11319 Masters Architectural Design Pre-thesis
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Credit points: 6 cp
Result type: Grade and marks
Requisite(s): ((48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04235 Master of Architecture OR 192 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10413 Bachelor of Design Architecture Master of Architecture) AND 11551 Masters Architectural Design Studio 1 AND 11552 Masters Architectural Design Studio 2)
Description
For subject description, contact UTS: Design, Architecture and Building.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject also contributes to the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes:
- Establish and develop an informed and ethical position towards social, technical and environmental issues and practices (A.1)
- Communicate ideas professionally and effectively through a variety of mediums: oral, written, visual, physical and digital (C.2)
- Produce inspirational responses that demonstrate the successful integration of sub-disciplinary areas of knowledge: history, theory, tectonics and/or practice (I.1)
- Understand and challenge disciplinary conventions through an engagement with emergent forms of architectural practice, technologies and modes of production (P.1)
- Position work within an extended and critically reasoned context through the identification, evaluation and application of relevant academic references and architectural case studies (R.1)
- Define, develop and apply an appropriate design method in the execution of an architectural project (R.2)
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Assessment Task 1- Research Progress Review
| Intent: | Assess the quality of early research work, including the quality of the research question, scope and suitability of sources and references, and reearch method. |
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| Objective(s): | This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): A.1, R.1 and R.2 |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 40% |
Assessment task 2: Assessment Task 2-Final Review
| Intent: | Assess the quality of the research project, its method, references and critical positioning, and its capacity to develop a well resolved subsequent thesis design project. |
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| Objective(s): | This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): C.2, I.1, P.1 and R.1 |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 60% |