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AR50458: Practice 5

[Page last updated: 04 August 2021]

Academic Year: 2021/2
Owning Department/School: Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
Credits: 24 [equivalent to 48 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 480
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: PL 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Placement (PL 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Aims: To provide 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.

Programme availability:

AR50458 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering

Notes:

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