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AR40097: Placement MArch

[Page last updated: 15 October 2020]

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2020/1
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
Further information on credits Credits: 24      [equivalent to 48 CATS credits]
Further information on notional study hours Notional Study Hours: 480
Further information on unit levels Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Further information on teaching periods Period:
Semester 1
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: PL 100%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Placement (PL 100%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Description: Aims:
To provides practical experience of architectural design and/or building construction. To develop integrated design and professional practice skills introduced during the first degree in architecture. More detailed aims and objectives are stipulated in the RIBA Practice Logbook/Professional Experience and Development Record (PEDR) that every student is required to complete, with his/her employer, as partial fulfilment of this unit.

Learning Outcomes:
On the successful completion of this unit students will have demonstrated an ability to integrate design and professional skills in the work place.

Skills:
Integration of design and professional skills (such as Computer Aided Design) within the work place.

Content:
A three-month period of practical training to be recorded in the student's RIBA Practice Logbook/Professional Experience and Development Record. The Placement Tutor scrutinises and counter-signs the RIBA Practice Logbook/PEDR completed by the student and signed by their Work Place Supervisor.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

AR40097 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
  • UEAR-ANM08 : MArch(Hons) Architecture with Thin sandwich placement(s) (Year 1)

Notes:

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