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Postgraduate Course: Building Analysis - ACO6003 (ARCH11116)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (n/a) Credits20
Home subject areaArchitecture and Landscape Architecture Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionIndicative course content
Building analysis; documentary sources; principles and techniques of building recording

Aims of course
1 To introduce students to the techniques of recording, analysis, and supporting research.
2 To create an awareness of appropriate standards in recording and analysis
3

Mode of delivery
This module combines considerable on-site instruction with supporting lectures and seminars.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Pre-requisites
None

Co-requisites
None

Prohibited combinations
None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  150
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class First class information not currently available
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Display ability in relevant historical research
2. Demonstrate awareness of the variety of recording methods, and competence in applying them to survey and analysis of historic buildings.
3. Display organisational, verbal and presentational skills specific to Building Analysis.
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
Not entered
Special Arrangements
ARB criteria demonstrated in this module Cultural Context 2.3.1.2, 2.3.2.1 Communication 2.4.1.1, 2.4.2.1, 2.4.2.2, 2.4.2.3 Management Practice & Law 2.5.2.4
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Indicative Bibliography
R.K.Morriss, The archaeology of buildings (Stroud, 2000) R Dallas (ed), Measured Survey and Building Recording (Edinburgh, 2003: Historic Scotland TCRE Guide for Practitioners 4) ICOMOS, Guide to Recording Historic Buildings (London, 1990) Graham Douglas and Ian Gray, $łNotes on surveying techniques&©, in Anne Riches and Geoffrey Stell (eds.) Materials and traditions in Scottish building; essays in memory of Sonia Hackett (Edinburgh, 1992). Hazel Conway and Rowan Roenisch, Understanding architecture (London, 1994).
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Contact hours 10 hours
Directed study 40 hours
Self-directed study 150 hours
Total 200 hours
KeywordsANALYSIS, RECORDING, SOURCES
Contacts
Course organiserDr Miles Glendinning
Tel: (0131) 221 6168
Email: m.glendinning@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Karen Bradley
Tel: 0131 221 6085
Email: k.bradley@ed.ac.uk
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