Undergraduate Course: Scottish Architecture: Context and Conservation (ARHI10035)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Arts, Culture and Environment |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Architecture - History |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
This course is in two parts that run concurrently throughout the semester. The core lecture course is a survey of Scottish architecture from mediaeval times to the present day. Alongside that, the students will take a seminar looking in more detail at case studies of real conservation projects, to provide deeper insight into certain areas of the core material, e.g. a particular building type. This will also bring their studies up to date in that this part of the course will also discuss the conservation of historic structures. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
Students must have honours entry to History of Art or its combined degrees or honours entry to Music or by agreement of Head of Subject Area.
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| Additional Costs |
Possible field trip costs, not more than £20 |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Seminar | Conservation Seminar | 1-11 | 10:00 - 12:00 | | | | | | Central | Lecture | Historical Survey | 1-11 | | | | 09:00 - 10:50 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Monday, 10:00 - 12:00, Zone: Central. I don't know yet, get off my back! |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
Stationery Requirements |
Comments |
| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Scottish Architecture: Context and Conservation | 2:00 | 20 sides | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1. Acquire good overall knowledge of Scottish Architecture
2. Develop skills in buildings analysis, through library, archive and site studies
3. Develop research and presentation skills |
Assessment Information
2,500 - 4,000 word Essay (50%)
Research/Conservation project work (40%)
Student Presentation (10%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
The combination of these two types of study will provide the students with a very thorough grounding in Scottish Architectural history but will also begin to develop skills in 'reading' buildings and in learning how to go about researching a building, using a multiplicity of source materials. The seminar series is intended to bring into play skills that will be useful for anyone intending to pursue a career in the conservation and heritage fields and will alert students to further possibilities for study and/or should make them more employable by bodies like Historic Scotland and English Heritage. In 2010-11 the seminar will be taken by a research fellow who is extremely eminent in this field. |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords |
architecture, scotland, history, conservation |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Mr John Lowrey
Tel: (0131 6)50 2314
Email: J.Lowrey@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Claire Davies
Tel: (0131 6)50 2309
Email: c.davies@ed.ac.uk |
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