Undergraduate Course: Professional Placement (ARCH10008)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
A period of recognised employment in which the student finds a placement or undertakes research in the work place, usually in landscape architecture or related professional office or business. Students will be allocated a placement tutor & be required to complete a logbook of their activities or a work place report.
Aims of course
1 To give students workplace experience in a built environment office or business.
2 To complement self directed research with work experience or research in a professional or business context.
3 To prepare students for the Landscape Institute's Pathway to Chartership process, undertaken after graduation.
Mode of delivery
Desk-based research. Fieldwork. Distance based individual mentoring and review. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Pre-requisites
LA100002 Contemporary practice LA100003 Professional portfolio Research and Site Brief
Co-requisites
LA100002 Contemporary practice LA100003 Professional portfolio Research and Site Brief
Prohibited combinations
none |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 50 |
| Location |
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Weeks |
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. demonstrate a working understanding and overview of how practices or businesses in the built environment operate in the professional context.
2. demonstrate a working understanding and overview of how projects in the built environment are designed & realised.
3. describe and evaluate chraracteristics, processes and contexts of practice or business in the built environment |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
Not entered |
Special Arrangements
| Landscape Institute criteria: landscape design; professional context. |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Green R (2001) The Architect's Guide to Running a Job. Arch. Press, Oxford. Harper R H (1997) A Student's Guide to the First Year in an Architect's Office. RIBA Publications. Speaight A & Stone G (2004) Architect's Legal Handbook: the law for architects. Elsevier Arch. Press. Burstein D (1982) Project management for the design professional. Arch. Press. See also references in stage 3 professional practice and portfolio review & reflective practice modules |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 20 hours
Directed study 0 hours
Self-directed study 380 hours
Total 400 hours |
| Keywords | PROFESSIONAL LOG, REFLECTIVE PRACTICE. |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr John Stuart-Murray
Tel: 0131 221 6094
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Rosemary Hall
Tel: 0131 221 6071
Email: |
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