AR50515: Professional experience
[Page last updated: 16 January 2023]
| Academic Year: | 2022/23 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
- Dissertation period
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| Assessment Summary: | CW50PR50 |
 Assessment Detail: |
- Assessment detail for this unit will be available shortly.
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
Before taking this module you must take AR50514
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| Learning Outcomes:
| By the end of this unit, you will be able to:
- Comply with the relevant professional codes of conduct (e.g. ARB and RIBA)
- Be honest and act with integrity, ethics and in a professional manner
- Be conscious of the Architect's obligation to their client, society and the profession
- Commit to identifying their own individual development needs and the obligation for Continued Professional Development (CPD)
- Be able to act professionally when working independently and as part of a team, including communicating clearly with all stakeholders.
- Be able to offer impartial advice on construction related issues, relevant legislation and risks and identify and describe client and end user requirements, priorities and objectives.
- Be able to work with an understanding of the relevant statutory and legal requirements during project development so that the risk of harm to those who build, use and maintain buildings is reduced.
- Be able to engage in business development and administration including contributing to business strategy development, evaluating resources, planning, implementing and recording projects tasks, and supervise the work of junior staff including Architectural Assistants.
- Be able to coordinate and engage in design team interaction, resolve construction related challenges and disputes, where appropriate, undertake construction inspection responsibilities, including completing site visits and commenting on contractors and sub-contractors work in relation to architectural drawings.
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| Synopsis: | Students will be required to prepare a Career Appraisal based on their academic and practical experience. This will record how their experience demonstrates that each of the relevant, learning outcomes has been achieved. Following submission of the Career Appraisal, the student will be required to attend a Professional interview to test their ability to evaluate, communicate and reflect on how the learning outcomes have been met and applied through their experience.
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| Content: | The Career Appraisal should refer to the candidate's academic and practical experience to demonstrate how each of the learning outcomes have been met and applied. The document should include sections on:
- Candidate's introduction to the profession
- Academic experience- Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
- Practice Experience
- Current role and project work
- Self-evaluation analysis
- Career strengths & weaknesses
- Any specialist career interest
- Career professional development strategy including future professional development goals
The document should be provided as narrative text, illustrated with drawings, photographs, graphics and visuals, along with descriptive annotations as required. The learning outcomes should be covered in the section(s) that illustrate how they have been met and applied.
The questions asked by the panel in the Professional interview will vary depending on the review of the previously submitted Career Appraisal but the following outline is provided as guidance:
- Clarify the evidence in the Career Appraisal and verify that the student was the author of the Career Appraisal submitted
- Confirm and validate understanding of the behaviours
- Explore the practical application of knowledge, skills and behaviours including the use of software
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| Programme availability: |
AR50515 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:
Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2022/23 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2023/24 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2022/23.
- Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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