Undergraduate Course: Landscape Theory (ARCH08017)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative 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. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Pre-requisites
none
Co-requisites
none
Prohibited combinations
none |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: 50 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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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 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| 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. |
Assessment Information
| 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. |
Special Arrangements
| Landscape Institute criteria: landscape design: social, economic and cultural context. |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| 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 |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 50 hours
Directed study 0 hours
Self-directed study 50 hours
Total 100 hours |
| Keywords | THEORY, PRECEDENT, |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Gordon Ross Mclean
Tel: (0131 6)51 5796
Email: r.maclean@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 651 5803
Email: m.dingsdale@ed.ac.uk |
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