THE CITY IN HISTORY: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE AND CONSTRUCTION 12.5 Jeff Turnbull. First semester Lectures, seminars and practical work totalling about three contact hours a week At the conclusion of the subject students should be able to demonstrate:
  • acquaintance with history as a discipline and as a process;
  • ability to identify and operate some basic principles and methods of historical analysis, and to write scholarly history essays and papers;
  • a general acquaintance with the literature that introduces the history of architecture, building construction, urban planning and design, and landscape architecture;
  • analytical and writing skills adequate to undertake subsequent history subjects.
An introduction to the history of architecture, building construction, urban planning and design, and landscape architecture, in the context of social, technical and environmental settings. The integration and interdependence of architectural, constructional, social, geographical and landscape factors in the development of a selection of major cities and territories during the past, will be demonstrated through lectures, tutorials, and in the reading assignments and practical exercises.

An introduction to the role of historical analysis in the understanding of physical cultural artefacts in their environmental context. Exploration of the discipline of history, by involvement in structured activities, including the study of scholarly literature, practising the conventions of scholarly writing, and of class paper writing and presentation.

 Written and graphical assignments equivalent to not more than 4,000 words, and a 1& 1/2 hour examination. THE CITY IN HISTORY: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE, CONSTRUCTION 12.5 1st year Mr J Turnbull. First semester Lectures, seminars and practical work totalling about three contact hours a week. At the conclusion of the subject students should be able to demonstrate:
  • acquaintance with history as a discipline and as a process;
  • ability to identify and operate some basic principles and methods of historical analysis, and to write scholarly history essays and papers;
  • a general acquaintance with the literature that introduces the history of architecture, building construction, urban planning and design, and landscape architecture;
  • analytical and writing skills adequate to undertake subsequent history subjects
An introduction to the history of architecture, building construction, urban planning and design, and landscape architecture, in the context of social, technical and environmental settings. The integration and interdependence of architectural, constructional, social, geographical and landscape factors in the development of major cities and territories during the past, will be demonstrated through lectures, tutorials, and in the reading assignments and practical exercises. An introduction to the role of historical analysis in the understanding of physical cultural artefacts in their environmental context. Exploration of the discipline of history, by involvement in structured activities, including the study of scholarly literature, practising the conventions of scholarly writing, and of class paper writing and presentation. Written and graphical assignments equivalent to not more than 3,000 words, and a 1& 1/2 hour examination.