Postgraduate Course: Sustainable Theory and Contexts (ARCH11038)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course engages with current sustainable thinking and how this manifests itself in the built environment.
It examines architecture and the environmental movement in terms of social, economic and environmental criteria and how this can affect architectural response at regional and city scales. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
An ability to critically assess sustainability as a cultural, economic and environmental phenomenon.
Comprehension of the cultural, historic and scientific roots of environmental thought.
The application of sustainable theory to built environment contexts. |
Assessment Information
The course will be assessed in three ways:
1. Student seminar presentations (20% of your final mark)
Further details regarding this will be posted in the assessment information section of the course webCT site.
2. An assignment undertaken in a group. (30% of your final mark)
Further details regarding this will be posted in the assessment information section of the course webCT site.
3. An individual assignment (50% of your final mark)
Further details regarding this will be posted in the assessment information section of the course webCT site. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | sustainable theory contexts city environmental |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr John Brennan
Tel: (0131 6)50 2324
Email: John.Brennan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr James Outterson
Tel:
Email: james.outterson@ed.ac.uk |
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