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Teaching GuideTerm Higher Technical University College of Architecture |
| Grao en Estudos de Arquitectura |
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| Structures 5 |
| Methodologies |
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| Identifying Data | 2023/24 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Structures 5 | Code | 630G02038 | |||||||||||
| Study programme |
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 2nd four-month period |
Fourth | Obligatory | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Methodologies | Description |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech | They constitute an important part of the student's face-to-face activity and are developed through a fundamentally expository method, trying, however, to involve the student, to the extent possible, in the stage of development of the topic exposed, providing them with the opportunity to ask questions and express ideas, leading in this way, by indirect influence, to the learning process. The exhibition is carried out with the support of audiovisual and computer media and is structured in the following stages: introduction, development, summary and bibliographic orientation. Punctuality: Out of respect for the rest of the students, the punctuality of the students is required. The teacher can set time limits for joining the class. There is attendance control, which must be active and not only in person. It is to be noted that not all the syllabus of the subject has to be developed through direct exposition of the teaching staff. The exhibition will focus on those aspects that are considered more important or more complex to acquire autonomously by the student. But the rest of the sections of the syllabus must be prepared by the student himself. Controls can be established that allow both the self-assessment of the student himself and the supervision by the teacher of the knowledge acquired. During the development of the course, depending on the existing heterogeneity characteristics, various controls can be established under the ICT platform or in person, in order to include student self-assessment criteria, which allows them to know their degree of content assimilation with the aim of in order to take the appropriate corrective educational measures. |
| Problem solving | Its contents can be: -Practical resolution of problems related to the subject. This resolution can be carried out by the teacher, by the students or in a mixed way. They are delivered weekly. -Theoretical-practical work. On the basis of bibliographic references, the development of parts of the subject is deepened. -Follow-up of the practical activities proposed in the subject. These practices are of significant importance since, although by themselves, they do not lead to knowledge of the subject, they allow the consolidation and clarification of the concepts acquired in the lectures, see the practical and professional applications of the knowledge that are being provided and therefore constitute the necessary complement to the theoretical training acquired. The project work of building structures, like all the project work in general, is a work with a strong component of self-learning and training, and that will be one of the objectives of this practical part: the acquisition of "trade" by the student , under the tutelage of the teacher and even with the essential collaborative reflection of the group. These activities are designed for students who attend the course continuously from the beginning, since it is in these first days where possible subgroups and practical topics to be developed are established, being part of the basis of these common themes for the entire course. The duration of these classes is 1.00 hour. The teacher can prevent access to the classroom or not collect a certain practical activity for a student who intends to enter the classroom with an excessive delay, damaging the collaborative work in the classroom. In any case, the arrival to an interactive class with a delay of more than 15 minutes, is considered NOT PERFORMED. This is extendable to the delivery of said activity, unless authorized by the teacher. In general, all practical activities are collected for evaluation, with the conditions established at all times. There may be practical activities that are developed throughout the school period, as a self-training of the student as a complement and preparation for the various objective tests. -Class practices: Developed during interactive classes (classes for subgroups), delivered or not as deemed appropriate at all times. They can be exclusively practical in content or contain theoretical development. They can also have a graphic, numerical or mixed component. Although they are individual, their resolution is done collaboratively and assisted by teachers. It is possible that practices are provided to the student as a self-training and complement to the teaching activity, which allow them to complement their knowledge about the subject and adequately prepare the various objective assessment tests. -Special class practices: Specific practices as a summary of each of the parts of the subject, carried out individually by the student and delivered during said class. They have a weight in the specific qualification. They are announced in advance in a timely manner and can have both theoretical and practical content. To carry it out, the use of a handwritten form A3 format (1 page on both sides), a calculator, the corresponding legal regulations and the documentation that, in each case, may be supplied for such purposes, will be allowed. In this aspect, what is stated in the exams section governs. |
| Supervised projects | -Course practices: Optionally they can be developed throughout the course as autonomous work of the student, although follow-up controls will be carried out throughout the semester. These practices allow the student to face cases closer to structural reality and their resolution, thus concretizing the knowledge acquired to the usual building problems. Depending on the aforementioned characteristics of heterogeneity, the development of this course practice may be individual or in a small group of students. This will be fixed in the presentation of the practice. Part of the class practices will deal with specific problems of these course practices and may be linked to the Workshop activity. In order not to overload the student with work for adults, it will be tried that these practices have a fundamentally structural content, focused on the theme that is being dealt with in the course. Thus, normally, they will be buildings for which architectural graphic documentation is delivered and in which it is necessary to define a certain structure. In the case of needing some type of architectural design, simple typologies are normally sought where the structural component predominates. As far as possible they will be linked and coordinated with each of the parts of the subject. They are therefore conceptually different from the WORKSHOP practice, where work is done on a building designed by the student himself and where he has to coordinate all his project effort in the various branches involved in the process. Regardless of what has been indicated, they may be totally or partially linked to the Workshop itself, depending on the specific characteristics of the work proposed in it. In the case of students who do not have a workshop, these practices will be based on the specific situation of the student. The teacher should be consulted the first few days. Normally they will try to make them look at a previous project carried out by the student, if this possibility exists. If they arise, during the course the specific conditions for this type of internship and its characteristics will be made explicit. It is not possible to fix them a priori since they will depend in part on the contents and themes defined by the coordination of the WORKSHOP, not available at the time of writing the present document. |
| Workshop | As mentioned, STRUCTURES 5, is included within the so-called WORKSHOP 8. This implies that it is highly convenient to have passed the materials corresponding to WORKSHOP 7. In the WORKSHOP the work proposed in it will be monitored, analyzing and reflecting on the project tools used to solve the project. The process by which the student has to integrate the various technologies, increasingly present, within their project work will be fundamental. The result of a good project will be precisely the integration of the various constructive, structural, regulatory, facilities, etc., aspects within the overall work. Remember what the current Undergraduate Study Plan indicates regarding the workshop (art. 5.1.2. And following). |
| Mixed objective/subjective test | The final exams will be adjusted to the official calendars established by the Center, having an estimated duration of 4 hours. Identification by means of DNI or equivalent official documentation may be required, being an essential condition for conducting the exam. A single handwritten A3 format sheet will be allowed for each part of the course, calculator, the corresponding legal regulations (without annotations in it) and any documentation that, in each case, may be supplied for such purposes. Any other type of documentation and the use of communication media is expressly prohibited. The use of electronic devices beyond traditional calculators is not allowed. In case of doubt, it is advisable for the student to consult whether a certain device can be used in any of these tests. In general, no device that allows Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or similar connection will be allowed. Mobile phones, smartphones, i-pods, tablets, computers, devices with headphones, programmable calculators, etc. will not be allowed. These exams will cover the diverse knowledge acquired during the course, being able to have a theoretical and practical component, having to reach a minimum level of knowledge in each one of the parts of the subject that is evaluated. The exam grade is in accordance with the UDC grading standards (grade 0-10), applied to the part in which the student has not passed. In the specific case of presentation for exam with a part not passed, the grade obtained will be a condition of passing that part, making the corresponding average with the rest of the course grade. There is no provision for “saving” grades from one course to the next. In other words, a student who does not pass the subject on the 2nd opportunity, even if only has a pending part, the following year must follow up on the entirety of it, with the exception of WORKSHOP 8, which has specific grading standards already contemplated in The study plan These exams will be governed by the so-called "Regulations for the Conduct and Review of exams and assignments" of the UDC that is in force at all times. Regardless of the specific and particular instructions for each exam, in addition to its overall qualification, a partial pass is required from each of the parties, and these are not directly compensable for each other. This is because the subject has 3 clearly differentiated parts. For example, a student with an excellent grade in Factory and Wood, but with very serious deficiencies in Prestressed Concrete, is not admissible. Regardless of what is legally indicated on possible teacher fraud, any of the following situations will be considered as serious disciplinary offenses and, consequently, the automatic qualification of SUSPENSION (0): -Impersonation of a partner in attendance checks or activities -this fault extends to both the impersonating student and the impersonating student. -Fraudulent performance of practices and controls by a person other than the signing student. -Copy of practices. -Copy of exams. -Equivalent situations -Plagiarism |
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