Undergraduate Course: Architectural History and Heritage in Practice (ARHI08008)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course has two objectives. First, it introduces some of the key ideas in architectural heritage and conservation, including the history of conservation, the current 'state of the art', and some of the key philosophies and debates which shape current heritage and conservation practice. Second, it familiarises students with a range of digital and practical skills which are of use in architectural-historical research and also in the presentation of that research to a range of audiences. In so doing, it equips students with practical research and presentation skills that should be of use during the Honours years and potentially beyond, in the world of work. |
| Course description |
This course introduces students to key ideas and practices in architectural heritage and conservation, and to a range of practical and digital skills.
The course is structured as a mixture of lectures, interactive/practical sessions and tutorials. The lectures introduce the history, key ideas and philosophies which shape current heritage practice. In parallel, tutorials introduce some of the key policies, processes and practical skills used by architectural historians and heritage professionals.
Through hands-on research experience, students will develop skills which can be used throughout the Honours years and beyond.
Students will be expected to attend all sessions, and engage with the interactive workshops and tutorials, as these will introduce skills that are tested in the summative assessment for the course.
A course diary/portfolio will reflect on the different approaches and types of discourses found in heritage management. The main component of assessment for the course comprises a report, in which students will use the skills acquired on the course to produce a measured, historic analysis of a site, its significance, and its condition, and produce proposals for its future management. Both elements must be attempted in order to pass the course.
Students should complete the course with a range of useful practical skills, and with an understanding of how architectural history can be 'applied' in heritage and conservation practice - and beyond.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
(
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The course diary/portfolio will reflect on the different approaches and types of discourses found in heritage analysis and the management and protection of the built environment.
(30%) This component of assessment relates to LO2, LO3, and LO4.
Students will produce an illustrated 3000-word measured, historic analysis of a site, its significance, and its condition, and produce proposals for its future management. (70%) This component of assessment relates to LO1, LO2, LO3, and LO4.
Both elements must be attempted in order to pass the course.
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| Feedback |
Formative - verbal feedback through 1-1 tutorials will be given on a draft of the significance section of the report to be submitted, along with a full bibliography of primary and secondary sources.
Summative - written feedback will be given on the three components of assessment. |
| No Exam Information |
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 54 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
(
Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2,
Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 18,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 2,
Fieldwork Hours 2,
External Visit Hours 2,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
156 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
|
| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The course diary/portfolio will reflect on the different approaches and types of discourses found in heritage analysis and the management and protection of the built environment.
(30%) This component of assessment relates to LO2, LO3, and LO4.
Students will produce an illustrated 3000-word measured, historic analysis of a site, its significance, and its condition, and produce proposals for its future management. (70%) This component of assessment relates to LO1, LO2, LO3, and LO4.
Both elements must be attempted in order to pass the course.
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| Feedback |
Formative - verbal feedback through 1-1 tutorials will be given on a draft of the significance section of the report to be submitted, along with a full bibliography of primary and secondary sources.
Summative - written feedback will be given on the three components of assessment. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a range of practical skills used by architectural historians and heritage professionals
- Convey the history and significance of a building or site to a range of audiences, visually, by means of text, and orally
- Demonstrate an understanding of the history of architectural conservation, and contemporary conservation practice
- Demonstrate familiarity with key digital packages and techniques useful to the architectural historian
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Reading List
A full reading list will be provided using the library's 'Resource List' facility prior to the start of the semester.
The core text for the history of conservation will be Miles Glendinning, 'The Conservation Movement' (Abingdon, 2013).
For significance and listing, the text will be Historic England's 'Conservation Principles' (online).
For the archaeology of standing buildings, see Richard K. Morris, 'The Archaeology of Buildings' (Stroud, 2001).
For conservation planning, see James Semple Kerr, The Conservation Plan (New South Wales, 1996).
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Undertake critical analysis, evaluation and/or synthesis of ideas, concepts, information and issues that are within the common understandings in a subject/ discipline/sector.
Use a range of approaches to formulate and critically evaluate evidence-based solutions/responses to de ned and/or routine problems and issues.
Use a wide range of routine skills and some advanced and specialised skills associated with a subject/discipline/sector, for example:
- Convey complex information to a range of audiences and for a range of purposes.
- Use a range of standard ICT applications to process and obtain data.
Exercise autonomy and initiative in some activities at a professional level in practice or in a subject/discipline/sector.
Work, under guidance, with others to acquire an understanding of current professional practice. |
| Keywords | architectural history,heritage,conservation |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr John Lowrey
Tel: (0131 6)50 2314
Email: J.Lowrey@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr David Currie
Tel:
Email: dcurrie5@ed.ac.uk |
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