Aim
The work experience is to provide the student a basic understanding of the requirements and possibilities of architecture within the branch of architecture which the organisation selected represents. The student is to be given the opportunity to gain insight into how actual problems and tasks with which an architect is confronted can be dealt with in a professional way and into the knowledge this requires.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• describe and analyse the architect’s professional role in relation to the surrounding society, the own office and the education

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

• professional handle some real problems and situations which an architect used to be confronted to and use appropriate knowledge this demands

• apply knowledge as learnt within the education in real projects at a professional work-place

• present architectural proposals to others in drawings, models, written text and pictures

• balance own ideas of architectural proposals with demands made by the work place / organisation or / and surrounding society

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

• cooperate with professional architects or other professional actors within the architect’s professional field in order to realize assignments given by the work place / organisation

• write a reflecting, theoretical and empirical paper dealing with professional issues and relate these to own experience

• participate actively in all daily routines of a work place and be able to act in a group of colleagues, clients and other actors in the society

Contents
The course consists of two parts as follows:

Practical work experience, 22 credit points

The work experience is to provide the student a basic understanding of the requirements and possibilities of architecture within the branch of architecture which the organisation selected represents. The student is to be given the opportunity to gain insight into how actual problems and tasks with which an architect is confronted can be dealt with in a professional way and into the knowledge this requires. The course involves close contact with an organisation engaged in architectural work and the student's taking part actively in as many aspects of the day-to-day work there as possible.

This external organisation is to provide the student an advisor available throughout the period in question. The advisor is to invest the time needed to support the student's work and to discuss each week the tasks to be carried out and the progress being made.

The student is responsible for establishing contact with this external organisation and making arrangements with it, supported in this by the on-the-job training coordinator.

Theoretical reflections/paper, 4 credit points
Create a better understanding of the possibilities and difficulties connected with architectural work. This second part of the course involves the student's writing a critical and theoretically oriented paper based on the experience gained and the observations made during the practical work carried out. The paper can be written as a report dealing with the architectural profession generally, the on-the-job experience amassed and critical reflections concerning the project. Requirements for passing: Presenting the paper at a seminar and its being adjudged to be acceptable. Seminars of this sort are scheduled by the on-the-job training coordinator 2-4 times a year.

Course registration requires that the student present to the studies advisor for the architectural program a standard contract drawn up with the place of work selected and signed by the student's advisor at LTH.

Literature
The literature for the course can be chosen in consultation with the on-the-job training coordinator and the organisation where the work is carried out.

Code: 0107. Name: Education at Architecture Office.
Higher education credits: 24. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Practical work experience under supervision at selected work place during at least 16 weeks. The supervisor shall after fulfilled work period confirm presence and active participation at the work place during the period. In case of illness the coordinator shall be informed in order to decide if the period of absence is reasonable in relation to the length of the work period or not. Contents: Education as professional practice at an architect office or other relevant place of work. (see above).

Code: 0207. Name: Paper.
Higher education credits: 6. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: To pass the theoretical part the student must write a theoretical/reflecting paper, which is to be presented at a seminar hold by the course coordinator 3 times per year. The paper shall be sent to the examiner and coordinator latest one week before the seminar. Presence and active participation at the seminar is required. Before the seminar the participators of the course shall read the other’s paper to prepare for a relevant discussion. Contents: Writing of a reflecting paper, seminar. See also above.