Main Field of Study and progress level:
Architecture: First cycle, has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Two-grade scale
Responsible department: Umeå School of Architecture
Established by: Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 2022-04-21
Contents
The course introduces the history of modernity in architecture, starting from the industrial revolution in Europe at the turn of the nineteenth century and concluding with World War II. The course also deals with research, reading and writing as processes and tools.
Expected learning outcomes
After completion of the course the student will be able to
Knowledge and understanding
Demonstrate a basic knowledge about the architectural and cultural history of modernism.
Demonstrate an understanding of the material, cultural and intellectual innovations of the period.
Competence and skills
Discuss the central texts, objects and phenomenon of the course.
Independently complete a written assignment on a given subject from this period.
Required Knowledge
General entry requirements
Form of instruction
The forms of teaching will include live online lectures and seminars and pre-recorded video lectures. Students will undertake independent study individually and in small groups. The right to teaching and tutoring is only available during the time at which the student is registered at the course and from the start to the end of the course.
Examination modes
The course is examined through a submission of a written report which shall contain text and visual material and bibliographic references to other works. The report is completed and submitted individually by each student.
Supplementary re-examination is individually adjusted based on the goal or goals that the student has not reached and takes place at the earliest two weeks after the students have received their results and at the latest two months after the regular examination. Only students who have not received a passing grade are eligible to make revisions in order to pass the exam. Revisions are not allowed for those who have already received a passing grade. Students who have obtained a passing grade on an examination may not undergo a re-examination.
Grade for the course will be assigned when the submitted report is approved. The possible grades are 'Fail' or 'Pass'. For the grade 'Pass' the quality of the written report needs to be high. Students are entitled to rewrite the same examination five times. Students who do not pass the regular examination should be provided an opportunity for further examination according to the University's "Regulations for tests and examinations at the undergraduate and graduate levels." A student who has failed two tests for a course or a part of a course, is entitled to have another examiner appointed, unless there are specific reasons against it (HF 6 Chap. 22 §). Requests for new examiners are made to the head of the department. Students have the right to be tested on the same curriculum as the regular examination at least two occasions up to two years after the first registration.
Deviations from the form of examination in the syllabus can be made for a student who has pedagogical support due to disabilities. Individual adjustments of the examination form are determined based on the student's needs. The examination form is adjusted within the framework of the expected learning outcomes of the syllabus. After a request from the student the course leader shall contact the examiner, who promptly decides on the adjusted form of examination. The decision is then to be reported to the student.
Literature
Valid from:
2023 week 34
"Compulsory" course literature refers to the main and recommended literature to assimilate the course content and achieve the expected study results.
