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

Postgraduate Course: Histories and Theories of Architecture (ARCH11234)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course asserts that there is a history of architectural history. Students address this proposition by engaging with the work of key architectural historians of the past and present and by analyzing changes in disciplinary procedures and emphasis over time.
Course description This course asserts that there is a history of architectural history. Students address this proposition by engaging with the work of key architectural historians of the past and present and by analyzing changes in disciplinary procedures and emphasis over time. The course thus seeks to define a discipline that documents, interprets, and responds to sites, objects, and events that may range from prehistoric settlements to ephemeral media spectacles. The ultimate objective of the course is twofold: to familiarize students with the most important contributions to the historiography of architecture and to ask how the discipline might be reinvented in our own time.
The course will be delivered in the form of seminars led by staff members with input from students, who will all be expected to have read selected works in advance of each session.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Students who are not enrolled in the MSc Architectural History and Theory programme must first contact the Course Organiser for admission to this course.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2023/24, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  15
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 166 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 3,000 word reading diary (20%)
2,500 word essay (80%)
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. To familiarise students with the origins and development of the disciplines of architectural history and theory.
  2. To introduce students to a range of significant texts within architectural history and theory.
  3. To develop awareness of the range of scholarly positions within the disciplines of architectural history and theory.
  4. To develop a critical awareness of the relationship of architectural history and theory to architectural production.
Reading List
Bibliography will be issued at first meeting
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills An ability to think critically about written texts; skills in interpreting methods and approaches toward professional and scholarly writing; an ability to research, prepare, and write a critical and coherent text; extensive knowledge of the discipline of architectural history and its scholarly traditions.
Keywordshistoriography,architecture,methodology,architectural history,architectural theory
Contacts
Course organiserProf Alex Bremner
Tel: (0131 6)50 2320
Email:
Course secretaryMiss Fanny To
Tel: (0131 6)51 5773
Email:
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