Programme: Architecture and the Built Environment Foundation Year

Module Code: KA3000 (RE-SIT COURSEWORK)

Module Title: Context of the Built Environment

Distributed on: 23 June 2023

Submission Time
and Date: By 23:59 BST on Thursday 24 August

Word Limit: TOTAL - 2500 words

Element 1 – 1,500 words - Personal Skills Assessment – Comprising Part A and Part B
Element 2 – 1, 000 words - Favoured Progression Route and Skills Development

Weighting This coursework is 100% of the overall module assessment with the following
breakdown.

Element 1 - 50%

Element 2 - 50%

Submission of Electronic Management of Assessment (EMA): Your final assignment should be

Assessment submitted electronically via Blackboard by the given deadlines.

Your Turnitin link can be found on the module eLP site.

It is your responsibility to ensure that your assignment arrives on or before the

submission deadline stated above. See the University policy on late submission of work.

Please test and trial all IT well in advance of your submission to ensure you avoid late
submission penalties.

Your final assignment will be marked and feedback provided within 20 working days from
the hand in date.
3.0 The Assessment

Element 1 – Personal Skills Assessment (50%)

Your career success depends on how well you develop your academic skills and your professional
knowledge within your chosen career path. Developing a self-awareness will help you plan and focus your
attention on the areas you need to develop but also identify your strengths which you need to recognise
and celebrate. Element 1 of the assessment asks you to complete a skills assessment and a written piece.

Part 1
A: Complete and date the Skills Audit attached in Appendix 1 to reflect where you are at the present day.
Consider your own skills with reference to areas such as literacy, numeracy, communication and
teamworking.

B: Produce a written piece (750 words) of academic writing reflecting on where you consider yourself to be.
Give specific thought to your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT), and areas of future
development. It is essential you demonstrate you understand what reflective writing is and include
citations and a bibliography where appropriate.

Marking Criteria:
Presentation (including academic referencing and writing) 10%
Section A 30%
Section B 30%
Section C 30%

Element 2 – Favoured Progression Route and Skills Development (50%)

Produce a written report (1000 words) on the professional discipline which at this point, would be your
favoured progression route from: Building Surveying, Real Estate Management, Quantity Surveying,
Architecture, Interior Architecture

Give reasons for this choice and it may be useful for you to research/source a generic job description for
the role and make reference to this throughout.

1. Give thought to the areas you have studied and what has interested you.
2. Consider your personal SWOT (referred to in Element 1) to help with your analysis.
3. You may also consider areas you have identified that you dislike or are less interested in pursuing.

Marking Criteria:
Presentation (including academic referencing and writing) 10%
Analysis of job role 45%
Assessment of personal attributes and interests in alignment with the job role 45%

NOTE: Guidance on academic writing and referencing can be accessed at the Northumbria Skills
Programme section on the Northumbria website.
Assessment Regulations

You are advised to read the guidance for students regarding assessment policies. They are available online
here.

Late submission of work

Where coursework is submitted without approval, after the published hand-in deadline, the following
penalties will apply.

For coursework submitted up to 1 working day (24 hours) after the published hand-in deadline without
approval, 10% of the total marks available for the assessment (i.e.100%) shall be deducted from the
assessment mark.

For clarity: a late piece of work that would have scored 65%, 55% or 45% had it been handed in on time will
be awarded 55%, 45% or 35% respectively as 10% of the total available marks will have been deducted.

The Penalty does not apply to Pass/Fail Modules, i.e. there will be no penalty for late submission if
assessments on Pass/Fail are submitted up to 1 working day (24 hours) after the published hand-in
deadline.

Coursework submitted more than 1 working day (24 hours) after the published hand-in deadline without
approval will be regarded as not having been completed. A mark of zero will be awarded for the
assessment and the module will be failed, irrespective of the overall module mark.

For clarity: if the original hand-in time on working day A is 12noon the 24 hour late submission allowance
will end at 12noon on working day B.

These provisions apply to all assessments, including those assessed on a Pass/Fail basis.

The full policy can be found here.

Word limits and penalties

If the assignment is within +10% of the stated word limit or time limit no penalty will apply.
The word count is to be declared on the front page of your assignment and the assignment cover sheet.
The word count does not include:

x Title and contents page

x Reference list
x Bibliography
x Appendices

Please note, in text citations [e.g. (Smith, 2011)] and direct secondary quotations [e.g. “dib-dab nonsense
analysis” (Smith, 2011 p.123)] are INCLUDED in the word count.

If this word count is falsified, students are reminded that under ARNA page 30 Section 3.4 this will be
regarded as academic misconduct.

Students must retain an electronic copy of this assignment (including ALL appendices) and it must be
made available within 24hours of them requesting it be submitted.
The full Word Limit Policy is available here.

Academic Misconduct

The Assessment Regulations for Taught Awards (ARTA) contain the Regulations and procedures
applying to cheating, plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct.

The full policy is available at here

You are reminded that plagiarism, collusion and other forms of academic misconduct as referred to in the
Academic Misconduct procedure of the assessment regulations are taken very seriously. Assignments in
which evidence of plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct is found may receive a mark of zero.

Mapping to Module Objectives

Knowledge & Understanding:

MLO1 the structure and nature of the construction industry

MLO2 the various professional roles within the industry

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:

MLO3 the ability to research and report upon current issues within the industry
MLO4 collection of information and delivery of presentations

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):

MLO5 the theory and execution of reflective practice