Undergraduate Course: Elective: sculpture in the landscape (ARCH09013)
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 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
An interdisciplinary investigation into the expanding fields of sculpture and landscape architecture. Students are asked to design an intervention in the environs of Edinburgh to professional proposal standards. Students work on an individual basis with regular tutorials and will attend a series of joint lectures and group critiques.
Aims of course
1 To explore shared ideas, common ground and essential differences between the disciplines of environmental sculpture and landcape architecture.
2 To understand current issues of commissioning artworks within landscape architectural frameworks.
3 To increase awareness of contemporary environmental sculptural practice.
Mode of delivery
Lectures and seminars. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Pre-requisites
none
Co-requisites
none
Prohibited combinations
none |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: 35 |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
13/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 12,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
86 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. be able to demonstrate an understanding of both contextual and conceptual attitudes towards interventions in the landscape.
2. be able to make connections between the art of Nature and the nature of Art.
3. be able to test ideas and intentions in a proposal document. |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
Not entered |
Special Arrangements
| Landscape Institute criteria: social, economic and cultural context. |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Corner, J (1990) Recovering Landscape. Princeton Arch. Press. Kastner J (1998) Land and Environmental Art. Phaidon, London. Weilacher, U (1996) Between Landscape Architecture and Landscape Art. Birhauser, Basel. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 12 hours
Directed study 0 hours
Self-directed study 88 hours
Total 100 hours |
| Keywords | ART, SCULPTURE, NATURE |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Donald Urquhart
Tel:
Email: d.urquhart@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 651 5803
Email: m.dingsdale@ed.ac.uk |
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