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ARCT40490

Academic Year 2024/2025

Urban Design Professional Practice (ARCT40490)

Subject:
Architecture
College:
Engineering & Architecture
School:
Architecture, Plan & Env Pol
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Mr Alan Mee
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
Module Type:
Professional/Work Placement Module
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module provides the framework for the understanding and application of urban design professional practice, and includes aspects of planning, landscape, architecture and law, together with analysis of current and emerging best practice case studies.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this Module, students will have:
• Knowledge of the evolving professional practices across urban design, planning, landscape, and architecture in Ireland and internationally
• examined the relationship between four aligned professional practices for urban design
• the skills to interface with urban design professional practice, its relationship to aligned professional practices, and to understand the legal context, various statutory bodies, the frameworks within which they operate, and their roles in the urban design process and practice.

Indicative Module Content:

Studio and Lecture based outlines and demonstrations of knowledge, methods and skills in urban design professional practice, for urban description, prescription and design in practice.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24

Practical

8

Specified Learning Activities

46

Autonomous Student Learning

24

Total

102


Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Active/task-based learning; peer and group work; lectures; critical writing; reflective learning, studio and 'blended' work; enquiry & problem-based learning; debates; case-based learning; student presentations, etc.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Essay including description of urban design professional practice case study Week 12 Graded Yes

100

Yes

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.