SRJC Course Outlines

11/2/2024 1:18:20 AMARCH 2.2 Course Outline as of Fall 2023

Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION

Discipline and Nbr:  ARCH 2.2Title:  HISTORY OF WORLD ARCH 2  
Full Title:  History of World Architecture: Gothic to 20th Century
Last Reviewed:4/25/2022

UnitsCourse Hours per Week Nbr of WeeksCourse Hours Total
Maximum3.00Lecture Scheduled3.0017.5 max.Lecture Scheduled52.50
Minimum3.00Lab Scheduled06 min.Lab Scheduled0
 Contact DHR0 Contact DHR0
 Contact Total3.00 Contact Total52.50
 
 Non-contact DHR0 Non-contact DHR Total0

 Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  ARCH 65.2

Catalog Description:
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In this course, students will study the development of architecture and city planning from the Gothic period to the 20th century from diverse locations around the world. The study will also include discussions of social, cultural, and physical conditions that influenced the development of architecture.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:


Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
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In this course, students will study the development of architecture and city planning from the Gothic period to the 20th century from diverse locations around the world. The study will also include discussions of social, cultural, and physical conditions that influenced the development of architecture.
(Grade or P/NP)

Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:Effective:Fall 2010
Inactive: 
 Area:E
Humanities
 
CSU GE:Transfer Area Effective:Inactive:
 C2HumanitiesFall 2010
 
IGETC:Transfer Area Effective:Inactive:
 3BHumanitiesFall 2010
 
CSU Transfer:TransferableEffective:Fall 2010Inactive:
 
UC Transfer:TransferableEffective:Fall 2010Inactive:
 
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable



COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Identify the development of world architecture from Gothic period to the 20th century in the context of time and place.
2. Analyze major architectural forms and representative buildings from Gothic period to the 20th century.
3. Identify examples of architectural elements that develop from cultural, societal, or purpose-driven need.
 

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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Identify eras of world architecture from the Gothic period to the 20th century by location.
2. Compare and contrast the architecture of different locations from Gothic period to the 20th century.
3. Identify and characterize major architectural forms and representative buildings from the Gothic period to the 20th century.   
4. Analyze the influences on the development of world architecture from the Gothic period to the 20th century.

Topics and Scope
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I. Influences on the Development of Architecture
    A. Location, climate, and materials
    B. Technology
    C. Social, cultural and religious
II. Review of Romanesque and Medieval Architecture
III. Gothic Architecture
    A. Cultural contexts
    B. Early Gothic
    C. High Gothic
    D. English Gothic
    E. German and Italian Gothic
    F. Medieval construction
    G. Medieval houses and castles
    H. City planning
IV. Renaissance
    A. Cultural contexts
    B. Important early architects such as Brunelleschi, Bartolomeo, Alberti
    C. Work of important Renaissance architects such as Da Vinci, Bramante, Michelangelo, and Palladio
    D. Late Renaissance Mannerism
    E. City plans
    F. Garden design
    G. The Renaissance in France
    H. The Renaissance in England
    I. City planning
V. Baroque Architecture
    A. Cultural contexts
    B. Reformation and counter-reformation
    C. Pope Sixtus V and the re-planning of Rome
    D. Urban open spaces in Rome
    E. Work of important architects of the Italian Baroque era such as Bernini, Borromini
    F. Baroque architecture in Northern Italy, Central Europe, France, and England
    G. Work of other important Baroque architects such as Wren, Hawksmoor, Vanbrugh, and Gibbs
    H. City planning
VI. The Eighteenth Century
    A. Cultural contexts
    B. English Neo-Palladians
    C. Return to antiquity
    D. French architects and the state
    E. French architectural education, Beaux-Arts
    F. Industrial revolution
    G. Romantic landscape
    H. Picturesque buildings
    I. Work of important architects of the 18th century such as Adam, Chambers, Boullee, and Ledoux
    J. City planning
VII. The Nineteenth Century
    A. Cultural contexts
    B. Neo-classicism and architects such as Schinkle, Soane, Latrobe, Jefferson, Charles and Lady Wilbraham
    C. Gothic revival and architects such as Pugin and Viollet-le-Duc
    D. Ecole des Beaux-Arts and work of architects such as Hunt and McKim, Mead and White
    E. Architectural applications of iron and steel and work of architects such as Paxton, Labrouste and Eiffel
    F. Skeletal construction in concrete and wood
    G. Arts and Crafts movement and work of architects such as Ruskin, Morris and Shaw-Voysey-Muthesius
    H. Art Nouveau and work of architects such as Hora, Guimard, Gaudi, and Mackintosh
    I. Viennese Secession
    J. Search for an American style and work of architects such as Richardson, Sullivan, Irwin, Bethune, and Hayden
    K. City planning

Assignments:
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1. Reading (20-30 pages per week)
2. Study questions assignments (6-10)
3. Research papers (2-4)
4. Quizzes and exams (3-4)
5. Final exam and/or project

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.Writing
30 - 40%
Research papers
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.Problem Solving
25 - 35%
Study questions assignments
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.Skill Demonstrations
0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.Exams
25 - 45%
Quizzes; final exam and/or project
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.Other Category
0 - 10%
Participation


Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Buildings Across Time - An Introduction to World Architecture. 5th ed. Fazio, Michael, Moffett, Marian, and Wodehouse, Lawrence. McGraw Hill. 2018
World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History. 2nd ed. Ingersoll, Richard and Kostof, Sprio. Oxford University Press. 2018
A Global History of Architecture. 3rd ed. Jarzombek, Mark and Prakash, Vikramaditya and Ching, Francis. Wiley and Sons. 2017
Instructor prepared materials

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