Postgraduate Course: History and Theory of Conservation (ARCH11129)
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 | Indicative course content includes main theorists, historical development, current charters, and contemporary practice. 
 
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| Course description | 
    
    Aims of course: 
 
1 To understand the ideas and ideologies of Architectural Conservation. 
2 To appreciate the historical development of Architectural Conservation. 
 
Mode of delivery:  
 
This is a lecture/seminar based module supported by illustrative visits.
    
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  Pre-requisites  
None 
 
Co-requisites  
None 
 
Prohibited combinations  
None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Full Year | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
200
(
 Lecture Hours 15,
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
 External Visit Hours 15,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 4,
 Formative Assessment Hours 3,
 Summative Assessment Hours 3,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
146 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Assessment will be by either an individual essay or an individual poster presentation, either of 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 draft essay or poster presentation, on which individual feedback will be given. | 
 
| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Display understanding of the historical development and principal theories of architectural conservation.
 - Display an ability to apply theory to practice in architectural conservation.
 - Display organisational, verbal and presentational skills specific to History and Theory of Conservation.
 
     
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Reading List 
Indicative Bibliography: 
 
Dorothy Bell, The Historic Scotland guide to International Conservation Charters (Edinburgh, 1997) 
J. Jokilehto, A History of Architectural Conservation (London, 1999)   
Aylin Orbasli, Architectural Conservation: Principles and Practice (Wiley, 2007)   
Alois Riegl, Der Moderne Denkmalkultus, Vienna, 1903 (Trans. in Oppositions, Autumn 1982, Rizzoli, New York)   
Michael Forsyth (ed), Understanding Historic Building Conservation (Blackwell, 2007) |   
 
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Keywords | CHARTERS,THEORIES,ETHICS,HISTORY | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Miles Glendinning 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5789 
Email: m.glendinning@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Jennifer Watson 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735 
Email: Jennifer.A.Watson@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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