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graduate
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# Module

**Source**: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/degrees/module/?code=ARC8051
**Parent**: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/degrees/5383f/

[Postgraduate Study](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/)

- [Careers](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/)
- [Library](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/)
- [Current Students](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/students/)
- [Staff](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/staffandstudents/)
- [News & Press](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/)
- [Events](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/university-events/)
- [Contact](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/contact/)

[Logo](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/ "Newcastle University")

Postgraduate Study

- [Who we Are](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/)

  [Who we Are](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/)
  - [Excellence and impact](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/excellence-impact/)
    - [Research Excellence](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/excellence-impact/research-excellence/)
    - [Teaching and Student Experience](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/excellence-impact/teaching-and-experience/)
    - [Graduate Employability](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/excellence-impact/employability/)
    - [League Tables and Rankings](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/excellence-impact/rankings/)
    - [Our Strengths](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/excellence-impact/strengths/)
    - [Engagement and Place](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/excellence-impact/engagement/)
    - [Research Strategy](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/excellence-impact/research-strategy/)
    - [Education Strategy](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/excellence-impact/education-strategy/)
  - [Social and Environmental Justice](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/social-environmental-justice/)
    - [Social Justice](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/social-environmental-justice/social-justice/)
    - [Sustainability](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/sustainability/)
    - [University of Sanctuary](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/social-environmental-justice/sanctuary/)
  - [Our Campuses](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/our-campuses/)
    - [Faculties, Schools and Research Units](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/our-campuses/faculties-schools-research/)
    - [Newcastle Campus](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/our-campuses/newcastle-campus/)
    - [NUMed Malaysia](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/numed/)
    - [Singapore Campus](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/singapore/)
  - [Our People](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/people/)
  - [Global](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/global/)
  - [Structure and Governance](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/structure/)
    - [Transparency](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/structure/transparency/)
    - [Office for Students Transparency Data](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/structure/transparency-information/)
    - [Access and Participation](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/structure/access-and-participation/)
    - [Brand Hub](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/brand-hub/)
    - [Deans](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/executive/deans/)
    - [Key Dates](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/key-dates/)
  - [Our Partnerships](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/partnerships/)
  - [History of Newcastle University](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/history/)
  - [Contact Us](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/contact/)
    - [Maps and Directions](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/contact/maps/)
- [Study with Us](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/)

  [Study with Us](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/)
  - [Undergraduate](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/)
    - [Find a Degree](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/)
    - [Subject Areas](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/subjects/)
    - [Applications and Offers](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/applications-offers/)
      - [Undergraduate Application Advice](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/applications-offers/application-advice/)
      - [Step-by-Step Guide for UK Students](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/applications-offers/uk-students/)
      - [Step-by-Step Guide for International and EU Students](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/applications-offers/international/)
      - [Applying through UCAS](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/applications-offers/ucas/)
      - [Entry Requirements](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/applications-offers/entry-requirements/)
        - [A and AS Levels](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/applications-offers/entry-requirements/a-levels/)
      - [Personal statements](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/applications-offers/application-advice/write-personal-statement/)
      - [Application Decisions](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/applications-offers/decisions/)
      - [Access Schemes and Pathway Programmes](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/applications-offers/access-schemes/)
      - [PARTNERS](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/partners/)
      - [Policies and Procedures](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/applications-offers/policies/)
      - [Applicants with Disabilities](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/applications-offers/disabilities/)
      - [Mature Applicants](#)
      - [Deferred Entry](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/applications-offers/deferred-entry/)
    - [Fees and Funding](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-funding/)
      - [Scholarships and Bursaries](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-funding/scholarships-bursaries/)
        - [Vice-Chancellor's Excellence Scholarships](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-funding/scholarships-bursaries/vc-excellence/)
        - [Vice-Chancellor’s EU Scholarships – Undergraduate](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-funding/scholarships-bursaries/vc-undergraduate-eu/)
        - [Vice-Chancellor's International Scholarships](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-funding/scholarships-bursaries/vc-international/)
        - [International Foundation Scholarships](#)
        - [International Family Discounts](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-funding/scholarships-bursaries/international-family-discounts/)
        - [Opportunity Scholarships](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-funding/scholarships-bursaries/opportunity-scholarships/)
        - [Subject Scholarships](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-funding/scholarships-bursaries/subject-scholarships/)
        - [Sports Scholarships](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/sport/performance/scholarships/)
        - [St Nicholas’ Educational Trust Scholarship](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-funding/scholarships-bursaries/st-nicholas/)
        - [NU Sanctuary Scholarships](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-funding/scholarships-bursaries/sanctuary/)
      - [Tuition Fees and Costs](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-funding/tuition-fees/)
        - [Additional Costs](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-funding/tuition-fees/additional-costs/)
      - [Student Loans](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-funding/student-loans/)
      - [International Student Finance](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-funding/international-students/)
        - [Global Scholarships](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/global-scholarships/)
    - [Undergraduate Open Days](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/meet/undergraduate-open-day/)
    - [Sign up and Discover](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/your-future/)
    - [School and College Outreach](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/schools/)
    - [Information for Parents and Supporters](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/parents/)
    - [Request a Prospectus](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/prospectus-request/)
    - [Chat to Our Students](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/chat-to-students/)
  - [Postgraduate Taught](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/)
    - [Find a Degree](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/degrees/)
    - [Why Choose Newcastle?](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/why-newcastle/)
    - [Your Study Options](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/flexible-study/)
    - [Qualifications Explained](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/qualifications/)
    - [Fees & Funding](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-funding/)
      - [Search for Funding](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-funding/search-funding/)
      - [Funding Your Studies](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-funding/funding-your-study/)
      - [Global Scholarships](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/global-scholarships/)
    - [Applications & Offers](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/applications-offers/)
      - [Application Help](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/applications-offers/application-help/)
      - [Advice & Resources](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/applications-offers/advice-resources/)
      - [Your Offer Guide](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/applications-offers/offer-guide/)
    - [Postgraduate Open Days](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/meet-us-open-days/)
    - [Chat to Our Students](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/chat-to-students/)
  - [Postgraduate Research](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate-research/)
    - [Find a Degree](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/degrees/)
    - [Why Choose Newcastle?](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/why-newcastle/)
    - [Qualifications Explained](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/qualifications/)
    - [Research at Newcastle](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate-research/our-research/)
    - [Is a PhD for me?](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate-research/is-a-phd-for-me/)
    - [Fees and Funding](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate-research/fees-and-funding/)
    - [How to Apply](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate-research/how-to-apply/) 
      - [How to apply for Studentships](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate-research/how-to-apply/studentships/)
      - [How to Propose your Research](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate-research/how-to-apply/research-proposal/)
        - [How to Write a Research Proposal](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate-research/how-to-apply/research-proposal/writing-a-proposal/)
      - [Occasional Students](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate-research/how-to-apply/occasional-students/)
    - [Student Support](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate-research/support/)
      - [Careers](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate-research/support/careers/)
    - [Our Doctoral College](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate-research/doctoral-college/)
    - [Postgraduate Open Days](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/meet-us-open-days/)
    - [Chat to Our Students](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/chat-to-students/)
  - [Global Scholarships](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/global-scholarships/)
  - [Distance Learning](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/distance-learning/)
  - [Continuing Professional Development (CPD)](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/cpd/)
  - [Why Choose Newcastle University?](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/why-newcastle/)
  - [Our Campus](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/campus/)
    - [Libraries](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/campus/library/)
    - [IT](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/campus/it/)
    - [Study Support](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/campus/study-support/)
    - [Sport](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/sport/facilities/)
    - [Campus Tours](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/meet/campus-tours/)
    - [Student Safety](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/campus/student-safety/)
  - [Student Life](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/student-life/)
    - [Life in Newcastle](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/student-life/life-in-newcastle/)
      - [City Suburbs](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/student-life/life-in-newcastle/city-suburbs/)
      - [Sports and Fitness](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/student-life/life-in-newcastle/sports-fitness/)
      - [Food and Drink](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/student-life/life-in-newcastle/food-drink/)
      - [Local Services](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/student-life/life-in-newcastle/local-services/)
      - [Things to do](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/student-life/life-in-newcastle/things-to-do/)
    - [Our North East Region](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/student-life/north-east/)
    - [Cost of Living](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/student-life/cost/)
    - [Support and Wellbeing](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/wellbeing/)
    - [Teaching and Learning](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/student-life/teaching-learning/)
    - [Student Stories](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/student-stories/)
    - [Chat to Our Students](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/chat-to-students/)
  - [Student Blog - Belong](https://belong.ncl.ac.uk/blog)
  - [Accommodation](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/)
    - [Our Accommodation](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/university/)
      - [Accommodation Types](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/university/types/) 
        - [Types of Rooms](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/university/types/our-rooms/)
      - [Accessible accommodation](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/university/accessible-accommodation/)
      - [Staff and Visitors](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/university/staff-and-visitors/)
        - [Bedrooms we offer](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/university/staff-and-visitors/bedrooms-we-offer/)
        - [Booking](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/university/staff-and-visitors/booking-staff/)
    - [Applying for Accommodation](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/applying-for-accommodation/)
      - [Accommodation Guarantee](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/applying-for-accommodation/accommodation-guarantee/)
      - [Applying for Undergraduate Accommodation](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/applying-for-accommodation/applying-for-undergraduate-accommodation/)
      - [Applying for Postgraduate Accommodation](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/applying-for-accommodation/applying-for-postgraduate-accommodation/)
      - [Applying for Accessible Accommodation](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/applying-for-accommodation/applying-for-accessible-accommodation/)
      - [Part Year Student Accommodation](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/applying-for-accommodation/part-year-student-accommodation/)
      - [Clearing and Insurance](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/applying-for-accommodation/clearing/)
    - [Living with Us](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/)
      - [Safety and Security](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/safety-and-security/)
      - [Moving In](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/moving-in/)
      - [Leaving Us](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/leaving-us/)
        - [Returning Next Year](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/leaving-us/returning-next-year/)
        - [Extending Your Stay](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/leaving-us/extending-your-stay/)
      - [Room Changes](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/room-changes/)
      - [Current Residents](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/current-residents/)
        - [Insurance](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/current-residents/insurance/)
        - [Parking & Bicycle Storage](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/current-residents/parking-bicycle-storage/)
        - [Post and Parcels](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/current-residents/post-and-parcels/)
        - [Guest Visitors and Going Away](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/current-residents/visitors-and-going-away/)
        - [Energy & Recycling](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/current-residents/energy-and-recycling/)
      - [ResLife](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/student-experience/reslife/)
        - [ResLife Find a Flatmate](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/student-experience/find-a-flatmate/)
        - [Your ResLife Team](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/student-experience/reslife/)
      - [Student Support](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/)
      - [Policies](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/living-with-us/policy/)
    - [Accommodation Payments](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/payments/)
      - [Payment Methods](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/payments/payment-methods/)
      - [Payment Schedules](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/payments/payment-schedules/)
      - [Managed Partnerships](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/payments/managed-partnerships/)
      - [Rent Adjustments](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/payments/rent-adjustments/)
    - [Contact Us](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/contact-us/)
      - [Student Village Receptions](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/contact-us/-student-village-receptions/)
      - [Your Accommodation Team](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/contact-us/accommodation-team/)
      - [Report a Fault](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/contact-us/report-fault/)
      - [Feedback and Complaints](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/contact-us/feedback-complaints/)
      - [Internet Connection](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/contact-us/internet-connection/)
  - [Your Future](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/your-future/)
    - [Work Placements](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/your-future/work-placement/)
    - [Careers Service](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/)
      - [About the Careers Service](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/about/)
      - [Careers Service Events](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/events/)
      - [Work for Yourself](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/startup/)
      - [Career Planning](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/explore-your-options/career-planning/)
      - [Careers Modules](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/skills-and-experience/career-modules/)
      - [Making Applications](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/making-applications/)
      - [Interviews, Tests & Assessment Centres](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/making-applications/interviews-assessments/)
      - [Internships, Placements & Shadowing](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/skills-and-experience/internships-placements-shadowing/)
      - [Finding Jobs](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/find-jobs/)
      - [Handling Job Offers](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/making-applications/job-offers/)
      - [Researching Employers](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/find-jobs/researching-employers/)
      - [Making Contacts](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/explore-your-options/making-contacts/)
      - [Further Study](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/explore-your-options/further-study/)
      - [Awards, Competitions & Project Funding](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/skills-and-experience/awards-competitions-funding/)
      - [Volunteering](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/skills-and-experience/volunteering/)
    - [Boost Your CV](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/your-future/boost-your-cv/)
    - [Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS)](#)
  - [Meet Us](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/meet/)
    - [Getting Here](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/meet/travel/)
    - [Undergraduate Open Days](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/meet/undergraduate-open-day/)
    - [Undergraduate Virtual Event](#)
    - [Undergraduate Offer Holder Days](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/meet/undergraduate-offer-holders/)
    - [Undergraduate Pop Up Event London](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/meet/pop-up-events/)
    - [Campus Tours](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/meet/campus-tours/)
    - [Self-Guided Campus Tours](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/meet/self-guided/)
    - [Postgraduate Open Days](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/meet-us-open-days/)
    - [Postgraduate Schools & Supervisors](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/meet/schools-institutes-supervisors/)
  - [International Students](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/international/)
    - [Find your Country/Region](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/international/country/)
    - [International Student Experience](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/international/experience/)
    - [Fees and Funding](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/international/fees-funding/)
    - [English Language Requirements](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/international/language/)
    - [Visa and Immigration](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/student-progress/visa/)
    - [Chat to Our Students](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/chat-to-students/)
  - [International Pathway Courses](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/international-pathway-courses/)
    - [Newcastle University International Study Centre](https://www.nclisc.com/en)
  - [Student Exchange and Study Abroad](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/mobility/)
  - [Request a Prospectus](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/prospectus-request/)
  - [Key Dates](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/key-dates/)
  - [Contact Us](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/contact/)
  - [Your Academic Experience](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/experience/)
- [Our Research](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/research/)

  [Our Research](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/research/)
  - [Research Impact](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/research/impact/)
  - [Research Strengths](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/excellence-impact/strengths/)
  - [Centres of Research Excellence](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/excellence-impact/research-strategy/nucores/)
    - [Centre for Ageing](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/ageing/)
    - [Centre for AI Safety](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/ai-safety/)
    - [Centre for Behaviour](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/behaviour/)
    - [Centre for Biomedical Engineering](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedical-engineering/)
    - [Centre for Cancer](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/cancer/)
    - [Centre for Children and Youth](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/children-youth/)
    - [Centre for Climate and Environmental Resilience](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/environmental-climate-resilience/)
    - [Centre for Cyber Security and Resilience](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/research/cyber-security-resilience/)
    - [Centre for Data Science and AI](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/data-science-ai/)
    - [Centre for Energy](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/energy/)
    - [Centre for Healthier Lives](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/healthier-lives/)
    - [Centre for Heritage](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/heritage/)
    - [Centre for Industrial Biotechnology](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/industrial-biotechnology/)
    - [Centre for Landscape](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/landscape/)
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- Offered for Year: **2026/27**

- Module Leader(s): **Dr Carlos Calderon**

- Owning School: **Architecture, Planning & Landscape**
- Teaching Location: **Newcastle City Campus**

##### Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| **Semester 1 Credit Value:** | 20 |
| **ECTS Credits:** | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |

#### Aims

This module introduces students to a broad range of topics in architectural research and the tools with which to carry out critical inquiry. It serves as a primer that prepares students to undertake advanced individual and group research in a chosen area of specialization in subsequent semesters. \
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The main aims of the module are:\
•       To broaden students’ understanding of the social, cultural, political and economic context of architecture as a professional discipline and a field of scholarly inquiry \
•       To familiarize students with theories and research methods for the critical examination of the built environment \
•       To stimulate intellectual enquiry into the origin and development of architectural ideas and their contextual relationship\
•       To explore productive ways of working with theoretical concepts in architectural design\
•       To develop a positive critical attitude in the designer to both their own creative work and that of others

#### Outline Of Syllabus

Weekly lectures and seminars focusing on a range of research themes including: \
Technology, Tectonics & Material Culture\
Landscape, Ecology & Urban Form\
Vision, Surveillance and the City\
Media, Creativity & Style\
Philosophy, Ideology & Criticism\
History, Heritage & Memory\
Habitat, Identity & Lifestyle

#### Teaching Methods

##### Teaching Activities

| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 47:00 | 47:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 14 | 2:00 | 28:00 | Lectures (synchronous online) |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 1 | 53:00 | 53:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 2 | 1:00 | 2:00 | Assessment preparation supervision tutorial (synchronous discussion in small groups). |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 10 | 1:00 | 10:00 | Seminars (PIP). |
| Structured Guided Learning | Structured research and reading activities | 10 | 2:00 | 20:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 40:00 | 40:00 | N/A |
| **Total** | 200:00 |

##### Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Lectures are organised in 20 min slots, with breaks. Module leader introduces students to research methods and theoretical approaches; guest lecturers demonstrate a range of disciplinary perspectives and approaches that can be applied to architectural research.\
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Seminars give an opportunity for close reading and debating this range, with the preparation of a given reading text, and a live discussion. The guided workshop allows students to build up their research and analytical skills in preparation of their assessed written coursework. Structured activities are supported by directed reading, and skills practice between module activity days, and towards the end of the semester by assessment preparation. \
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–       The module lectures are intended to be delivered online (synchronous). This guarantees social distancing and facilitates the logistics of organising lectures and the presentation during the induction week in September involving a cohort of circa 100 students and staff.\
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–       Seminars are intended to be delivered on campus. They will afford the development of all the skills and outcomes described above. These different formats of contact will allow students the opportunity to test out and develop their ideas in preparation for their final assessment of an essay.

#### Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

##### Other Assessment

| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Portfolio | 1 | M | 100 | 10x400 word academic blog posts, assessed at the end of module as a combined portfolio. |

##### Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The blog posts are intended to allow students to make use of research methods and approaches, and critical reading and writing skills covered in the module in developing their own subject of study, and acts as a primer for more sustained research in subsequent semesters (Dissertation or Linked Research).\
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General Assessment Criteria includes:\
•       Degree of knowledge and understanding of the ideas, themes and topics elaborated in the theoretical material considered\
•       Depth and persuasiveness of the analysis, reflection, interpretation of that material\
•       Quality of the lines of enquiry, questions and architectural implications drawn from explorations\
•       Level of the communication of complex ideas in verbal, visual and written form\
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The assessor might downgrade the mark if the word count of the submission is outside of +/- 10% of that required.

#### Reading Lists

- [ARC8051's Reading List](http://library.ncl.ac.uk/go/readinglists/ARC8051)

#### Timetable

- Timetable Website: [www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/](http://www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/)
- [ARC8051's Timetable](https://crypt.ncl.ac.uk/controlpanels/timetable/students/search.php?modules=ARC8051)