Competencies and objectives

Provisional information. Pending approval by the Department Council.

 

Course context for academic year 2017-18

The subject of Construction History belongs to the area of Architectural Construction Knowledge. It aims at introducing students of engineering building and technical architecture on the knowledge of the historic buildings and constructive solutions from the Ancient World to Postmodernism.

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)

Specific Competences (CE)

  • E4 : Understand the traditional or prefabricated materials used in building, their types and the physical and mechanical characteristics that define them.
  • E6 : Understand the historical evolution of building techniques and elements and the structural systems that have led to the stylistic forms.

 

General Transversal Competences

  • G12 : Computer and information skills.
  • G13 : Oral and written communication skills.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2017-18

The overall objective of the course aims to train students in the analysis of historical buildings, contextualizing them, developing the ability to read the constructional details of different eras and acquiring a criterion for intervention on historical and contemporary buildings.

 

 

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General

Code: 16003
Lecturer responsible:
JIMENEZ DELGADO, ANTONIO
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 0,00
Practical credits: 2,40
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: BUILDING SCIENCIES AND URBANISM DEPARTMENT
    Area: ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS
    Theoretical credits: 0
    Practical credits: 2,4
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught