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

Postgraduate Course: Architectural Theory: Texts and Discourses (ARHI11011)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course offers students an historical overview of the history of architectural theory, primarily through texts and documents.
Course description This course introduces students to the key ideas that have shaped the conception of architecture from antiquity to the recent past. It will require students to engage with the logical constitution of architectural theory, and the debates that have unfolded over the course of centuries about the nature of architecture. Particular attention will be devoted to the close reading of texts and artefacts (drawings, projects, buildings) that have offered definitions of architecture and its practice. We will also consider the relationship of architectural theory to broader philosophical debates.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  7
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 164 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 2,000 word reading diary (40%)
2,500 word essay (60%)
Feedback Students will receive formative feedback through tutorial meetings and on a plan for the essay.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the history of architectural theory.
  2. Demonstrate a critical awareness of the social, economic and intellectual history to the theory of architecture.
  3. Demonstrate a detailed knowledge of one or more principal theorists of architecture.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills 1. A critical understanding of the principal theories, concepts and principles.
2. A critical review and consolidation of knowledge, skills, practices and thinking in a subject area
3. Demonstration of presentations skills that convey, formally and informally, information about specialised topics to informed audiences.
4. An exercise of autonomy and initiation in professional/equivalent activities.
Keywordsarchitecture,theory
Contacts
Course organiserMs Margaret Stewart
Tel: (0131 6)51 5788
Email: m.c.h.stewart@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Daniel Jackson
Tel: (0131 6)50 2309
Email: Daniel.Jackson@ed.ac.uk
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