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AR50439: Â鶹´«Ã½ methods & professional practice

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CW 70%, OR 30%
Assessment Detail:
  • Presentation (OR 30%)
  • Dissertation Proposal (CW 70%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
Â鶹´«Ã½ Methods will equip students to explore dissertation topics, before and during, their professional practice placement and conduct independent research work in the field of low carbon building design.

Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:
* Demonstrate the ability to carrying out independent research with academic and technical rigour.
* Support the rationale for a focused research dissertation topic.
* Propose clear aims, hypotheses or research questions.
* Develop achievable objectives mapped to appropriate methodologies.
* Review the current state of the art in their chosen topic and identify advances that may be explored.
* Propose industry relevant deliverables.
* Plan a chapter structure around which research may be mapped.
* Demonstrate a systematic approach to planning and milestones.

Skills:

* Collating key research themes to support the value of their chosen topic. (T, F, A)
* Identifying the limits and boundaries to the proposed work. (T, F, A)
* Mapping research methodologies to key objectives. (T, F, A)
* Assessing professional-applicability and industry-impact of deliverables. (T, F, A)
* Management and employability skills to facilitate dissemination of complex L-C strategies. (T, F, A)
* Presenting and defending their dissertation proposal to an academic/industry panel. (T, F, A)

Content:

* How to select an appropriate dissertation topic.
* Critical evaluation of on-line peer-reviewed journal resources.
* Devising clear aims and objectives.
* Dissertation structure and presentation format.
* Â鶹´«Ã½ methodologies, their application and synthesis.
* Mapping your dissertation proposal to professional practice.
* Dissertation proposal presentation skills.
Programme availability:

AR50439 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • 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.
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