DESST 2521 - History Theory II

North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2015

Building on History Theory I, this course will expand and deepen the frameworks of historical and theoretical understanding that necessarily underpin current knowledge and practice in the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture and urban design. The course focuses on the long history of Modernity (16th - 20th c.) as a process of globalisation, and its conceptual, formal, spatial and technological consequences for the development of the environmental design disciplines. Throughout the course disciplinary concerns will be considered within their social, cultural, political and environmental contexts. Students will enhance their research and academic writing skills and consider other modes of interpreting and understanding historical and theoretical concerns.

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Course Details

Course Code	DESST 2521
Course	History Theory II
Coordinating Unit	School of Architecture and Built Environment
Term	Semester 2
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Assumed Knowledge	DESST 1505
Restrictions	Available to B.ArchDes and B.E(Arch) students only
Quota	A quota will apply
Assessment	Quizzes, physical model making, digital models, hand drawing and digital drawing

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Katharine Bartsch

Dr Katharine Bartsch, Course Coordinator

Room 456a, Level 4, Barr Smith South, School of Architecture and Built Environment

Email: katharine.bartsch@adelaide.edu.au (preferred mode of contact)

Course Website: www.myuni.adelaide.edu.au

School Website: https://architecture.adelaide.edu.au/

School (Unified): https://unified.adelaide.edu.au/web/professons-student-architecture/current-student

This is a School specific portal with news and events about the School.

Contact Protocol: Course-specific queries should be raised with your tutor.

If queries cannot be resolved in your tutorial, please contact the course coordinator via email.

If you have a non course-specific query refer to the Student Handbook 2015 or Student Advisor.

I currently work part-time and I am on campus Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays.

My drop-in time for History Theory II is 3-4 Tuesdays (Room 456a)

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

Please ensure that you refer to MyUni for the most up-to-date information regarding the schedule of course activities.

Course Learning Outcomes

The course learning objectives for History Theory II are specifically aligned with the thematic content of the lecture series, the tutorials and the objectives of the assessable tasks.

Thus, the student will gain the following knowledge:

1. An overview of the histories of settlements prior to 1900

2. Knowledge and understanding of key theories and design principles that underpin current knowledge and practice in the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture and urban design.

3. Knowledge and understanding of influential designers and theorists (16th - 20th c.)

4. Knowledge and understanding of cultural values and practices in relation to the design of architecture, landscapes and cities

The student will gain the following skills, including the ability to:

5. Apply independent research skills to interpret specific designs

6. Analyse and evaluate (textually and graphically) a specific design

7. Interpret, analyse, evaluate and synthesise information from a wide variety of sources to form and express a qualified (supported by research) critique of a design

8. Compare and contrast the opinions of different scholars

9. Write clear and concise analytical texts and short essays which structure evidence for and against (a point of view)

10. Critique relationships between design history and contemporary design discourse and practice

11. Manipulate text and image in complex graphic compositions to communicate ideas

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

University Graduate Attribute	Course Learning Outcome(s)
Knowledge and understanding of the content and techniques of a chosen discipline at advanced levels that are internationally recognised.	1, 2, 3, 4
The ability to locate, analyse, evaluate and synthesise information from a wide variety of sources in a planned and timely manner.	5, 6, 7, 8
Skills of a high order in interpersonal understanding, teamwork and communication.	9, 10, 11
A proficiency in the appropriate use of contemporary technologies.	11, 12
A commitment to continuous learning and the capacity to maintain intellectual curiosity throughout life.	1, 2, 3, 4, 10
An awareness of ethical, social and cultural issues within a global context and their importance in the exercise of professional skills and responsibilities.	1, 2, 3, 4, 10

Learning Resources

Required Resources

Ching, F., Jarzombek, M., and Prakash, V. (2011). A Global History of Architecture. Wiley.

This excellent resource is available from Unibooks. Reference will be made to the 2011 hard-copy edition.

It is also available in the Barr Smith Library.

Recommended Resources

Detailed information about further resources will be available on MyUni.

Academic Support
Consult “The Writing Centre” for on-line resources re: essay writing guides, study guides, referencing. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/writingcentre/.

Face-to-Face writing support is also available from Hub Central, Level 3. The Writing Centre provides academic learning and language support and resources for local, international, undergraduate and postgraduate coursework students enrolled at the University of Adelaide. The Writing Centre offers practical advice and strategies for students to master reading, writing, note-taking, and referencing techniques for success at university. Please note, the drop-in service is not an editing or grammar checking service but the Centre can help you develop your written English. No appointment is necessary. For greater assistance, please bring your course guide, assignment question, comments from your lecturers/tutors, and drafts of your writing.

Speaker Series: The School has a fortnightly lecture series where respected practitioners and academics from the field deliver a public lecture on contemporary architectural practice. In order to expand your knowledge of contemporary directions in design it is recommended that you attend these sessions. The exact detail of dates and speakers is available from the School website and the Front Office.

Online Learning

In addition to the above textbooks, further assignment resources are available on MyUni

MyUni is an essential online tool which will be used to communicate information regarding the course including details of assignments and interim grades. There are many other learning resources and assessment pieces that rely on the MyUni system for delivery. Therefore it is recommended that you familiarise yourself with the various functions of MyUni and employ it to its fullest extent. https://myuni.adelaide.edu.au

Students are expected to familiarise themselves with all the available content on MyUni.

University Email: The school uses the University email system to get in touch with the students. So it is imperative that you check your email regularly and keep up to date with any new announcements.

Noticeboard / Handbook:
General information about the activities at the School is available online from the Student Noticeboard which can be accessed at the online portal for the School: https://unified.adelaide.edu.au/web/professons-student-architecture/current-student

All students should familiarise themselves with this valuable portal.

Students can access a copy of the Student Handbook at the following link: https://architecture.adelaide.edu.au/docs/2015-Arch-handbook.pdf

Lecture Recording: An audio recording of the lectures is made available in electronic format through the MyUni system
for students to listen to in their own time and make notes. Please note that while these audio recordings are a useful resource for revision they should not be considered as replacement for lecture attendance. The lecture sessions may include activities and discussions on visual material that cannot be captured properly in the recording. Furthermore, technical issues cause delays in the availability of recordings which might affect your ability to complete ongoing tasks, not to mention technical failures which might result in certain recordings being unavailable.
Learning & Teaching Activities

Learning & Teaching Modes

In 1999 Sibel BozdoÄan offered a postcolonial critique of professional education in Journal of Architectural Education. She identified the “widening gap between an architectural history that is increasingly more interested in culture, context, and politics and an architectural design culture (and an architectural design criticism) that privileges form-making and creativity” (1999: 207). More than a decade later, this gap frequently compromises an integrated approach to the delivery of academic and professional training. The intent of this course is to bridge this gap.

History Theory II focuses on student-centred learning and teaching. In “What the Student Does: Teaching for Enhanced Learning” Biggs (1999) advocates a systemic approach which takes into account all aspects of the teaching context—course objectives, teaching and learning activities and the assessment tasks—as a strategy to move away from passive, uni-directional, teacher-to student transmission of knowledge. This is the aim of the teaching and learning mode of History Theory II. Importantly, Biggs stresses the need to embed the course objectives in the assignment tasks. Thus, formative and summative assessment tasks are designed to engage students in activities which will develop their knowledge and skills which are aligned with the course objectives (most significantly, knowledge of histories and theories of landscape architecture and the ability to the ability to locate, analyse, evaluate and synthesise information from a wide variety of sources to prepare clear and concise analytical texts).

The knowledge base begins with the lectures and the required reading material. However, these are intended as a point of inspiration and a starting point for students’ independent learning which is demonstrated in the assessable work. They are not intended as a comprehensive, finite review of the content.

Skills in written expression and critical writing are introduced in the tutorial program and further demonstrated in the assignments. Knowledge, skills, and assessable work are, thus, carefully integrated to achieve the intended holistic approach to learning and teaching. Moreover, according to Biggs, assessment must generate higher level cognitive learning activities, specifically, theorising, applying, relating, understanding or explaining distinguished from describing, note-taking or memorising. Student-focused learning strategies, embedded in the assessable work, are essential to bring about higher level cognitive learning.

Biggs, J. (1999). “What the Student Does: Teaching for Enhanced Learning.” Higher Education Research and Development Journal, 18 (1): 57-78.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements. The University expects full-time students (ie. those taking 12 units per semester) to devote at least 48 hours per week to their studies.
Accordingly, students undertaking this 3 unit course are expected to devote 12 hours per week to contact activities and/or self-guided studies.

Based on this framework here are some figures that might assist workload management:

Total workload hours: 12 hrs per week x 13 weeks = 156 hrs

Total contact hours: 3 hrs per week x 12 weeks = 36 hrs

Total self-guided study: 156 hrs– 36 hrs = 120 hrs

Learning Activities Summary

Assignment 1: Research and Analysis 30%

Assignment 2: Illustrated Essay (PPT) 40%

Assignment 3: Class Test 30%

Full details will be available on MyUni.

Specific Course Requirements

There are no specific course-specific requirements relating to a placement, a field trip, police checks for placements in schools, after-hours access, work experience, or ancillary fees and charges.

If you choose to visit specific sites (buildings and landscapes) on campus or around Adelaide, ensure that you exercise respect for the owners and patrons, obtain permission to enter the building if required, and observe an appropriate duty of care during your visit.

Small Group Discovery Experience

Both assignments require the student to undertake research. However, Tutorials in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 will be broken into smaller groups to enable a small group discovery experience which is actively promoted by the University of Adelaide. This experience is mentored by Course Coordinator and Senior Lecturer, Dr Katharine Bartsch and focuses on a recent journal article as a case study as a model to develop research skills .

The union of teaching and research, combined in a search for impartial truth, was fundamental to the modern research university ideal. A small group of students, meeting to work at the discovery of new knowledge under expert guidance, was the centrepiece of the university experience. Yet in Australian and UK universities from the 1980s, with the massive growth of university enrolments and the addition of many applied disciplines, research became increasingly detached from teaching, and a division was created that has widened ever since. Today despite oppressive research pressures on staff, research is almost wholly absent from Australian undergraduate teaching.

The University of Adelaide promotes small group discovery and aims to become a model of the teaching/research union, to show how universities can recapture what was once the defining characteristic of the research university. This does not mean merely inviting students to study an individual topic in depth, with initiative and creativity. In a true research university, the study of existing knowledge is secondary to the making of new knowledge. Moving away from knowledge delivery, now increasingly eroded by the universal availability of free online content, a university should focus on the essence of what research offers: the rigour of the scientific method, the search for empirical evidence, the beauty of logic and of patterns, the value of innovation, the creativity of problem solving and the intrinsic worth of knowledge. The University of Adelaide will return research to undergraduate teaching, so that every student in every program comes to experience the scholarship of discovery as the highlight of their learning experience.

For many undergraduate students, this will take the form of an individual research project in their final year, for which the preparatory research skills and experience necessary will be built through smaller exercises in the earlier years of their course. As a key format for delivering undergraduate research, the university will commit to increasing the centrality of small-group learning, in which students address the scholarship of discovery with other students and a staff mentor. While content will increasingly be delivered in other formats, every student in every program should experience such small-group discovery as a key part of their learning experience.

The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Assignment 1: Research and Analysis 30%
Assignment 2: Illustrated Essay (PPT) 40%
Assignment 3: Class Test 30%
Full details will be available on MyUni.

Assessment Related Requirements

Full details will be available on MyUni.

Assessment Detail

Full details will be available on MyUni.

Submission

Full details will be available on MyUni.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.

Student Feedback

The University places a high priority on approaches to learning and teaching that enhance the student experience. Feedback is sought from students in a variety of ways including on-going engagement with staff, the use of online discussion boards and the use of Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) surveys as well as GOS surveys and Program reviews.

SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
Student Support
Policies & Guidelines
This section contains links to relevant assessment-related policies and guidelines - all university policies.
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