Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for
participation in the module
The student must have knowledge, skills and competencies within the
architectural design and engineering field corresponding to the
completion of the MSc01 and MSc02 Architectural Engineering
education or similar.
Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
The objective is to give the students the necessary skills to
participate in the academic and professional practice within the
fields of Architecture, Design and Planning (or related areas) as
contributing scholars and researchers by training the basic
academic skills of paper writing and design of research methodology
seen in light of the adequate positions within theories of science
/ philosophy of science. Students who complete the module:
Learning objectives
Knowledge
• Must have knowledge about the academic production process, the
systems of research quality assessments and monitoring governing
the field of research and the channels for publication and
dissemination of academic knowledge • Must be able to understand
societal and contextual conditions for a situation of increasing
‘scientification’ of practice fields • Must be able to understand
how the ‘state-of-the-art’ within academic fields of relevance are
emerging and how these are evolving
Skills
• Must be able to apply established models for paper writing and
methodological reflection to a specific case within architecture,
design or planning • Must be able to write a methodologically
reflective paper which positions itself in relation to relevant and
adequate positions within theories of science / philosophy of
science • Must be able to evaluate the paper in relation to
established practices and systems of academic research
Competences
• Must have competencies to write an academic paper and/or a design
for research methodology relating to the state-of-the-art of
knowledge production within architecture, design or planning
Type of instruction
See general description of the types of instruction described in
the introduction to Chapter 3
Exam
Exams
| Name of exam | Methodology and Theories of Science |
| Type of exam | Written or oral exam |
| ECTS | 5 |
| Permitted aids | Without aids |
| Assessment | Passed/Not Passed |
| Type of grading | Internal examination |
| Criteria of assessment | As stated in the framework
Provisions. |
