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

Undergraduate Course: Elective: sculpture in the landscape (ARCH09013)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryIndicative 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.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed:
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Pre-requisites
none

Co-requisites
none

Prohibited combinations
none
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  35
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 12, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 86 )
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. Students are permitted two attempts to pass this course.
Feedback Not entered
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.
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.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements Landscape Institute criteria: social, economic and cultural context.
KeywordsART, SCULPTURE, NATURE
Contacts
Course organiserMr Donald Urquhart
Tel:
Email: d.urquhart@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 651 5803
Email: m.dingsdale@ed.ac.uk
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