YEARBOOK 2016 - 2017 | XJTLU DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

ALA
Additional Learning Activities
Level 4
( Year 1+2 )
Module Credits
0
Hours
200 / Semester
Coordinator
Christian Gänshirt
All Master programmes in our university require 200 hours of
Additional Learning Activities (ALAs) to be undertaken each semester,
the majority of which are chosen by the students. These allow our
students to address their individual learning needs whilst contributing
to the community beyond the confines of the university. Some of these
activities must be undertaken during teaching periods, while others
can be pursued over the winter and summer breaks. At the beginning
of their studies, students with their individual Academic Advisors plan
their ALAs for the whole two years of the programme; this plan is then
updated at the beginning of each semester.
ALAs do not contribute to the marks of the students, but are assessed
on a pass/fail basis and are therefore non-credit bearing. The learning
activities students may choose include English, Spanish and Chinese
language and culture modules, personal and career development courses,
independent studies with a tutor, teaching and research assistantships,
select Level 3 and 4 modules, internships with architecture firms, study
trips, as well as a series of ALAs which accompany and support the
design studio modules.
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Postgraduate English (mandatory, if required by the programme director)
Postgraduate Spanish
Chinese language (mandatory for international students)
Chinese culture (mandatory for international students)
Graduate teaching assistantship
Graduate research assistantship
Graduate practice placement/internship
Participation in Level 3 or 4 lecture based modules in the built
environment cluster
Participation in Level 3 or 4 modules from other XJTLU departments
or the Language Centre
Selected topics in design tools and methods
Selected topics in advanced digital design
Selected topics in architectural research methods
Selected topics in architectural representation
Independent studies with an architecture tutor
Scholarly presentation of a research paper
Publication of a paper in a peer-reviewed architecture-related journal
Personal and employability skills
Reconstruded historical brick kiln
Imperial Kiln Museum, Suzhou
Level 04 – Year 1+2
M Arch Des Programme