22104 - Preparatory II: Architecture and Conversation Modulübersicht

Module Number: 22104 - module is no longer offered from SS 2013
Module Title:Preparatory II: Architecture and Conversation
  Propädeutikum II: Architektur und Denkmalpflege
Department: Faculty 2 - Architecture, Civil Engineering and Urban Planning
Responsible Staff Member:
  • Prof. Dr. eh. Schuster, Wolfgang
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every winter semester
Credits: 4
Learning Outcome:Rationale:
World Heritage Students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and their success in the interdisciplinary programme depends on the ability to communicate and work in a wide range of academic environments and traditions. Furthermore, it will accompany World Heritage Students through the first semester and provide them with important information on their career development and the mediation of intercultural situations.

Part 1: Preliminary II: Architecture and Conservation
The preliminary course shall introduce students from other backgrounds to the field of Art, Architecture and Conservation as a hitherto unknown subject. The special terminology in this area will help students to better understand and comprehend the complex links between design, building construction and artistic intensions.

Part 2: Coaching for World Heritage Studies
The second part of the module will be in a mixed form of tutorial classes and a varying number of guest lectures on current topics in World Heritage. Students will get acquainted with a variety of important soft skills including communication strategies, mediation in intercultural encounters, and professional formation. Furthermore, they will be advised on the planning and implementation of their individual.
Contents:Part 1: Preliminary II: Architecture and Conservation
Students shall learn to read and understand planning documents such as city maps, historic building plans, detailed construction plans but also computer animated presentations. By reading plans students will learn the fundamentals of architecture and building such as construction principles as related to building materials, functions of buildings as related to spatial issues, ecological aspects of construction as related to places and artistic attributes as related to broader developments in society. This will be practiced by the use of case studies. Parallel to the preliminary block seminar, further lectures from the field will complement the teaching of fundamentals in this area.

Part 2: Coaching for World Heritage Studies
Structuring learning programmes
Basics of intercultural communication
Communication strategies and situations
Current issues in Heritage Studies
Recommended Prerequisites:None
Mandatory Prerequisites:None
Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Seminar / 4 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Self organised studies / 60 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:Will be announced
Module Examination:Unspecified - Specification from winter semester 2016/17 required!
Assessment Mode for Module Examination:Attendance, presentation, essay/research paper
Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:None
Part of the Study Programme:
  • no assignment
Remarks:The preliminaries will be held as parallel blocks at the beginning of the winter semester
Module Components:None
Components to be offered in the Current Semester:
  • no assignment