Postgraduate Course: Building Analysis (ARCH11194)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Synopsis:
Analysis of building fabric; research of documentary sources; principles and techniques of surveying and recording.
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| Course description |
Aims:
1. To introduce students to the techniques of recording, analysis, and supporting research.
2. To create an awareness of appropriate standards in recording and analysis
Mode of delivery:
This course combines considerable on-site instruction with supporting lectures and project seminars.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 8,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Fieldwork Hours 10,
External Visit Hours 8,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 9,
Formative Assessment Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
148 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Students are required to submit a group report, focusing in depth on the historical and archaeological aspects of a historical building (or several buildings in comparison with one another) and presentation
Coursework (100%).
Learning outcomes are equally weighted. |
| Feedback |
Formative oral feedback is given throughout the course during project seminars and at the Final Project Presentations.
After submission of coursework, written feedback and grades are given corresponding to each learning outcome.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Acquire skills for carrying out relevant historical research.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the variety of recording methods, and competence in applying them to survey and analysis of historic buildings.
- Display organisational, verbal and presentational skills specific to Building Analysis.
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Reading List
Indicative Bibliography
R.K.Morriss, The archaeology of buildings (Stroud, 2000) R Dallas (ed), Measured Survey and Building Recording (Edinburgh, 2003: Historic Scotland TCRE Guide for Practitioners 4) ICOMOS, Guide to Recording Historic Buildings (London, 1990) Graham Douglas and Ian Gray, 'Notes on surveying techniques', in Anne Riches and Geoffrey Stell (eds.) Materials and traditions in Scottish building; essays in memory of Sonia Hackett (Edinburgh, 1992). Hazel Conway and Rowan Roenisch, Understanding architecture (London, 1994). |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
None. |
| Keywords | ANALYSIS,RECORDING,SOURCES |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ruxandra-Iulia Stoica
Tel: (0131 6)51 5746
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Lyndsay Hagon
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735
Email: |
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