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

Postgraduate Course: Advanced Studies in Twentieth-Century German Architecture (ARCH11238)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryDuring the tumultuous first half of the 20th century, Germany was both the crucible of architectural modernism and the site of the megalomaniac city-rebuilding schemes proposed by the National Socialists. After the widespread destruction wrought by World War 2 the cities in the two German states, East and West, were rebuilt according to the dictates of their masters in Moscow and Washington, respectively, with the former capital divided in two by the Berlin Wall. The reunification of 1989 prompted further massive rebuilding programmes in the old Eastern states and in Berlin, which was presented with the challenge of creating a new capital on the fragmented foundations of the old, divided city. In the span of the twentieth century, no other state or architectural culture can point to such design creativity and to such destruction and rebuilding. This is the subject of the course.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
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 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Coursework 1:
4,000 word essay - 60%

Coursework 2:
Four 500 word reports - 40%
(each report is worth 10% of the overall mark)
Feedback Students will receive feedback on an essay plan in written form and/or through tutorial meetings
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Advanced knowledge of 20th-Century German Architecture, with particular emphasis on Berlin
  2. Knowledge of German political and social history from the Imperial Reich to the Weimar Republic, National Socialist, national division in the Cold War and reunification post 1989
  3. Ability to critically evaluate the relationship between architecture, urbanism, and political ideology
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsArchitecture,Germany
Contacts
Course organiserProf Iain Whyte
Tel: (0131 6)50 2322
Email:
Course secretaryMiss Siobhan Byron
Tel: (0131 6)51 5744
Email:
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