Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
15.0 h
Q1
This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2019-2020 !
Teacher(s)
Bragard Philippe;
Language
English
Prerequisites
None.
Main themes
Basis of history of fortification, main principles of military architecture; specific themes : adaptation of castles to gunpowder, relationship between ramparts and town planning, theory of fortification, "plans en reliefs", technical history of artillery, bastioned walls in the Low Countries, etc.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | The student will have an information on historical fortification and military arts in general. He will be able to know the particular vocabulary, sould make a documentary research (specialised libraries and documentation centers) in this matter and will be competent to evaluate such an heritage connected with history of technology. He should prepare a file on this matter. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
Courses based on ppt, visits of examples of architecture military, seminar in the National museum for art and History in Luxemburg, library on fortification (coll. Jordan).
Teaching methods
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Evaluation methods
Oral examination and presentation of a personal work.
Other information
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Bibliography
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Faculty or entity
ARKE
