ARCH308 Urban History
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| Course Code | Course Title | Weekly Hours* | ECTS | Weekly Class Schedule | ||||||
| T | P | |||||||||
| ARCH308 | Urban History | 2 | 0 | 4 | Thurs 14.00 - 15.50 | |||||
| Prerequisite | None | It is a prerequisite to | None |
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| Lecturer | Carl Haddrell | Office Hours / Room / Phone | Tuesday: 9:00-11:00 Thursday: 13:00-16:00 |
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| chaddrell@ius.edu.ba | ||||||||||
| Assistant | Assistant E-mail | |||||||||
| Course Objectives | The course will introduce students to certain historical developments within urban development from prehistory up to and including the twentieth century. Lectures and seminars will be conducted each week providing students with contextual information adding to lecture notes which will be provided via Moodle. In order to satisfy the assessment criteria students will be expected to be able to identify key aspects of historical urbanism and styles and understand the reasons for urban development. |
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| Textbook | A.E.J. Morris, History of Urban Form | |||||||||
| Additional Literature | ||||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: | |||||||||
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| Teaching Methods | The course is a lecture based course. Lectures will be supplemented by in-class quizzes, student presentations and class discussion | |||||||||
| Teaching Method Delivery | Online | Teaching Method Delivery Notes | Online teaching will comprise synchronous and asynchronous lectures and presentations. Students are required to attend classes in accordance with IUS regulations. Whilst in class they can expect to be asked to engage in discussion and complete online tasks. If required students may be asked to turn their cameras on, and should always be prepared for this eventuality. | |||||||
| WEEK | TOPIC | REFERENCE | ||||||||
| Week 1 | Introduction | As per in class instructions | ||||||||
| Week 2 | The Early City | Spiro Kostoff, The City Shaped | ||||||||
| Week 3 | Determinants of Early Urban Form | A.E.J. Morris, History of Urban Form | ||||||||
| Week 4 | Mesopotamia | A.E.J. Morris, History of Urban Form | ||||||||
| Week 5 | Greek City States | A.E.J. Morris, History of Urban Form | ||||||||
| Week 6 | Rome and the Empire | A.E.J. Morris, History of Urban Form | ||||||||
| Week 7 | Mid-Term Exam | |||||||||
| Week 8 | Medieval Towns | A.E.J. Morris, History of Urban Form | ||||||||
| Week 9 | Renaissance 1 | A.E.J. Morris, History of Urban Form | ||||||||
| Week 10 | In Class Exercise | |||||||||
| Week 11 | Renaissance 2 | A.E.J. Morris, History of Urban Form | ||||||||
| Week 12 | Britain and the Garden City Movement | A.E.J. Morris, History of Urban Form | ||||||||
| Week 13 | Islamic Cities and the Middle East | A.E.J. Morris, History of Urban Form | ||||||||
| Week 14 | The Vertical City | A.E.J. Morris, History of Urban Form | ||||||||
| Week 15 | Recap | |||||||||
| Assessment Methods and Criteria | Evaluation Tool | Quantity | Weight | Alignment with LOs |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 | 1,2,3 | |
| Semester Evaluation Compenents | ||||
| In-term Exam | 1 | 20 | 1,2,3 | |
| Assignments | 2 | 40 | 1,2,3 | |
| *** ECTS Credit Calculation *** | ||||
| Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | |||
| Lecture Hours | 2 | 15 | 30 | Assignments | 10 | 2 | 20 | |||
| Home Study | 2 | 10 | 20 | In-term Exam Study | 10 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Final Exam Study | 20 | 1 | 20 | |||||||
| Total Workload Hours = | 100 | |||||||||
| *T= Teaching, P= Practice | ECTS Credit = | 4 | ||||||||
| Course Academic Quality Assurance: Semester Student Survey | Last Update Date: 18/02/2021 | |||||||||
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