Postgraduate Course: Conservation of Modern Architecture (AREA11015)

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	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	Subjects covered: History of modern architecture, technology of the Modern Movement; problems in conserving the recent past; principles of modernist design. The histories of the British and Scottish planning systems and the theory that leads to current legislation. The Scottish Planning System is contextualised internationally by looking at examples from other European countries and the USA.
Course description	Key Aims: 1. To review arguments concerning the conservation of the architecture of the recent past. 2. To consider the challenges posed by the architecture and technology of Modern Movement buildings. This is a lecture-based module with supporting seminars and visits.

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 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 8, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2, External Visit Hours 8, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 4, Formative Assessment Hours 3, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 70 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Assessment will be by an individual listing proposal - an illustrated essay which will enable students to satisfy all three learning outcomes. Course grades will be 100% based on this piece of work. Each learning outcome will be separately graded (and equally weighted).
Feedback	Students will be required to produce a short outline draft of their listing proposal, on which feedback will be given.
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Display an awareness of the history, language and technology of modernist and late 20th-century architecture, and an ability to apply that knowledge in reports and evaluations. Display an ability to research independantly a modernist/late 20th century building, locating and analysing a range of secondary and where appropriate primary source material. Display organisational, verbal and presentational skills appropriate to project preparation on the conservation of modern architecture.