taken as a flexible (IT-based) study programme.

 

Perspectives

A Bachelor of Natural and Cultural Heritage Management programme can be used as

• a qualification for direct employment
• skills development for those already employed
• a foundation programme for specialised study programme

Natural and cultural heritage management is intended for both public and private sector organisations, cultural institutions and enterprises, e.g.:

• events and sport
• networking organisations within the experience business
• museums of art, natural history, local and cultural history
• cultural centres and performing arts venues (theatres, music venues, etc.)
• exhibition, conference and course centres
• nature schools, nature, leisure and outdoor organisations
• tourist information offices and tourism development companies
• holiday centres, hire companies, hotels and restaurants, experience and amusement parks, health and wellness centres
• attractions
• transport operators (e.g. shipping lines) and travel agents

Municipal administrations (culture, leisure and business) and publicly-funded organisations

Starting your own business

 

Curriculum
The Bachelor of Natural and Cultural Heritage Management programme 2011

Applies to students accepted on the programme starting summer 2011

 

 

Admission and study guide

Commencement of studies

The Natural and Cultural Heritage Management study programme commences in September.

 

 

Admission

You can apply by filling in the coordinated enrolment form (the KOT scheme). You can find guidance and application forms at www.optagelse.dk  and at University College Nordjylland, “Studievalg” study choices guide, job centres, upper secondary schools and VUC adult education centres. Look for Bachelor of Natural and Cultural Heritage Management (Bachelor i natur- og kulturformidling).

 

Please send applications to:

University College Nordjylland

Skolevangen 45

DK-9800 Hjørring

 

Deadline for applications

Quota 2 applicants 15 March at 12 noon

Quota 1 applicants 5 July at 12 noon

It is also possible to be accepted onto the programme after these deadlines.

 

Read more about admission criteria for Quotas 1 and 2

 

Study guide

If you have any questions concerning admission and admission criteria, please contact:

 

Natural and Cultural Heritage Management

Contact information
	Ellen Jensen   Skolevangen Hjørring       E-mail: elj@ucn.dk
	Birgit Jeppesen   Skolevangen Hjørring     Tel. +45 7269 0562 E-mail: bij@ucn.dk

 

 

 

International opportunities

The Natural and Cultural Heritage Management study programme also has an international perspective. Here, you can draw on UCN’s own network as well as the networks of our international cooperation partners. 

 

There is the option to complete parts of the programme, including the placement, abroad. We are constantly working to extend international contacts for the programme, partly with a view to arranging study trips, work experience placements and opportunities to gain merit towards long further education programmes abroad. 

 

Jobs and careers

A Bachelor of Natural and Cultural Heritage Management programme can be used as

 

• a qualification for direct employment
• skills development for those already employed
• a foundation programme for specialised study programme

Natural and cultural heritage management is intended for both public and private sector organisations, cultural institutions and enterprises, e.g.: 

• events and sport

• networking organisations within the experience business

• museums of art, natural history, local and cultural history

• cultural centres and performing arts venues (theatres, music venues, etc.)

• exhibition, conference and course centres
• nature schools, nature, leisure and outdoor organisations
• tourist information offices and tourism development companies
• holiday centres, hire companies, hotels and restaurants, experience and amusement parks, health and wellness centres
• attractions
• transport operators (e.g. shipping lines) and travel agents

Municipal administrations (culture, leisure and business) and publicly-funded organisations
Starting your own business

 

In-service training and further education

As a three-year Bachelor programme, the Natural and Cultural Heritage Management programme facilitates admission to more extensive further education options such as Master’s and postgraduate qualifications in the experience industry, tourism and related study programmes.

 

 

 

Links to Master’s/postgraduate qualifications at Aalborg University (AAU) that may be relevant to Natural and Cultural Heritage Management graduates:

Tourism study programme at AAU: www.tourism.aau.dk (website in English)

Experience design at AAU: ww.oplevelsesdesign.aau.dk (website only in Danish)

Interactive digital media at AAU: www.cand-it.aau.dk (website only in Danish)

Communication at AAU: www.studerende.huminf.aau.dk/Uddannelser/Kommunikationka (website only in Danish)

Culture, Communication and Globalization, AAU: www.ccg.aau.dk (in English)