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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Edinburgh College of Art : Architecture - History

Postgraduate Course: Scottish Medieval and Renaissance Architecture (HIAR11085)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryArchitecture 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
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
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 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 4,000 word essay - 100%
Feedback Not entered
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.
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)
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Researching, and written and verbal communication skills
KeywordsScotland Medieval Renaissance Architecture
Contacts
Course organiserProf Ian Campbell
Tel: (0131 6)51 5791
Email: i.campbell-1@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Lizzie Robertson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5852
Email: lizzie.robertson@ed.ac.uk
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