Undergraduate Course: Professional Placement (ARCH10008)
Course Outline
School |
Edinburgh College of Art |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 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 |
Indicative course content
A period of recognised employment in which the student finds a placement or undertakes research in the work place, usually in landscape architecture or related professional office or business. Students will be allocated a placement tutor & be required to complete a logbook of their activities or a work place report.
Aims of course
1 To give students workplace experience in a built environment office or business.
2 To complement self directed research with work experience or research in a professional or business context.
3 To prepare students for the Landscape Institute's Pathway to Chartership process, undertaken after graduation.
Mode of delivery
Desk-based research. Fieldwork. Distance based individual mentoring and review. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
Pre-requisites
LA100002 Contemporary practice LA100003 Professional portfolio Research and Site Brief
Co-requisites
LA100002 Contemporary practice LA100003 Professional portfolio Research and Site Brief
Prohibited combinations
none
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Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2011/12 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: 150 |
Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
No Classes have been defined for this Course |
First Class |
First class information not currently available |
No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. demonstrate a working understanding and overview of how practices or businesses in the built environment operate in the professional context.
2. demonstrate a working understanding and overview of how projects in the built environment are designed & realised.
3. describe and evaluate chraracteristics, processes and contexts of practice or business in the built environment |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
Not entered |
Special Arrangements
Landscape Institute criteria: landscape design; professional context. |
Additional Information
Academic description |
Not entered |
Syllabus |
Not entered |
Transferable skills |
Not entered |
Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Green R (2001) The Architect&©s Guide to Running a Job. Arch. Press, Oxford. Harper R H (1997) A Student&©s Guide to the First Year in an Architect&©s Office. RIBA Publications. Speaight A & Stone G (2004) Architect's Legal Handbook: the law for architects. Elsevier Arch. Press. Burstein D (1982) Project management for the design professional. Arch. Press. See also references in stage 3 professional practice and portfolio review & reflective practice modules |
Study Abroad |
Not entered |
Study Pattern |
Contact hours 20 hours
Directed study 0 hours
Self-directed study 380 hours
Total 400 hours |
Keywords |
PROFESSIONAL LOG, REFLECTIVE PRACTICE. |
Contacts
Course organiser |
Mr John Stuart-Murray
Tel: 0131 221 6094
Email: j.murray@eca.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Rosemary Hall
Tel: 0131 221 6071
Email: r.hall@ed.ac.uk |
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