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MARC5100: Advanced Topics in Architectural History
2024 unit information
This unit investigates topics in the study of architectural history. Assuming an undergraduate knowledge of the field, the course will explore in depth specific moments in time, bodies of work, geographies, building types, thematics, or other frames that will be defined year to year. Seminars and assessment tasks will offer an introduction to the history of architecture, broadly defined, and to the literature allowing for advanced independent study. Seminars will foster close attention to specific topics within the history of architecture, which consider a range of topics. These may include the intellectual and cultural contexts of architectural production and/or use; formal or implied debates that have shaped the field; historical problems in architectural design, planning or construction; modes of evidenced thought and communication; race, labour or religion; institutions and literature and their role in mediating knowledge. Working against a defined canon of significant works, this unit is global in its scope and open to treating the architecture of all periods of time. The unit will hone students' skills of historical analysis to prepare for both further study and a full engagement with architecture's professional culture. It will, too, foster a sense of historicity for the present moment.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Architecture |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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BDES3011 or equivalent |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrate an advanced familiarity with the history of architecture, broadly conceived, and its disciplinary literature.
- LO2. Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of a specific theme, geography, body of works or historical period within its broader scope.
- LO3. Conduct research using the university library and similar resources to advance knowledge of a specific research question and apply skills to gather and analyse information on architectural works and themes from a range of sources.
- LO4. Critique discourse and engage in debate on issues raised in the course.
- LO5. Identify and interpret the state of debate and scholarship on defined topics, and understand the role of specific individuals and institutions in shaping knowledge of the history of architecture.
- LO6. Demonstrate formal skills in written, verbal and visual communication for both academic and professional settings.
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