Undergraduate Course: Architecture Placement: Working Learning (ARCH10004)
Course Outline
| School |
Edinburgh College of Art |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Placement |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
40 |
| Home subject area |
Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
This module introduces and elaborates upon aspects of architectural practice, including the architect/client relationship, professional bodies, current legislation and methods of procurement. The module offers an opportunity or workplace learning as it is undertaken during the placement period, a continuous period of recognised employment (or related activity agreed with the Placement tutor) during which a student undertakes a programme of work experience in an architects office or similar place of work. Students understanding of specified aspects of architectural practice is tested through on-line submissions during the placement period. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 15:50 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 18, Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. Semester 1, weeks 1-10, Tuesdays, 14.00-15.30 in eca Main Lecture Theatre (E22). |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, the student will be able to demonstrate using written communication: 1. Awareness of the regulatory and business framework which provides a context for the delivery of architectural design; including the duties and obligations laid down in professional codes of conduct and health and safety legislation in the workplace; 2. Knowledge of the context of practice, the professional groupings in construction, the value of team working, and one's own place within these groupings; 3. An awareness of professionalism, the relationship to the client and the role of the professional bodies.
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Assessment Information
| Learning outcomes are assessed by coursework assignments related to the lectures and individual study/research. Coursework proformas submitted online via VLE/webCT. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords |
Professionalism, work-based learning |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Mr Liam Ross
Tel: (0131 6)50 2308
Email: liam.ross@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Rosemary Hall
Tel: 0131 221 6071
Email: r.hall@ed.ac.uk |
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