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AR50440: Professional practice placement

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
Credits: 30      [equivalent to 60 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 600
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 3 (Summer)
Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Coursework (CW 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
To provide Industry-relevant professional development through a comprehensive and well-rounded knowledge and experience of building design, producing graduates who can communicate and work with different stakeholders, such as clients, the public, and other industry professionals.

Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:
* Synthesize the technical knowledge from the taught stage of the programme into L-C strategies that advance the modern building design process.
* Integrate the above to pursue design and engineering processes that are constrained by real-world resources and client demands.
* Assess how their dissertation proposal could be developed into a viable research consultancy project.
* Refine the key outcomes of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Methods unit to reflect revisions in their original dissertation proposal.
* Assess the viability and true impact of their proposed industry relevant deliverables.
* Advance their professional profile within the placement company, and the wider professional industry.

Skills:

* Multi-disciplinary team working within a real modern building design team environment. (F, A)
* Identifying key industry-relevant research themes to support the rationale behind their chosen topic. (F, A)
* Developing the real-world applicability and industry-impact of their proposed deliverables. (F, A)
* Management and employability skills in practice. (F)
* Disseminating and evaluating complex L-C strategies to a multi-disciplinary industry audience. (F, A)

Content:

* Introduction to professional practice
* Integrated knowledge management
* Multi-disciplinary team working in practice
* Business operations and the design process in professional practice
* Developing low-carbon strategies with impact
* Evaluating low-carbon strategies in practice. 		You must complete all taught components of the MSc Modern Building Design before taking this unit.
Programme availability:

AR50440 is a Designated Essential Unit 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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