Architecture BA(Hons) single honours
Bachelor's degree
In Surrey
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Surrey
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Duration
3 Years
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Start date
Different dates available
This course is validated by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and prescribed by the Architects Registration Board (ARB). Students often feature in the prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) President's Medals - considered the world's most prestigious and established awards in architectural education. Recent graduate Simon Dean won Bronze for the best degree-level design project.
Domus magazine lists us among Europe's top 50 architecture schools. We were one of just two UK schools invited to present at the 12th Biennale in Venice.
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About this course
This course equips you with the skills you need to tackle design problems in the built environment across all scales, from the city and landscape to buildings and interior spaces.
It builds on the creative processes of observation and construction.
Studio design projects, in which you tackle a wide range of increasingly complex architectural problems centred on the design and analysis of buildings, are an integral part of the course.
You will have the opportunity to study a foreign language, free of charge, during your time at the University on a not-for-credit basis as part of the Kingston Language Scheme. Options currently include: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Points: 128 tariff points
Units: to include at least two A-levels or recognised equivalent
Subjects: Not subject specific but an art and design portfolio will be required
General Studies not accepted
Key Skills points not accepted in tariff
GCSE: Candidates are normally required to hold five GCSE subjects grades A*-C including Mathematics and English Language (or comparable numeric score under the newly reformed GCSE grading).
The course is validated by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and prescribed by the Architects Registration Board (ARB). Following its last validation visit, RIBA praised the quality and enthusiasm of our teaching team and our study facilities.
When you complete this degree, you automatically gain RIBA Part 1 exemption, which is the first step on the road to becoming a professional architect.
RIBA exists to advance architecture and promote excellence within the profession. ARB is the independent statutory regulator of all UK-registered architects.
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Subjects
- Reading Architecture
- Architecture
- Designing Architecture
- Representing Architecture
- Making Architecture
- Architecture landscape
- Architecture Planning
- Representing
- Processes of Making Architecture
- Practice of Reading Architecture
Course programme
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.
Year 1- The Principles of Reading Architecture
- The Principles of Designing Architecture
- The Principles of Representing Architecture
- The Principles of Making Architecture
- The Processes of Reading Architecture
- The Processes of Designing Architecture
- The Processes of Representing Architecture
- The Processes of Making Architecture
- The Practice of Reading Architecture
- The Practice of Designing Architecture
- The Practice of Representing Architecture
- The Practice of Making Architecture
Additional information
Year 1 (2019/20): £15,300
Year 2 (2020/21): £15,600
Year 3 (2021/22): £15,900
Architecture BA(Hons) single honours