ARC2402 19th and 20th century architecture
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
ARC2402 19th and 20th century architecture is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2024 in Semester 2 at Caulfield. It needs ARC2401.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 5 tasks
This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2025 entry.
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Requisites
Before ARC2402
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
Corequisites
Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.
After ARC2402
No unit lists ARC2402 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.
Enrolment rules
You must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Architectural Design (F2001) or the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) / Bachelor of Architectural Design (E3009)
Overview
This unit introduces the history and theory of 19th and 20th century Australian and international architecture. The unit will also develop methods for the written, discursive and visual analysis of buildings including site visits, analytical case studies and other forms of analysis. In addition to the theoretical and historical contexts of the buildings studied the unit will investigate their contribution to architectural design.
Offerings in 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Caulfield | Flexible |
Assessment
- Assignments30%
- Presentations30%
- Participation and Peer Review15%
- Quiz10%
- Essay15%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the history and theory of 19th and 20th century Australian and international architecture;
- 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the varied contexts of 19th and 20th century Australian and international architecture;
- 3
Demonstrate familiarity with the techniques applicable to the visual analysis of architecture;
- 4
Demonstrate an understanding of the selected buildings' contribution to architectural design.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Lectures12 hours
- Teaching approachPeer assisted learning
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachOnline learning
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachResearch activities
- Teaching approachField trips
12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Jacqui Alexander
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Jacqui Alexander