ARCT40080

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. 4. Develop a research proposal into a fully-referenced 5000-word essay (or equivalent output) incorporating a literature review and a full bibliography.

Indicative Module Content:

- choosing and defining a research topic
- writing and honing a research proposal
- evaluating quality of sources
- referencing and citation
- structuring a long essay (+5000 words)
-compiling a literature review
- compiling an annotated bibliography
- locating and identifying relevant sources
- accessing and using archives

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

The module cohort will be divided into 2-3 seminar groups, depending on the module size. These overarching groups have intentionally broad themes. There are two main forms of class meetings. Firstly, students will meet with their tutors in weekly seminars to discuss readings and sources on a core theme and to present research material. The individual tutors will choose the readings and direct the groups as they see fit. Secondly, all students will gather together 2/3 times over the semester for lectures that cover research methods and theory. The model's approaches facilitate the acquisition of essential research methods, enabling a greater flexibility of topics and allowing the cross-fertilization of ideas within the module as a whole.
Approaches to teaching and learning may include small group seminar teaching and learning, task-based learning, peer and group work, critical writing, student presentations and lectures. These will vary across the seminar groups.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy

 

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 will receive feedback individually on their research proposal, literature review and outline. General feedback will be given during the seminars.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.