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Postgraduate Course: Scottish Medieval and Renaissance Architecture (HIAR11085)

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 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaHistory of Art Other subject areaArchitecture and Landscape Architecture
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionArchitecture in Scotland has traditionally been studied within a British context, but it is increasingly evident that at all periods the people inhabiting Scotland have been creating buildings with influences from far beyond the island of Britain. The course will focus on how indigenous factors affecting Scotland's architecture have been modified by these international connections from the Dark and Middle Ages through to the Renaissance in the sixteenth century
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 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 ( Lecture Hours 8, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 15, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 173 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Working knowledge and understanding of sacred and secular architecture in Scotland from the early medieval to the early modern periods.
2. Advanced skills in researching architectural history
3. Advanced skills in presenting own research in a variety of media.
Assessment Information
4,000 word essay - 100%
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Researching, and written and verbal communication skills
Reading list Richard Fawcett, The architecture of the Scottish medieval church, 1100-1560 (New Haven and London, 2011)
Glendinning, M & MacKechnie, A 2004, Scottish architecture (London 2004)
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Weekly lectures and seminars
KeywordsScotland Medieval Renaissance Architecture
Contacts
Course organiserProf Ian Campbell
Tel: (0131 6)51 5791
Email: i.campbell-1@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Susan Mitchell
Tel: (0131 6)51 5743
Email: Susan.Mitchell@ed.ac.uk
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