Postgraduate Course: Building Description (AREA11014)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | PLEASE NOTE : THIS COURSE IS OWNED AND ADMINISTRATED BY ECA
This is a lecture-based module with occasional
student exercises in class.
Chief styles of western architecture; vocabulary of
western architecture; descriptive writing; sketching;
list descriptions.
Aims
1. To develop skills of close observation
2. To acquire a vocabulary of architecture |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
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Description |
Weeks |
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Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, students will be able to:
1. Display a knowledge of architectural terminology
and a knowledge of the main styles and building
types of Western architecture.
2. Demonstrate an ability to accurately describe
buildings in written and graphic form.
3. Display organisational, verbal and
presentational skills specific to building
description. |
Assessment Information
Individual Building
Descriptions on a group or
individual basis |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Description; analysis; style; building type; periodicity; fixtures and fittings. |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Miles Glendinning
Tel: (0131) 221 6168
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Karen Bradley
Tel: 0131 221 6085
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