Architecture BArch

As well as providing the first stage in the seven-year education of an architect, the BArch course also teaches many transferable skills, including creative thinking and problem solving that enable students to complete their first stage of professional training or to graduate and take up a range of other careers.
The BArch Course offers a popular, vibrant and multifaceted learning environment where a complementary mix of research active staff and practitioners deliver an academic agenda that explores design through a process of ‘creative rigour’.
The Course recruits students of the highest calibre and strives to provide them with exceptional opportunities for both academic and personal growth.
Year one
You are introduced to the main themes of the discipline: architectural design, structures, construction, environmental design, and architectural history and theory. The programme will concentrate on introducing and developing the key skills, competences and knowledge.
Year two
You will further develop themes introduced in year one. Increasingly, these themes will become more complex and testing and integrated with the design-based modules. The design studio module in particular offers a wide range of choice of how you work and what themes you wish to pursue. In Semester two there is an option to study abroad.
Year three
You will develop a thorough understanding of all the key themes and their holistic integration into design projects. Your role within the architectural profession will also be developed as part of the introduction of a further theme in practice and management.
Ongoing study
This three-year programme is followed by one year’s supervised professional experience before embarking upon the two year MArch Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part II) (see MArch Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part II) for further details), which leads to an Architects’ Registration Board (ARB)/Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Part Two level qualification.
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