Provide students with basic knowledge about heritage and museology:

• Distinguish diverse types of heritage;
• Know and understand the terminology related to museum studies;
• Understand the history of museology in the occidental world according to the cultural, social, economic and political contexts throughout history;
• Identify the diverse types of museums according to their governance, collections and policies;
• Recognize the role of the curator in the contemporary museum field: collections management, interpretation, exhibition and communication;
• Understand the features of a museum discourse;
• Understand the social and cultural functions of the museum and relate them to the systems of communication and digital technologies;
• Develop research skills and critical thinking to update knowledge.