History of Architecture and Landscapes (Certificate of Higher Education) - 2012/2013 entry

• Gain a University of London qualification – expand your knowledge and enhance your CV.
• Covers a wide range of historical periods, themes and regions.
• Provides exemption from the first year of Birkbeck's BA History of Art and BA Arts and Humanities.

This programme is ideal if you want to acquire an awareness of the critical tools and methods for studying the history of architecture and landscapes – from country houses in their grounds to skyscrapers in dense city landscapes.

The compulsory foundation module engages you in looking analytically at buildings, parks and gardens from ancient to contemporary, and introduces you to issues in the discipline. With option modules, you can focus on architecture or landscapes, or on how the two interact, and choose topics across a wide range of themes and periods. You will be expected to participate actively in discussions and to complete coursework and reading, in addition to looking at particular buildings and designed landscapes.

To gain the Certificate of Higher Education, you must successfully complete modules worth 120 credit points.

Take the compulsory module, Foundation in History of Architecture and Landscapes (worth 30 credits), and modules worth a further 90 credits from subject groups A–E. You may not take modules worth more than 60 credits from the same group.

Modules are offered within the following groups:

• Group A: Themes, Concepts and Special Subjects
• Group B: Ancient
• Group C: Renaissance
• Group D: Early Modern
• Group E: Modern.

You may include modules worth up to 30 credits from the following Certificates of Higher Education: World Arts and Artefacts (excluding the core modules); History of Art; and a number of specified modules taken from the History programme.

If you wish to progress to the BA Arts and Humanities, you must take the module Key Concepts in Cultural Analysis: The Production of the Human (worth 30 credits) as one of your option modules.

Modules

Compulsory Module

Group A: Themes, Concepts and Special Subjects

Group B: Ancient

Group C: Renaissance

Group D: Early Modern

Group E: Modern

Students who are awarded the Certificate of Higher Education and are admitted to Birkbeck's BA History of Art will be offered exemption from the first year.

ME (modular enrolment): enrol for individual modules (see 'Course structure and modules').