Undergraduate Course: Academic Portfolio Review (ARCH09020)
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 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Indicative course content 
A review all of the design projects undertaken in the first three stages of the BA(Hons) programme, through the compilation of an individual portfolio and an accompanying reflective text. 
 
Aims of course 
1 The compilation of a personal portfolio and a self assessment of individual development as a designer will assist the student in their development as a reflective practitioner and in obtaining a placement during stage 4. 
 
Mode of delivery 
Individual tutorials and directed reading. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  Pre-requisites  
none 
 
Co-requisites  
none 
 
Prohibited combinations  
none | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15  Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  50 | 
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Web Timetable  | 
	
Web Timetable | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
15/09/2014 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
200
(
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6,
 Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 4,
 Formative Assessment Hours 2,
 Summative Assessment Hours 7,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
177 )
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| Additional Notes | 
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. use the portfolio format to communicate landscape architectural knowledge & information.  
2. organise and synthesise different landscape architectural representations chronologically & spatially in a portfolio format. 
3. self-review personal development as a designer though reflection & with reference to key texts.  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| Students must pass all learning outcomes. The aggregation of failed Learning outcomes with passing learning outcomes to generate an overall pass mark is not permitted. Failure of one learning outcome will result in a Forced Fail (FF) outcome.  Students are permitted two attempts to pass this course. |  
 
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  
Doidge, C. Sara, R. Parnell, R. Parsons, M. The crit: an architecture student's handbook Lawson, B. How designers think: the design process demystified.  Linton, H. Portfolio Design   Marjanovic, I. Ray, K. R. Lokko, L. N. N. The portfolio: an architecture student's handbook Schon, D. A. Educating the reflective practitioner: toward a new design for teaching and learning in the professions | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
Contact hours 15 hours 
Directed study 185 hours 
Self-directed study 0 hours 
Total 200 hours | 
 
| Keywords | PORTFOLIO, REFLECTIVE PRACTICE, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr John Stuart-Murray 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5798 
Email: j.stuart-murray@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale 
Tel: 0131 651 5803 
Email: m.dingsdale@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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