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ARCT41290

Academic Year 2024/2025

MAUCA Internship (ARCT41290)

Subject:
Architecture
College:
Engineering & Architecture
School:
Architecture, Plan & Env Pol
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
30
Module Coordinator:
Dr Philip Crowe
Trimester:
Summer
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
Yes
Module Type:
Professional/Work Placement Module
How will I be graded?
Pass/Fail (GPA Neutral)

Curricular information is subject to change.

The Linked Research Project (LRP) (PLACEMENT) is an opportunity to consolidate, build on and use
the theory, knowledge, skills and learnings acquired during the autumn and spring trimesters of the
MAUCA programme, and to develop a range of skills in their application to the LRP.
The LRP will help students gain insight into their own capacity for creativity, perseverance and critical
thinking.
Students will take part in relevant projects in a company or research group and deliver a report to a high
academic and professional standard.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

Demonstration of the ability to integrate classroom theory into research and/or practice.
Learnings will be specific to the nature of the placement.

Indicative Module Content:

The placements can be on any project (within a research group or a company) that relates in some way to the MSc Architecture Urbanism and Climate Action course content.
Students must demonstrate that they can connect/relate the work back to their studies.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Placement/Work Experience

600
Total

600

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Active / task based learning; work experience; critical and/or reflective writing.

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
Report(s): Students will take part in relevant projects in a company or research group and deliver a report to a high
academic and professional standard.		 Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12, Week 14, Week 15 Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes
100
 Yes

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

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

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

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