| Study programme competencies |
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Code
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Study programme competences
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| A13 |
Ability to conceive, calculate, design, integrate in buildings and urban units and execute interior partition walls, carpentry, stairs and other finished work (T) |
| A17 |
Ability to apply technical and construction standards and regulations |
| A19 |
Ability to maintain the finished work |
| A20 |
Ability to assess the construction works |
| A25 |
Adequate knowledge of conventional construction systems and pathology |
| A26 |
Adequate knowledge of the physical and chemical characteristics, production procedures, pathology and use of building materials |
| A29 |
Knowledge of administrative, management and professional procedures |
| A31 |
Knowledge of methods of measurement, assessment and expert´s report |
| A32 |
Knowledge of the project of health and safety at the construction site |
| A63 |
Development, presentation and public review before a university jury of an original academic work individually elaborated and linked to any of the subjects previously studied |
| B1 |
Students have demonstrated knowledge and understanding in a field of study that is based on the general secondary education, and is usually at a level which, although it is supported by advanced textbooks, includes some aspects that imply knowledge of the forefront of their field of study |
| B2 |
Students can apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and have competences that can be displayed by means of elaborating and sustaining arguments and solving problems in their field of study |
| B3 |
Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their field of study) to inform judgements that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues |
| B4 |
Students can communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist public |
| B5 |
Students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high level of autonomy |
| B6 |
Knowing the history and theories of architecture and the arts, technologies and human sciences related to architecture |
| B7 |
Knowing the role of the fine arts as a factor that influences the quality of architectural design |
| B9 |
Understanding the problems of the structural design, construction and engineering associated with building design and technical solutions |
| B10 |
Knowing the physical problems, various technologies and function of buildings so as to provide them with internal conditions of comfort and protection against the climate factors in the context of sustainable development |
| B11 |
"Knowing the industries, organizations, regulations and procedures involved in translating design concepts into buildings and integrating plans into planning " |
| B12 |
Understanding the relationship between people and buildings and between these and their environment, and the need to relate buildings and the spaces between them according to the needs and human scale |
| C1 |
Adequate oral and written expression in the official languages. |
| C3 |
Using ICT in working contexts and lifelong learning. |
| C4 |
Exercising an open, educated, critical, committed, democratic and caring citizenship, being able to analyse facts, diagnose problems, formulate and implement solutions based on knowledge and solutions for the common good |
| C5 |
Understanding the importance of entrepreneurial culture and the useful means for enterprising people. |
| C6 |
Critically evaluate the knowledge, technology and information available to solve the problems they must face |
| C7 |
Assuming as professionals and citizens the importance of learning throughout life |
| C8 |
Valuing the importance of research, innovation and technological development for the socioeconomic and cultural progress of society. |
| Learning aims |
| Learning outcomes |
Study programme competences |
| Partition systems: The student must acquire the ability to design interior partition systems and know the standards requirements in order to chose the appropriate system (performance).
The student must know how to prescribe the solution, the repair and the maintenance in accordance with the architectural project. |
A13
A17
A19
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B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
B7
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C1
C3
C6
C7
C8
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| Interior / Exterior finishes: The student must acquire the ability to use the materials used as interior/exterior finishes and know the standards requirements in order to chose the appropriate system (performance).
The student must know how to prescribe the solution, the repair and the maintenance in accordance with the architectural project. |
A13
A17
A19
A20
A25
A26
A29
A31
A32
A63
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B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
B7
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C1
C3
C4
C5
C6
C8
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| Vertical circulation systems: The student must acquire the ability to design vertical circulation systems and know the standards requirements in order to chose the appropriate system (performance).
The student must know how to prescribe the solution, the repair and the maintenance in accordance with the architectural project. |
A13
A17
A25
A26
A29
A31
A32
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B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
B7
B9
B10
B11
B12
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C1
C5
C6
C7
C8
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| The students must acquire the abilities to be a part of a multidisciplinary team (and to be able to lead it) that can design and build partition systems, vertical circulation systems as well as interior and exterior finishes;
They will learn the standards requirements in order to choose the appropriate system (performance). They will be able to prescribe (from a ecological sensitivity point of view) every solution, its repair and its maintenance, as well as estimate its cost, always in accordance with the architectural project. |
A20
A25
A26
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B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
B9
B10
B11
B12
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C4
C5
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| Contents |
| Topic |
Sub-topic |
| Lesson 01 PARTITION SYSTEMS |
Objectives, contents and sources of information.
Building-code requirements.
Drywalls.
Glass walls and movable/demountable partitions.
Masonry partitions.
Doors. |
| Lesson 02 VERTICAL CIRCULATION SYSTEMS |
Objectives, contents and sources of information.
Introduction.
Stairs and ramps.
Elevators.
Appendices. |
| Lesson 03 INTERIOR FINISHES |
Objectives, contents and sources of information.
Introduction.
Building-code requirements.
Floor systems.
Wall finishes.
Ceiling coverings.
Appendices. |
| Lesson 04 EXTERIOR PAVEMENTS |
Objectives, contents and sources of information.
Glossary.
Technical requirements.
Landscape construction.
Appendices. |
| Planning |
| Methodologies / tests |
Competencies |
Ordinary class hours |
Student’s personal work hours |
Total hours |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech |
A13 A17 A19 A20 A25 A26 A29 A31 A32 A63 B1 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B9 B10 B11 B12 C1 C3 C4 C5 C8 |
30 |
8 |
38 |
| Objective test |
A13 A17 A19 A20 A25 A26 A29 A31 A32 A63 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B9 B10 B11 B12 C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 |
2 |
8 |
10 |
| Multiple-choice questions |
A13 A17 A25 A26 A29 A31 A32 B1 B2 B3 B5 B7 B11 B12 C3 C6 C7 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Workshop |
A13 A17 A19 A20 A25 A26 A29 A31 A32 A63 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B9 B10 B11 B12 C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 |
30 |
60 |
90 |
| Supervised projects |
A25 A26 A31 A32 B1 B4 B5 B9 B10 C5 C6 C7 C8 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
| Events academic / information |
A25 A26 B3 B11 C6 C7 C8 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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| Personalized attention |
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1 |
0 |
1 |
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| (*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. |
| Methodologies |
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Methodologies |
Description |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech |
Lectures aim to provide to the student the knowledge of several building systems (interior partition systems, vertical circulation systems and interior/exterior finishes).
The standards requirements in order to choose the appropriate system (performance) will be explained, and each system will be analysed in order to know how to prescribe every solution, its repair and maintenance, as well as estimate its cost, always in accordance with the architectural project.
Reference documentation and several examples of buildings will be provided to learn from the mistakes and the decisions took. An intelligent knowledge is sought instead of rote learning.
Within the Moodle platform, students will have access to the subject's lessons, as well as various complementary and supporting documentation.
The student must pass an objective test and several multiple-choice questions. |
| Objective test |
The objective tests seek to verify the application of knowledge and the skills acquired by students. Students may use documentary support (books, own notes based on a practical case, etc.). It will be assessed as a whole, not each question. |
| Multiple-choice questions |
Students must complete four mandatory testing about different topics in order to promote learning and continuous assessment. These tests are carried out within the learning platform UDC Moodle. |
| Workshop |
The Workshop methodology includes the two modalities proposed in the study plan: the ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOP and the SUBJECT WORKSHOP.
The ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOP is a workspace where several subjects join around a project of architecture. The students develop an architectural project, agreed by the subjects that join the workshop, with the support and supervision of the workshop teachers. The content to develop, relative to the construction subject, is specified in the documentation that is delivered to the students at the beginning of the course.
The SUBJECT WORKSHOP is a modality where the students develop a task, usually an architectural project (in parallel to the specific work of the architecture workshop), with the support and supervision of the teachers of the subject.
The tasks of both workshops are based on the realization of practices/projects, in which the students apply the skills learnt during lectures. They learn the relationship between the compositional processes of architecture and its construction.
The practices are developed and corrected during the interactive sessions (practical classes of the subject and workshop).
During the interactive sessions, exercises from previous years are also presented, explaining and detailing the content of each part, serving as support for the workshop classes.
The assess of the tasks of the architecture workshop and the workshop of the subject will be weighted according to the requirements of each one of the works. Weighting will be specified, at the beginning of the semester, in a document that will be delivered to the students.
Mandatory partial deliveries may be raised.
The works will be uploaded to the Moodle platform and also printed when a teacher requests it. |
| Supervised projects |
The students (in group, up to three students, or individually), voluntarily, may participate in the competitions that the teachers suggest.
They will obtain a point that will be added to the qualification of the objective test –theory exam–, as long as they get the minimum mark. The members of the winning team will get 2 points.
IMPORTANT: In order to obtain these points, the students will have to submit the minimum documentation required in the competition rules and have been supervised by one of the teachers of the subject.
Note. The hours assigned to supervised projects, indicated in the planning of the subject, may be compensated with those assigned to the workshop. |
| Events academic / information |
Activities carried out by the students that imply attendance and/or participation in academic, scientific and/or informative events (congresses, conferences, symposiums, courses, seminars, conferences, exhibitions, etc.) with the aim of deepening their knowledge of topics of study related to the subject. |
| Personalized attention |
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Methodologies
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| Workshop |
| Supervised projects |
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| Description |
| Besides regular supervision during the workshop and practical classes (the projects will be developed in open sessions in the presence of all students), professors offer weekly office hours, and they will encourage students to use them for solving doubts and questions. |
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| Assessment |
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Methodologies
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Competencies |
Description
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Qualification
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| Events academic / information |
A25 A26 B3 B11 C6 C7 C8 |
Unless there is a good reason, in order to pass the subject at any of the opportunities, attendance at these events is required. |
0 |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech |
A13 A17 A19 A20 A25 A26 A29 A31 A32 A63 B1 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B9 B10 B11 B12 C1 C3 C4 C5 C8 |
In order to pass the subject (first and second opportunities), attendance required is at least 80%. Students with recognition of part-time dedication and academic waiver of attendance exemption: 50%.
When attendance is completed, it will be preserved in subsequent opportunities.
Students must pass an objective test and several multiple-choice questions tests. |
0 |
| Workshop |
A13 A17 A19 A20 A25 A26 A29 A31 A32 A63 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B9 B10 B11 B12 C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 |
Attendance required: 80%. Students with recognition of part-time dedication and academic waiver of attendance exemption: 50%.
The works will be uploaded to the Moodle platform and also printed when a teacher requests it.
Partial deliveries can be required. In that case, they are mandatory in order to the final work be graded.
The assessment for compulsory projects is not only restricted to content; the authorship must be proved (see comments).
There will be no compensation between this assessment and other marks of the subject.
In this section, all the tasks related to the architectural workshop and subject workshop will be assessed and pondered in proportion to their complexity. As previously indicated, the weighting applied in the evaluation of each work will be indicated, at the beginning of the course, in a document that will be delivered to the students.
The tasks will be valued out of 10 and will be averaged -when students get at least a 5 score (out of 10) in each work-, in the stipulated percentage, with the average mark of the objective test + Multiple-choice questions.
Students will not pass the task if they made serious mistakes such: non-compliance with technical codes; acoustical bridges; finishes: absence of expansion joints; stairs: wrong dimensions; contact between incompatible materials.
In order to pass, first year students must deliver every part of the architectural workshop. If not, they will obtain a "NO PRESENTADO" (absent from assessment).
According to the documentation from ETSAC degree in Architectural Studies memory, a Board of Assessment will be convened to analyze the results and resolve, if appropriate, specific cases of student assessment.
Students who fail the workshop at the first opportunity will have a second chance to pass. If they obtain a "NO PRESENTADO" (absent from assessment), they cannot attend the second opportunity.
Students who fail the specific part of the subject must develop in consecutive opportunities, with the appropriate adjustments, the project failed.
This will happen in all opportunities and calls. |
70 |
| Objective test |
A13 A17 A19 A20 A25 A26 A29 A31 A32 A63 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B9 B10 B11 B12 C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 |
The objective tests seek to verify the application of knowledge and the skills acquired by students.
Students may use documentary support (laptops, books and/or own notes).
In order to pass the objective test, students may get at least a 4 score (out of 10).
Mark will be preserved until the second opportunity (included).
Students will not pass the objective test if they made serious mistakes such: non-compliance with technical codes; acoustical bridges; finishes: absence of expansion joints; stairs: wrong dimensions; contact between incompatible materials. |
15 |
| Supervised projects |
A25 A26 A31 A32 B1 B4 B5 B9 B10 C5 C6 C7 C8 |
The student can get up to 2 points (see Methodologies) that will be added to the mark obtained in the objective test. |
0 |
| Multiple-choice questions |
A13 A17 A25 A26 A29 A31 A32 B1 B2 B3 B5 B7 B11 B12 C3 C6 C7 |
Students must complete four mandatory testing about different topics.
They must get at least a 5 score (out of 10) in each test (including penalizations). Three attempts in each are allowed with cumulative penalty of two points (first attempt: 0 points penalty, second attempt: 2 points, third attempt: 4 points).
When students get at least a 5 score (out of 10), mark will be preserved until second opportunity (included) (for each test independently).
These tests are carried out within the learning platform UDC Moodle. |
15 |
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Assessment comments |
In order to promote continuous assessment, attendance will be controlled and the final mark will depend on the attitude and the work of the student. Students must pass theoretical and practical tests (Objective test, Multiple-choice questions tests) and the workshop. This will confirm if the student assimilated the concepts, the competences, and methods of work of the subject. SIMULTANEOUS CONDITIONS TO PASS THE SUBJECT IN ALL OPPORTUNITIES: - Complete the required assistance.
- Workshop: at least 5 points (out of 10), each work.
- Objective test: at least a score of 4 (out of 10).
- Multiple choice questions: at least a score of 5 (out of 10), each test.
OVERALL AVERAGE MARK: Average between the mark of the objective test (plus the supervised projects) with the average of the multiple choice questions. This mark makes average with the workshop work/s. If the above conditions are not got, the same formula will be applied but the maximum rating will be restricted to 4,9 out of 10,0. The plagiarism or the fraudulent performance of objective tests or any other evaluation activities, once verified, will directly imply a failure grade "0" in the subject at the corresponding opportunity. Students who failed at the first opportunity will have a second chance to pass. If they obtain a "NO PRESENTADO" (absent from assessment), they cannot attend the second opportunity. If students do not get the minimum attendance or do not deliver every part of the subject (Objective test, Multiple-choice questions tests, Supervised projects and Workshop), then they will obtain a "NO PRESENTADO" (absent from assessment) (in each opportunity). Students with partial validations or exchange programs will have a set treatment for each case. The program of the subject, delivered at the beginning of the course, will include information about work/s, minimum contents, delivery dates, dates of multiple choice tests, etc. |
| Sources of information |
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Basic
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Sources of information can be found at the beginning of
each lesson (PDF archive). |
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