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 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) | |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% | |
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| 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 Research 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. |
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AR50440 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
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