Postgraduate Course: Sustainable Design Methodologies (ARCH11039)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course provides frameworks in which to enact sustainable design strategies at the level of the neighbourhood and specific building types including the home and workplace.
It includes the introduction of key sustainable methodologies such as design for deconstruction. |
| Course description |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |
| Assessment (Further Info) |
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The course will be assessed in two ways:
1. An assignment undertaken in a group. (40% of your final mark)
Further details regarding this will be posted in the assessment information section of the course webCT site.
2. An individual assignment (60% of your final mark)
Further details regarding this will be posted in the assessment information section of the course webCT site. |
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Learning Outcomes
An ability to critically assess sustainability as a cultural, economic and environmental phenomenon.
Comprehension of the cultural, historic and scientific roots of environmental thought.
The application of sustainable theory to built environment contexts.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | sustainable design strategies home workplace environmental |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr John Brennan
Tel: (0131 6)50 2324
Email: John.Brennan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Susan Mitchell
Tel: (0131 6)51 5743
Email: Susan.Mitchell@ed.ac.uk |
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