Active participation is expected at scheduled activities including all timetabled studio sessions, workshops, and site visits. This attendance is mandatory for completing components of the course. Some presentations will be available as recordings. Other learning activities in studios will typically not be available as recordings. Attendance on campus is expected for the final presentation and for other scheduled presentations events. The activities for the course are scheduled and described in the delivery timetable of the Topic Outline.

This is a core design course. Teaching takes place in a studio setting, kanohi ki te kanohi (face-to-face) with students typically working in groups of approximately 18 students per tutor and brief. Teaching takes place in 1:1 and small group tutorial settings, through assigned tasks (undertaken individually or as part of a group), through presentations, site visits, readings, film or video-viewings, and other participatory means. Students are expected to present work-in-progress to their peers, teachers and invited guests progressively throughout the semester and to engage in discussion of their own work and that of their peers.

Taught courses use a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas to provide students with learning materials including reading lists and lecture recordings (where available). Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and presentation recordings (where available).
Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.
Students enrolled in this course have access to the Faculty workshops. Workshop inductions are carried out with first year BAS students in semester 1. Please contact Scott Facer (s.facer@auckland.ac.nz) to book a workshop induction if you have not already undertaken one. Students are required to comply with Health & Safety rules for workshop facilities.
The Topic Outline lists other useful resources and many of these are held by the General Library. Consult the Talis Library lists on Canvas shown under the ‘Reading Lists’ tab.
The School also holds a digital archive of previously successful student design projects, including projects from Design 4. The archive can be accessed at - https://www.soaparchive.ac.nz/.

The content and delivery of content in this course are protected by copyright. Material belonging to others may have been used in this course and copied by and solely for the educational purposes of the University under license.

You may copy the course content for the purposes of private study or research, but you may not upload onto any third-party site, make a further copy or sell, alter or further reproduce or distribute any part of the course content to another person.

Falling from even low heights can cause serious injury. Climbing on chairs or tables in studios or in the Exhibition Studio is prohibited. If you require reaching something at height, please liaise with your tutor. They will instruct you on how to achieve this safely. 
All site visits undertaken in design papers are subject to rigorously scrutinised and approved health and safety plans. Tutors will familiarise you with the requirements of these plans before o-campus trips are undertaken. Attendance on these trips is conditional on compliance with these plans.

In the event of an unexpected disruption, we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and course assessment continues to meet the principles of the University’s assessment policy. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator/director, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the university website for information about how to proceed.

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed for potential plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct, using computerised detection mechanisms.

Similarly, research students must meet the University’s expectations of good research practice. This requires:

• Honesty - in all aspects of research work
• Accountability - in the conduct of research
• Professional courtesy and fairness – in working with others
• Good stewardship – on behalf of others
• Transparency – of research process and presentation of results
• Clarity - communication to be understandable, explainable and accessible

For more information on the University’s expectations of academic integrity, please see the Academic Conduct section of the University policy hub.

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about taught courses is made available to enrolled students in Canvas.

Students may be asked to submit assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.

In design papers, students are expected to utilise design precedents to advance their own designing. However, plagiarism is a serious infringement of academic integrity and this extends to outright copying of previous design work by others or images of their work. If reference is made to, or images utilised of, other design projects, a written citation acknowledging the original creators should be included. You will be instructed in this paper how to use precedents productively and creatively and how to avoid plagiarism in design.

ARCHDES 201 / Design 4 - Topics will address these general learning outcomes in different ways. Information on this is given in the Topic Outline.

All student work is initially assessed by the named tutors offering the course brief. Provisional grades are confirmed at the Design Grading Moderation Review (DGMR) in order to ensure parity of grading standards across course briefs. All marks are indicative until confirmed in the Examiner’s Meeting. The DGMR process is rigorous and the Architecture Programme stands by it. The Programme will not regrade work. The only exception to this is in the very rare situation where new information regarding factor(s) that may have affected the student's capacities in the time leading up to examination. A student can however request a discussion of their own work and performance and an explanation of how the grade was awarded. As a first step, the student should make an appointment to discuss their work with their tutor. If, after meeting with the tutor, a student wishes to pursue this discussion further, they can then make a meeting with the Associate Director Design, and if necessary following this, with the Head of School.

Location plans for Final Reviews and DGMR are displayed in studio spaces and on Canvas prior to week 11. It is important to have your work pinned up in the correct location by the time indicated by your studio tutor. Your tutor will check the material that you have handed in. Unless there is a genuine emergency you must submit your work at this time. Delays in printing are not an acceptable excuse. If you have printing issues, pin up tiled A3 prints and replace these with banner prints for the crit, but the content must be identical and this step should be discussed with your tutor first. Pinning up your work is equivalent to the rst step in a formal examination – not submitting work on time amounts to not attending the exam. Coursework not received by the due date, and for which no extension of time has been approved (see below), will receive the grade ‘DNC’ (Did Not Complete). Where a student has been unable to attend to their studies for a period of time during the semester due to medical or other exceptional circumstances beyond their control, they may apply for an Extension of Time.

Extensions of time: Requests for extensions of time must be submitted and approved using the ‘EXTENSION OF TIME APPLICATION FORM for coursework submission’ available on Canvas. Students should notify the Course Director/Course Coordinator of their situation as soon as practicable (preferably before any due date), follow the process described on the form, and should provide information in support of the application (such as a medical certificate) where this is available. Notifications received after an assessment due date will be accepted, where this is reasonable, within the context of the course. If possible, students are encouraged to seek medical, counselling or other support from the most appropriate sources.

Feedback on taught courses is gathered from students at the end of each semester through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions. Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students. In addition, class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Towards the end of each semester students are invited to give feedback on the paper and its teaching through a survey tool called SET Evaluations. Email invitations are issued to all students when the surveys are opened for response. The tutors and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions. Your feedback helps teachers to improve the paper and its delivery for future students. 

Class Representatives in each paper also represent student concerns and offer feedback to the department and Faculty via the staff-Student Consultative Committee. Students have the opportunity of voting for class representatives at the beginning of the academic year.

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

Tuākana is a multi-faceted programme for Māori and Pacific students providing topic specific tutorials, one-on-one sessions, test and exam preparation and more. Explore your options at Tuakana Learning Communities.

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website.

We all go through tough times during the semester, or see our friends struggling. There is lots of help out there - please see the Support Services page for information on support services in the University and the wider community.

If your ability to complete assessed work is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due. If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page. This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter.

Students with concerns about teaching including how a course is delivered, the resources provided, or supervision arrangements, have the right to express their concerns and seek resolution. The university encourages informal resolution where possible, as this is quicker and less stressful. For information on the informal and formal complaints processes, please refer to the Student Academic Complaints Statute in the Student Policies and Guidelines section of the Policy Hub.