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ARCT40020

Academic Year 2024/2025

Research & Innovation in the Designed Environment (ARCT40020)

Subject:
Architecture
College:
Engineering & Architecture
School:
Architecture, Plan & Env Pol
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Assoc Professor Samantha Martin
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

The course offers a series of small-group thematic seminars. One of these seminars is to be taken in order to explore through readings, fieldwork and presentation the evolution, production, perception, and innovation of the designed environment. Studies will engage with a range of pressures that have moulded the designed environment in the past and demand changes for the future. These may include: the social and cultural, historical, geographical as well as the environmental and technical. The structure of the programme will involve group seminars, assignments, and presentations. In addition, there will be presentations on research methods. Attendance in the seminar meetings is mandatory. Any student who accrues more than two unexcused absences during the trimester will be penalized with a drop of 1/3 of their final grade.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to: 1.Establish individual research skills and develop critical thinking as instruments for appraisal and innovation in the culture of architecture and landscape. 2. Have acquired the skills of communication and documentation of research and critical thinking. 3. Attend, participate and engage in class discussions.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Autonomous Student Learning

90
Lectures

10
Seminar (or Webinar)

15
Total

115

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module aims to cultivate research methods in the discipline of architecture. Students are guided in: choosing and defining a research topic, writing and honing a research proposal, and evaluating quality of sources. Independent research and writing skills are emphasised overall. Furthermore, participation in the module encompasses practical skills, such as assessing and using archives and compiling bibliographies.

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

Not yet recorded.

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
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
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students are offered feedback on individual assignments which are submitted for a grade. If students submit drafts of assignments, then comments and feedback may be given prior to summative assessment. When group projects are included in the module, students are offered feedback, post-assessment.

Name Role
Professor Finola O'Kane Crimmins Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Nasrin Seraji Lecturer / Co-Lecturer

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks Mon 11:00 - 12:50
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