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Conservation of Historic Gardens and Cultural Landscapes – (M.Sc.)
University of Bath
Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
| Application Deadline: | 30 June 2012 (international) / 31 August 2012 (home/EU). | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,680 - ≈ € 14,050 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Bath / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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Overview
The programme provides students with analytical and practical skills and a thorough grounding in the theory and practice of garden and cultural landscape conservation and management. It covers both designed and evolving organic landscapes, complex cultural landscapes and large landscape zones. The programme is taught by leading practitioners and academics and organised in four taught units: History and Theory; Survey and Assessment; Conservation and Management; and the Legislative Framework. MSc students also complete a dissertation. The taught units are also available on a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) basis. The programme is a candidate accredited course of the Landscape Institute.
Qualifications and durations
* Full-time MSc and Postgraduate Diploma 1 year
* Part-time MSc and Postgraduate Diploma 2 years, or 4 years (extended part-time). Individual units may be taken for CPD
Contents
Programme structure
Full time study: 12 months, with students attending two days a week
Part time study: 24 months, with students attending one day a week
Extended part time of 48 months is also possible, with students attending one day/one semester per year
Divided into two semesters and the dissertation period
Taught courses last for one semester and the summer months are dedicated to the dissertation
Where students do not wish to write the dissertation, or are ineligible to progress, a Postgraduate Diploma is awarded after successful completion of the taught course only.
Semester 1
Survey and assessment
History and theory
Two case studies
Semester 2
Conservation and management
The legislative framework
Two case studies
Dissertation (15 - 20,000 words)
During the final three months of the degree you will produce a dissertation. This is your opportunity to explore a particular topic that has been covered during the programme in far greater depth, undertaken under the supervision of an appointed personal tutor. This provides an opportunity to pursue an in-depth, specialist study within the field of historic garden and cultural landscape conservation of an agreed selected subject from an area related to the scope of the course.
Coursework
You will produce essays, written reports and case studies with notes from study visits which develop an understanding of garden and landscape history and conservation philosophy. All coursework is designed to develop the knowledge and transferable skills that enable the student to interpret the landscape heritage. These include practical techniques including survey and recording procedures, technical and field skills, archival research and documentation, interpretation of historical evidence and coherent presentation of results.
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Requirements
The programme is open to architects, landscape architects, archaeologists, horticulturists, land managers and other surveyors and suitably qualified candidates from other fields including conservationists, planners, geographers, engineers, and historians with a first degree or equivalent professional qualification or relevant experience. The programme is also available to graduates in other fields who wish to gain a vocational degree.
English requirements
IELTS 7.0 (with not less than 6.5 in each of the four components).
TOEFL 600 (paper-based test) or 250 (computer-based test) with a score of not less than 4 in TWE or 100 (internetbased test) with not less than 24 in each of the components.
References
One reference, signed and on headed paper, is required.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 7.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 600 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 250 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 100 |
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