Undergraduate Course: Architectural History 2b: Culture & the City (ARHI08007)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Architecture - History |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course looks at the notion of the City as the exemplary setting of our social condition. Whilst the city is understood to embody organising principles and to be constituted according to the commands of political thought, the course concentrates upon the city conceived also otherwise. It is the scene of self-conscious community and is our monument to shared memory. If the essential act of the city, politically conceived, is one of walling or penning, the city conceived socially is a scene of processing and gathering- together. The architecture and city planning of accord is the subject of the course. The lecture programme falls into two parts, the first dealing with our acts of pilgrimage and congregation ¿for the purposes of religion, entertainment and improvement. The second part deals with our celebration in architecture of what we share metaphysically ¿ social memory and the memorial.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Students must have achieved 20 credits of Architectural History at First Level.
Those students for whom it is a compulsory component within their degree must have achieved 40 credits of Architectural History at First Level. |
| Additional Costs | none |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | none |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
12/01/2015 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
161 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
40 %,
Practical Exam
10 %
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Architectural History 2b: Culture & the City | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Architectural History 2b: Culture & the City | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of connections between architecture and social, economic and political circumstances within which it is located - tested by the Essay.
2. Demonstrate the ability to evaluate urban phenomena in social contexts - tested by the Exam at the end of semester.
3. Research, analyse and present in written and report form themes appropriate to the course content - tested by the Tutorial Presentation. |
Assessment Information
Examination (50%)
Essay (40%)
Tutorial Presentation (10%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Section 1 (block 3): Pilgrimage & Congregation
Ten lectures on the architectural and urbanistic acknowledgement of Religion, Politics, Spectacle, Consumption and Procession
Section 2 (block 4): Memory & Memorial
Ten lectures where the city is explored in the spirit of arrival at the city by, for example, the inheritor, the foundling, the scholar, the celebrant and the cynic. |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
This 20 credit course is expected to take up 200 hours of student time, including 33 hours attendance, as well as course work preparation and examination revision. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jim Lawson
Tel: (0131 6)50 2619
Email: J.Lawson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Rosie Hall
Tel: 0131 651 5802
Email: r.hall@ed.ac.uk |
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