Module Details
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Title ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH GROUP PLACEMENT
Code ARCH709
Coordinator Mr MW Knight
Architecture
M.W.Knight@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2019-20 Level 7 FHEQ Second Semester 30

Aims

To gain an understanding of the context and nature of a particular research field in architecture.

To develop research skills in that area.

To produce a contribution to research understanding for the chosen research area.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) To become aware of the nature or architectural research in a particular field within the field of architecture and visual arts.

(LO2) To develop a deeper understanding of current research lines within that area.

(LO3) To appreciate how research into that particular line is undertaken, including the sources and techniques used to carry out research.

(LO4) To apply the knowledge in an assigned task related to a contemporary research issue directed by the research group.

(S1) Organisational skills.

(S2) Critical thinking and problem solving - Creative thinking.

(S3) Problem solving skills.

(S4) Research management developing a research strategy, project planning and delivery, risk management, formulating questions, selecting literature, using primary/secondary/diverse sources, collecting & using data, applying research methods, applying ethics.

Syllabus
 

The student will choose a Research Group/theme with help from the Programme Director. There will be a spectrum of choice offered from History and Theory through to Architectural Technologies. The programme for this module will be set by the research group to which the student is attached. The student will be engaged in contributing to a current research project being undertaken to the chosen research group. The tasks assigned will be appropriate to the particular field and the particular project being undertaken.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Tutorial
Description: individual tutorials with assigned member of academic staff
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided

Self-Directed Learning Description: directed and self-directed research into topic area

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours     24

       24
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 276
TOTAL HOURS 300

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Assessment 1 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :2  exact nature and len    100       

Recommended Texts
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