Great Cities

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Course Description

  • Course Name

    Great Cities

  • Host University

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  • Location

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Area of Study

    History, Urban Studies and Planning

  • Language Level

    Taught In English

  • Course Level Recommendations

    Upper

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    Hours & Credits

  • ECTS Credits

    6
  • Recommended U.S. Semester Credits
    3
  • Recommended U.S. Quarter Units
    4

  • Overview

    COURSE OBJECTIVE
    This course has the following learning goals:
    Students:
    1. learn to know historical urban patterns and meanings.
    2. learn to identify the relation between urban patterns and architectural monuments.
    3. learn to read plans of cities and architectural monuments.
    4. learn to make a visual and spatial analysis of a city.
    5. practice to compare urban patterns and relate them to social, political and religious ideas.
    6. practice in writing an essay of academic structure and level, following a specific stylesheet (VU Department of Art and Culture).

    COURSE CONTENT
    In this course students learn the history and meaning (social, political, religious) of patterns and elements of urban form, and of their principal architectural monuments. The examples that will be discussed cover the entire world and go back until the first millennium BC.

    TEACHING METHODS
     Lectures, excursion, individual research / self study. 100% attendance is required. Whoever misses the first meeting might be expelled from the course.

    TYPE OF ASSESSMENT
    Final grade: between 0 and 10. 
    Assignments, exam, 

    REMARKS
    The course is not aimed at designers and does not teach one ‘how to design a city’. It is aimed at theoretical reflection about the history and functioning of cities. If you are not a humanities student, or do not have affinity with the scientific historical discipline, you are advised to choose another course.

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