Undergraduate Course: Landscape Architecture Theory 2B (ARCH08048)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course will address the significance of established and emerging theoretical themes within the discipline of Landscape Architecture and build on patterns of enquiry established in ARCH08046 (Landscape Architecture Theory 2A). The course will further the students ability to carry forward an independent position in their own theoretical studies and offer guidance as to suitable methodologies of scholarly enquiry. The course will also address relevant approaches towards the critical evaluation of the work of others. |
| Course description |
The course will examine the complex and shifting nature of landscape through enquiry related to the interpretation of landscape as a constantly mediated entity in both social and environmental contexts. Course content will address the context of landscape architectural practice today with a particular focus on how Landscape Architects read, work with and ultimately transform sites. A focused enquiry related to time, ecology and resilience will provide a pedagogical background from which students can draw forth their own disciplinary research and a personalised line of enquiry.
Students will be encouraged to discover and examine Interdisciplinary theory from art, science and engineering and reflect upon its significance to Landscape Architectural discourse.
Lectures, given by staff and invited experts will be followed by discursive sessions where students can probe the material presented through the lens of their own developing enquiry. Students will be asked to format questions in advance of lectures to enrich post lecture discussion.
Authoring of summaries and abstracts will be considered as a key moment in the course to demonstrate an independent, reasoned and well argued position in relation to consistent and emergent challenges within the field.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Landscape Architecture. |
| Additional Costs | Day visits by coach. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 40 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Formative Assessment Hours 4,
Summative Assessment Hours 4,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
158 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Summative Assessments:
Students will be assessed on four components -
Assessment Component 1 (20%) will address the content of one or more of the lectures. Students will formulate a critical response to the material presented and may include questions that they wish to pose to a presenter in the post-lecture discursive session. This component will be submitted in the format of a summary report of 1000-1200 words during the semester. This report will be used towards the completion of Assessment Component 4
Assessment Component 2 (20%) Students should make a visual presentation of max 20 slides summarizing the core themes of their work. The presentation should illustrate the nature of their scoping exercise and communicate their own process of finding a clear line of enquiry through a sequence of core themes. This will take place during the semester.
Assessment Component 3 (10%) A research abstract.
Assessment Component 4 (50%) An essay of 2000-3000 words that answers the research question using a suitable research method and an appropriately structured discourse. Word count will be agreed with tutor in advance depending on the nature of the investigation.
Relationship between Assessment and Learning Outcomes
Assessment Component 1 relates directly to Learning Outcome 1
Assessment Component 2 relates directly to Learning Outcome 2
Assessment Component 3 relates directly to Learning Outcome 3
Assessment Component 4 relates directly to Learning Outcome 4
You must pass all learning outcomes. Failure of one learning outcome will result in a Forced Fail (FF) outcome. |
| Feedback |
Students will receive written formative feedback on a concept map that outlines how they plan to address assessment Component 1 (the summary report - a critical response to lecture content and draft questions) by week 4 or 5.
Students will present a working hypothesis in group tutorials and receive verbal formative assessment.
Students will receive written summative feedback on the Summary Report (Component 1), The Visual Presentation (Component 2) and the Research abstract (Component 3) 4 weeks before the final deadline in order that they may move towards the essay with confidence. The summative feedback will relate directly to the relevant learning outcomes for each piece of work. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate an ability to translate and interpret key theories in Landscape Architecture.
- Demonstrate an ability to scope wider theoretical and disciplinary contexts in order to formulate a sequence of core themes that represent the students own disciplinary interests.
- Develop a clear research question that draws from core themes in the form of a research abstract.
- Demonstrate an ability to structure and advance theoretical enquiry through appropriate research methods and techniques.
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Reading List
Burns,C and Kahn,A (2005) Site Matters, Routledge
Corner, J (1999) Recovering Landscape, Princeton Arch. Press, NY.
Corner, J (2014) The Landscape Imagination
Cosgrove, D (1984) Social Formation and Symbolic Landscape, University of Wisconsin Press
Hill, K and Johnson, B (2001) Ecology and Design: Frameworks for Learning, Island Press
Swaffield, S (2002) Theory in Landscape Architecture - A Reader, University of Pennsylvania Press
Thayer, R (1994) Gray World, Green Heart: Technology, Nature and Sustainable Landscape Wiley & Sons, NY |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Demonstrate a knowledge of the scope, defining features, and main areas of the subject/discipline/sector. Including; a discerning understanding of a defined range of core theories, concepts, principles and terminology.
Apply knowledge, skills and understanding: in using a range of professional skills, techniques, practices and/or materials associated with the subject/discipline/sector, a few of which are advanced and /or complex.
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 defined and/or routine problems and issues.
Convey complex information to a range of audiences and for a range of purposes. |
| Keywords | landscape architecture,resilience,landscape reclamation,landscape engineering,temporality |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Francisca Lima
Tel: (0131 6)51 5862
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Course secretary | Mrs Karen Biggar
Tel: (0131 6)51 5803
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