Course - Self-programmed Independent Course - AAR4908
Self-programmed Independent Course
Assessments and mandatory activities may be changed until September 20th.
About
About the course
Course content
The course offers the student the opportunity to independently choose a topic within architectures field of knowledge and skills in collaboration with a supervisor from one of the architectural departments. The supervisor must be associate professor or professor and preferably the same for both the combined subjects. The student must make an agreement with the supervisor well in advance and formulate a description of the assignment / learning activities. The description must also contain an overview of course materiel, a timetable, the planned frequency of individual guidance and a preliminary overview of the works that will be submitted for examination. The supervisor must sign the description and approve that it is in accordance with the Learning Outcomes of the course. The student must send the approved and signed description to the faculty no later than a week before the application deadline for course registration. The supervisor must organize the examination in the same semester.
Learning outcome
Knowledge: The candidate ... - has advanced knowledge within the knowledge field of architecture and can apply this knowledge in their own architectural work. Skills: The candidate ... - is in command of a range of architectural methods, tools and forms of expression. - is able to navigate within research and development in the field of architecture and can apply such knowledge in their own architectural work. General competence: The candidate ... - takes independent responsibility for their own learning and professional development and is able to apply their knowledge in new fields. - is able to reflect critically and ethically on their own architectural work and create new frameworks for understanding - is able to communicate architectural work at a professional level and in an academic context.
Learning methods and activities
To be decided by student and supervisor in advance. See the paragraph Academic content.
The student is encouraged to include an excursion to study architecture or urbanism in situ as part of the course. The excursion is organized and financed by the student herself.
The course places great demands on the student's ability to plan their own learning activities and to do independent architectural work under supervision.
Further on evaluation
Assessment in the course: The submitted work forms the basis for the assessment.
Re-sit exam: A re-sit exam is normally scheduled for the next examination period.
In cases of valid absence or failure of the submitted the portfolio, the student may register for the deferred exam. Students who fail the ordinary assessment must submit a revised portfolio in accordance with the examiner’s feedback.
Appeal: If the grade differs from the original assessment, the student must give a new oral presentation.
Course repetition: New material must be submitted that is different from the original submission.
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Architecture (MAAR)
Architecture (MAAR2)
Required previous knowledge
This course is not available to exchange students.
Completed three years basic courses in architecture, bachelor's degree in architecture, or equivalent.
Students in MAAR program: The student must have met the progression requirements outlined in the study plan description for the integrated five-year Master’s program in Architecture and has successfully completed all compulsory design studio courses during the first three years of architectural studies at NTNU or an equivalent accredited institution.
Course materials
To be decided by student and supervisor in advance. See the paragraph Academic content.
Subject areas
- Architecture