Module Identifier | HY33120 | ||
Module Title | READING A BUILDING:THE MEDIEVAL HERITAGE 1000-1500 | ||
Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Llinos Smith | ||
Semester | Intended For Use In Future Years | ||
Next year offered | N/A | ||
Next semester offered | N/A | ||
Mutually Exclusive | HY33020 Single & Joint Honours History students only, HY33220 , HY33320 , HY33420 , HY33520 | ||
Course delivery | Practical | 20 Hours 10 x 2 hours per week | |
Assessment | Essay | 2 x 1,500 word essays | 40% |
Project work | 1 x 5,000 word project | 60% |
Brief description
1. To encourage an awareness of the built heritage and the importance of material culture to historical interpretation.
2. To recognise the potential of buildings as historical evidence and to assess to what extent architectural developments are related to religious ideals and to changes in social conditions and aspirations.
3. To develop some of the skills necessary for the study and interpretation of plans, illustrations as well as written sources, and where possible and appropriate, by direct experience of buildings through site visits.