HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING Course

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Nazwa przedmiotu
(course title)
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL
ENGINEERING
Kod przedmiotu
(course code)
Typ przedmiotu
(type of course)
Course status
compulsory / non-compulsory
30 hrs of lectures
Knowledge
Student identifies basic trends in the development
of architecture, is able to recognise historic
architectural forms and building constructions.
He/she can differentiate basic building materials
used in the past.
Abilities
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Poziom przedmiotu
(level of course)
Abilities to analyze, synthesize and evaluate.
Ability to assimilate historic knowledge and use
it while solving current problems. Ability to carry
on a discussion.
Social competences (attitudes)
Molding learning skills. Perceiving social
contexts in assimilated problems. Ability to work
in a team.
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Rok studiów, semestr
(year of study, semester/trimester)
Liczba punktów
(numer of credits)
I year
semester 01
Forms of teaching
• lecture – ECTS 3
Teaching methods
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Metody nauczania
(teaching methods)
Język wykładowy
(language of instruction)
Imię i nazwisko wykładowcy
(name of lecturer)
Wymagania wstępne
(prerequisites)
Lecture. Multimedia presentation of given
examples. Discussion.
English
associate prof. of arch. JACEK OWCZAREK
Ph.D, D.Sc.
Specification of introductory courses together
with prerequisites
General knowledge of history, geography and
physics.
Cele przedmiotu (wskazane jest określenie
celów jako efektów kształcenia i kompetencji)
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(objectives of the course, preferably
expressed in terms of learning outcomes and
competences)
Treści merytoryczne przedmiotu
(course contents)
Metody oceny
(assessment methods)
Objectives of the course
Teaching students the rudiments of the
knowledge of monuments. Presenting the history
of general architecture against the background of
historic and geographic determinants. Elements
of art history. Presenting stylistic, material and
constructional changes in architecture.
Course contents
Beginnings of interests in antiquity. Great ancient
cultures – Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome.
Early Christian architecture. Building
constructions in the Middle Ages. Romanesque.
Gothic. Architecture of Islam. Renaissance and
mannerism. Art of baroque and rococo. European
classicism. Architecture of 19th and 20th
centuries. The history of architecture in Asia,
Africa and America. Development of architecture
in Poland.
Form and method of getting credits, basic
criterions of assessment or examination
requirements
A. Method of getting credits
• examination
• credit with a grade*
* mark the appropriate
B. Forms of getting credits
• written exam: test / with open questions
(problems) / longer written work
• oral exam
• oral form / test
• final work: making a project or a presentation
/ doing research work and presenting the
results (written / oral) / preparing a specified
practical work
• establishing a credit grade on the grounds
of partial grades received during the
semester*
* mark the appropriate
C. Basic criterions of assessment
Assessing the acquired knowledge of particular
syllabus parts on the basis of a discussion
with students.
Recommended reading
A. Reading required for getting final
credits (passing an exam)
A.1. Koch Wilfried: Style w architekturze,
Warszawa 1996
Pevsner
Nikolaus:
Historia
architektury
europejskiej, t.I,II, wyd. Arkady Warszawa 1980
Watkin David: Historia architektury zachodniej,
Arkady 2001
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Spis zalecanych lektur
(recommended reading)
A.2. Broniewski Tadeusz: Historia architektury
dla wszystkich, Zakład Narodowy im.
Ossolińskich, 1963
Glancey Jonathan: Historia architektury, Arkady
2002
Borusiewicz Władysław: Konstrukcje budowlane
dla architektów, Arkady 1978
B. Supplementary reading
Gympel Jan: Historia architektury – od antyku
do czasów współczesnych, Könemann 1996
Llera Ramon Rodriguez: Historia architektury,
Buchmann 2008
Toman Rolf, Borngasser Barbara, Bednorz
Achim: Historia architektury – od starożytności
po czasy współczesne, Parragon 2009
u.