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Design History & Theory in the Making (ARCH10004)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Semester 2
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Dual-Delivery Semester 2 - Dual-Delivery |
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The subject is an introduction to history and theory in architecture and landscape architecture within the Bachelor of Design. To understand the making of built places, from the scale of the house to that of the city, the subject is built around three questions:
- What is the built environment and how is it formed and transformed?
- How do we analyse built places?
- How might we imagine and create better social and environmental outcomes in our built places through design?
Using a contemporary city as its key case study, location for student fieldwork and the mapping of places, the subject is organised into four parts, addressing in turn: infrastructures, housing, health, and knowledge institutions.
Intended learning outcomes
Through accessing subject information from four modules: infrastructure, housing, health, and knowledge institutions and through discussions, written, drawn and visual analysis, readings and on-line interaction, students will be able to:
- Describe, discuss and analyse major social drivers and ideas structuring the design and urban formation of a contemporary city;
- Describe and explore the role of historic precedent, critical theory, and observational analysis as investigative tools for understanding the built environment and its transformations;
- Demonstrate the application of history and theory knowledge to analyse specific design case studies;
- Describe, recognise, and evaluate the diverse views and interpretative frameworks that structure knowledge of the built environment.
Generic skills
Students who successfully complete this subject will demonstrate:
- An ability to relate historic precedent to the contemporary city
- An ability to apply critical thinking and analysis
- An ability to apply design concepts to the study of the built environment
- Communications skills in written and graphic formats
Last updated: 16 March 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ABPL10004 | Global Foundations of Design | No longer available |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 16 March 2023
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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10 weekly assignments each equiavent to 200 Words , 2000 words in total
| From Week 2 to Week 11 | 50% |
Mapping Exercise
| Week 7 | 25% |
Fieldwork Exercise
| Week 14 | 25% |
Last updated: 16 March 2023
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Karen Burns Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 12 x 1 hour lectures 12 x 30 minutes talks on LMS 12 x 1.5 hour tutorials Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 February 2022 to 29 May 2022 Last self-enrol date 11 March 2022 Census date 31 March 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 May 2022 Assessment period ends 24 June 2022 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Karen Burns Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 5 August 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022 Semester 2 contact information
Last updated: 16 March 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Design - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 16 March 2023