Postgraduate Course: Building Analysis (ARCH11194)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative 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
Mode of delivery
This module combines considerable on-site instruction with supporting lectures and seminars. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 8,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Fieldwork Hours 10,
External Visit Hours 8,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 9,
Formative Assessment Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
148 )
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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. 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
| Coursework 100% |
Special Arrangements
| None. |
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, 'Notes 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 |
Not entered |
| Keywords | ANALYSIS, RECORDING, SOURCES |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Ruxandra-Iulia Stoica
Tel: (0131 6)51 5746
Email: Ruxandra.Stoica@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lyndsay Hopes
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735
Email: Lyndsay.Hopes@ed.ac.uk |
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