EGT 900 - Field Studies in Architecture and Engineering

1. Critique effective professional skills and leadership strategies within industry environments.
   1. Analyze the importance of “first impressions” and the professional image as it relates to attire, speech style, vocabulary, eye contact, and body language.
   2. Discuss the merits of the saying, “You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression”.
   3. Summarize the pros and cons of the saying, “Perception is reality”.
   4. Discuss how these issues can affect client relations, profit, and job security.
2. Analyze professionalism and ethics as they relate specifically to issues in architecture and engineering.
   1. Examine the copyright law as it relates to architecture.
   2. Discuss contemporary issues relating to the protection of intellectual property.
   3. Demonstrate several written client and consultant communication styles including agreement to a proposed change, disagreement with a requested change to the contract, and termination of a consultant or employee.
3. Model critical thinking concepts as used in the context of a professional architecture or engineering environment.
4. Simulate professional communication strategies.
   1. Explore communication and collaboration strategies used in architecture and engineering during the team project.
   2. Demonstrate professional speaking during the presentation of your projects to your class.
   3. Utilize professional written communication skills in all your written assignments.
5. Analyze the creative process as it is juxtaposed with the analytical work within the confines of a single project.
6. Compare and contrast job responsibilities of an architect and the various engineers working on a single project.
   1. Identify job responsibilities of professionals related to architecture and engineering including those who provide support to the industry.
   2. Summarize challenges architecture and engineering professionals face in the industry.
7. Relate how the Americans with Disabilities Act impacts architecture and engineering design.
8. Analyze the fundamentals of engineering.
   1. Explain the importance, the impact, and the intent of the International Building Code.
   2. Examine general construction techniques and principles.
9. Analyze your own time and productivity, on your class assignments, using industry standards.
   1. Measure how these metrics are used to calculate profits for the company.
   2. Discuss how your productivity could be improved for better profitability.
10. Create a personal electronic portfolio.
    1. Demonstrate proficiency in CAD (Computer Aided Drafting), BIM (Building Information Modeling), or another 3D Modeling application by designing a small project.
    2. Develop construction documents for this project, using standard building techniques and principles, thorough enough for a third-party to be able to construct the project.
    3. Present your completed project to your class and guest critics (e.g., an Architectural Jury).
11. Examine litigious aspects related to the practice of architecture and engineering.
12. Evaluate educational opportunities, targeted to professional career areas, and effective industry related training opportunities.
    1. Discuss the meaning of an “accredited” architecture or engineering program.
    2. Create a business plan to attend college and achieve your chosen profession.
    3. Write a list of any courses you will need to take while still in high school to accomplish the entry requirements for each of your chosen schools.
    4. Calculate your total cost of attending each of your chosen schools over the term of your enrollment.
    5. Research college funding programs: guaranteed government student loans, secondary student loans, parental student loans, grants, scholarships, and any other way to fund your college career.
13. Analyze project planning principles including the investigation of profit multipliers, scheduling, and Gantt charts.
    1. Explain project planning elements that are part of the “critical path”.
    2. Demonstrate project planning principles in completed projects.
    3. Demonstrate a project schedule, using a Gantt chart, for your design project, including the critical path.
14. Analyze the design process and the meaning of “aesthetic”.
    1. Explain and the meaning of “aesthetic”.
    2. Summarize the design process.
15. Evaluate construction documents, their purpose and administration within the context of architecture and engineering projects.
    1. Analyze an existing set of construction documents.
    2. Find assigned elements noted and coordinated within the document set.