FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY Institute of Architecture and Fine Arts

SUBJECT TITLE: ARCHOJT (On-the-Job Training for Architecture Students)

RATIONALE/

OBJECTIVES: An off-campus skills development and practical learning aimed at

providing the students:

1. The opportunity to gain experience and familiarization with the various

specialty works by training in private architectural firms, government and

non-government offices engaged in design, planning, construction and

other related fields.

2. The venue to appreciate the theories and principles and its applications,

validations in actual work situations of professional practice.

3. The benefits in terms of credits not only in the subject but also in thesis

preparation including the diversified experience required in the PRC

Licensure-board examination for architects.

Course Description:

The course is an on the job training for architecture students. Supervised and

educationally directed, this initiates the student’s architectural apprenticeship.

Credit Units: 3 units

Total no. of hours: 200 Hours

Mechanics:

Step 1: Prior to enrollment, the student is required to apply for off-campus OJT in a

professional office/firm (with student resume and letter of recommendation signed by

the faculty-adviser/consultant).

Step 2: The student enroll/register in the subject ARCHOJT.

Step 3: The student attends the first day of classes and every succeeding Mondays for

reporting and submissions.

Step 4: The student reports for regular training on Tuesdays thru Fridays in the office/firm and

receive instructions and works under the supervision of the architect or his

partner/assistant/project captain. Weekly consultation of students with IARFA faculty-

adviser is held during Mondays.

Step 5: The faculty monitors the students’ progress and evaluate their performance in

coordination with the architect or his partner/assistant/project captain.

Step 6: Performance ratings/grade: Evaluation of student after completion of required number

of hours for the OJT, which is 200 hours.

Students will be graded according to

the ff: criteria by the immediate

supervisor/s of his/her OJT firm in

an “Evaluation Report Form” from

FEU-IARFA

a) Attendance/Punctuality

b) Competence/Dependability

c) Accuracy/Effectiveness

Design/Bldg. Science Technology

Manual/Electronics Drafting

Site/Basic Urban Planning

Other related works to architecture

d) Interest/Cooperation

e) Personality/Interpersonal relations