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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Edinburgh College of Art : Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Undergraduate Course: Landscape Theory (ARCH08017)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryIndicative course content
A lecture and seminar based module exploring examples of contemporary landscape architecture.

Aims of course
1 To introduce some of the key influences on contemporary landscape design
2 To introduce a vocabulary, tools and methods to allow the analysis of contemporary landscape architecture
3 to give students the opportunity to analyse important design precedents and prototypes.

Mode of delivery
lectures and seminars.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Pre-requisites
none

Co-requisites
none

Prohibited combinations
none
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  50
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 15, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 4, Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 1, Formative Assessment Hours 7, Summative Assessment Hours 7, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 64 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Students must pass all learning outcomes. The aggregation of failed Learning outcomes with passing learning outcomes to generate an overall pass mark is not permitted. Failure of one learning outcome will result in a Forced Fail (FF) outcome.
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. broadly understand the history of urban & landscape design influences from Asia, Europe & North America.
  2. broadly understand the theoretical basis of landscape design.
  3. analyse, visually & comparatively, contemporary designs according to precedent.
Reading List
Indicative Bibliography
Amidon, J (2001) Radical Landscapes. Thames & Hudson. Appleton, J (1996) The Experience of Landscape. Wiley, NY. Corner, J (1999) Recovering Landscape Cullen, G (1971) The Concise Townscape. Arch. Press. Czerniak, J (2001) Downsview Park Toronto Holden, R (2003) New Landscape Design. Arch. Press. Lynch, K (1960) The Image of the City. MIT Press. Reed, P (2005) Groundswell: constructing the contemporary landscape Swaffield, S (2002) Theory in Landscape Architecture: A Reader Treib, M (1993) Modern Landscape Architecture. MIT Press. Waldhiem, C (2006) The Landscape Urbanism Reader
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements Landscape Institute criteria: landscape design: social, economic and cultural context.
KeywordsTHEORY, PRECEDENT,
Contacts
Course organiserMr Gordon Ross Mclean
Tel: (0131 6)51 5796
Email: r.maclean@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 651 5803
Email: m.dingsdale@ed.ac.uk
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