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History & Theories of Architecture

Course Code :
ARC 221
Level :
Undergraduate
Course Hours :
3 Hours
Department :
3

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History & Theories of Architecture

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History & Theories of Architecture

Course outcomes:

a. Knowledge and Understanding:

1-	Define the differences between countries within the same region in the Western world.
2-	Recognize the common trends they share historically, politically and economically.
3-	Identify methods most suitable in studying the different regions in Western culture.

b. Intellectual Skills:

1-	Explain the difference between different Western regions such as Australasia and Europe for example, and why.
2-	Explore the different conceptual and cultural constructs of these different regions and how that is reflected in their political systems, people’s practices and media.
3-	Examine and focus on a chosen case study while highlighting the main issues associated with it.
4-	Evaluate the possible lessons learned in the Arab and Egyptian contexts from the cases studied and examined.

c. Professional and Practical Skills:

1-	Apply knowledge in research on how media and pressure groups can affect political practice in the chosen case studies.
2-	Relate between chosen cases and how their practices of democracy, freedom, economic and social justice and that in the Arab world in general, and Egypt in particular.
3-	Illustrate the ability to carry out a methodologically adequate research to pinpoint the relationship between theory and practice.

d. General and Transferable Skills:

1-	Allow the use of more techniques and methods in researching.
2-	Evaluate different Western regions and how they operate with respect to their cultural and political as well as economic settings.
3-	Compare and contrast between different western regions and reflect on what aspects from their practices have been imported or exported to or from other cultures or world regions; politically, economically and socially.

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Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
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History & Theories of Architecture

Course topics and contents:

Topic	No. of hours	Lecture	Tutorial/Practical
Introductory Lecture and Course Outline	3	1
General conceptual setting: what is “western”, “eastern”, “southern” and “northern” in world, regional and domestic politics? Historical developments of the terms.	3	1
Historical reflections on: USA and Canada, their relations, general nature of political systems	3	1
Eastern and Western Europe: struggles, wars, the Soviet / Russian influence, racial matters and the EU	6	2
Japan and Israel as part of the West?	3	1
Midterm Exam		1
People, mass media and mass pressure: theory and practice	6	2
Mechanisms of political development: selected cases	3	1
Mechanisms of economic development: selected cases	3	1
Application of knowledge: films, clips or books/ literature discussions and presentations	6	2
A comparative and analytical overview of tackled matters in the semester	3	1
Final Exam		1

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Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

History & Theories of Architecture

Teaching And Learning Methodologies:

Teaching and learning methods
Demonstration videos
Presentation
Simulations
Debates
Group discussion
Research Paper

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Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

History & Theories of Architecture

Course Assessment :

Methods of assessment	Relative weight %	Week No.	Assess What
Course Work (Attendance, Participation, Assignments, Quizzes, Research Paper…)	30.00		To assess understanding, and to assess theoretical background of the intellectual and practical skills.
Final Exam	40.00	15	To assess knowledge and intellectual skills.
Midterm Exam(s)	30.00	7	To assess professional skills.

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E-mail: [email protected]

History & Theories of Architecture

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