The Higher Canadian Institute for Business
and Engineering Technology
Quality Assurance Unit
Course Specification
Course Name: Field Training 1
Course Code: 291
I. Basic Course Information
Program(s) on which the course is given: Architecture Engineering
Department offering the course: Architecture Engineering
Academic level: 3rd year
Semester in which course is offered: Spring
Course pre-requisite(s): None
Credit Hours: 1
Contact Hours Through:
Lecture
0.0
Tutorial*
0.0
Practical*
6.0
Total
6.0
Approval date of course specification: January 2015
II. Overall Aims of Course
Training will be at a construction site, and will include all the internal technical
installations and finishes. The training semester consists of 13 weeks with a total of 6
hours\week. Periodical progress reports have to be submitted, every two weeks, by the
students to their training supervisors at the department, along with a final report.
Follow up site visits by the training supervisors should be scheduled to monitor
training progress. Site supervisor’s evaluation is essential part of the assessment
process.
III. Program ILOs covered by course
Program Intended Learning Outcomes (By Code)
Knowledge &
Intellectual Skills
Professional Skills
Understanding
K5,K7,K8,K21
I20
P4,P9,P10,P17
General
Skills
A,B,E
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The Higher Canadian Institute for Business
and Engineering Technology
Quality Assurance Unit
Course Specification
IV. Intended Learning Outcomes of Course (ILOs)
a. Knowledge and Understanding
On completing the course, students should be able to:
k.1- Recognize how to read shop drawings, and solve actual problems on site.
k.2-Lable variety of different building materials in the market.
k.3-Define the responsibilities of accepting and approving finishing works.
b. Intellectual/Cognitive Skills
On completing the course, students should be able to:
i.1 - Evaluate design and technical problems.
i.2 - Analyze the details of each stage of construction and finishing process.
c. Practical/Professional Skills
On completing the course, students should be able to:
p.1 - Schedule construction progress step by step.
p.2 - Utilize codes and site ethics.
p.3 - Employ the gained experience on dealing with workers and supervisors.
d. General and Transferable Skills
On completing the course, students should be able to:
g.1 Manage time and resources.
g.2 Identify and record their ongoing training and professional development.
V. Course Matrix Contents
Main Topics / Chapters
12345-
Fundamentals of interior
design.
Materials.
Architectural finishing
process
Monitoring Architectural
finishing work process
Evaluating Architectural
finishing work process
Net Teaching Weeks
Duration
(Weeks)
Course ILOs Covered by Topic
(By ILO Code)
K&U
I.S.
P.S.
G.S.
3
-
i1
p1
-
3
k2
-
-
-
3
k1,k2
i2
p2
-
2
k3
i2
p2,p3
g1
2
k3
i2
p2,p3
All
13
VI. Course Weekly Detailed Topics / hours / ILOs
*note: Subtopics are different for each company, every company put their subtopics
according to work hierarchy.
Contact Hours
Week
Total
Sub-Topics
Theoretical
Practical
No.
Hours
Hours
Hours*
1
Fundamentals of interior design.
6
6
2
Fundamentals of interior design.
6
0
6
3
Fundamentals of interior design.
6
0
6
4
Materials.
6
0
6
2
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and Engineering Technology
Quality Assurance Unit
Course Specification
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Materials.
Materials.
6
6
Midterm Exam
Architectural finishing process
6
Architectural finishing process
6
Architectural finishing process
6
Monitoring Architectural finishing work
6
process
Monitoring Architectural finishing work
6
process
Evaluating Architectural finishing work
6
process
Evaluating Architectural finishing work
6
process
Final Exam – No final written exam for this course
Total Teaching Hours
78
0
0
6
6
0
0
0
6
6
6
0
6
0
6
0
6
0
6
6
72
Teaching/Learning
Method
Lectures & Seminars
Tutorials
Computer lab Sessions
Practical lab Work
Reading Materials
Web-site Searches
Research & Reporting
Problem Solving /
Problem-based Learning
Projects
Independent Work
Group Work
Case Studies
Presentations
Simulation Analysis
Selected
Method
VII. Teaching and Learning Methods
√
Course ILOs Covered by Method (By ILO Code)
K&U
Intellectual
Skills
Professional
Skills
General
Skills
All
All
All
All
Others (Specify):
3
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and Engineering Technology
Quality Assurance Unit
Course Specification
Assessment
Method
Selected
Method
VIII. Assessment Methods, Schedule and Grade Distribution
Course ILOs Covered by Method
(By ILO Code)
K&U
I.S.
P.S.
G.S.
Assessment
Weight /
Percentage
-
20%
7
20%
10%
13
13
50%
15
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
Quizzes
Course Work
Report Writing
Case Study
Analysis
Oral
Presentations
Practical
Group Project
Individual Project
√
All
All
All
√
√
All
All
All
-
Others (Specify):
√
IX. List of References
Essential Text Books
Course notes
Recommended books
Periodicals, Web sites,
etc …
Oral Final Exam




Week
No.
N\A
N\A
N\A
N\A
X. Facilities required for teaching and learning
N\A
Course coordinator:Dr.Ehab Hussain
Head of Department: Dr.Tamer Refaat
Date: January 2015
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