Undergraduate Course: Professional Placement (ARCH10008)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 40 | 
ECTS Credits | 20 | 
 
 
| Summary | 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. | 
 
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    Not entered
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  Co-requisites  
ARCH10009 Contemporary practice, ARCH10010 Professional portfolio and ARCH10011Research and Site Brief 
 
Prohibited combinations  
none | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |   
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - demonstrate a working understanding and overview of how practices or businesses in the built environment operate in the professional context.
 - demonstrate a working understanding and overview of how projects in the built environment are designed & realised.
 - document and evaluate personal development in a professional context.
 
     
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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 |   
 
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Special Arrangements | 
Landscape Institute criteria: landscape design; professional context. | 
 
| Keywords | PROFESSIONAL LOG,REFLECTIVE PRACTICE. | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr Ross McLean 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5796 
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Course secretary | Mrs Karen Biggar 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5803 
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