Architecture BSc
Bachelor's degree
In London
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
London
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Duration
3 Years
In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual modules, normally valued at 15 or 30 credits, adding up to a total of 120 credits for the year. Modules are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional modules varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 30-credit module is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
Year one is centred on design studio projects which develop the central skills of observation, design, critical thinking and representation, emphasising the expression of ideas in three dimensions. Complementing this are lecture courses on history and theory, the production of the built environment, and technology, as well as a field trip to a major European city in the second term.
In years two and three, you join one of up to thirteen design units. Each unit offers a specific architectural agenda, allowing you to develop personal architectural interests and to work with architecture in relation to subjects as diverse as craft, making, film, history, technology, philosophy and science.
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About this course
The Bartlett School of Architecture is renowned for its innovative and experimental research in the discipline, including design, history and theory, professional practice and innovative technology. The school has been voted the UK's best by The Architect's Journal every year since 2001.
The school hosts excellent resources, including an extensive workshop (known as the Bartlett Manufacturing and Design Exchange, or B-made) that is widely regarded as the best of its kind in UK architectural education.
All students participate in the annual Bartlett Summer Show, a major exhibition at the end of the academic year which attracts over 5,000 visitors and is a key highlight in the architectural calendar forming part of The London Festival of Architecture.
Upon completion of the programme, students typically continue to proceed with their training to become Registered Architects by taking a year out in an architect's office in the UK or overseas and then applying for a two-year MArch or similar Postgraduate Degree in Architecture.
Our graduates have a good record of employment and destinations vary from internationally renowned offices to small-scale specialist practices. Increasingly, however, some architecture graduates are also using their highly transferable skills in other design-related disciplines, such as film-making, website design and furniture design.
English Language and Mathematics at grade C or 5. For UK-based students, a grade C or 5 or equivalent in a foreign language (other than Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew or Latin) is required.
Successful completion of the Architecture BSc leads to exemption from Part 1 of the Architects Registration Board (ARB) and Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) examinations.
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Subjects
- Design
- Technology
- Architectural
- Techniques
- Design Projects Environmental
- Design History
- Theory of Architecture
- Projects Design Technology
- Design Technology
- Architecture BSc
Course programme
Core or compulsory module(s)
- Design Projects
- Environmental Design
- History of Cities and their Architecture
- Making Cities
- Structure, Materials and Forming Techniques
- All first year modules are compulsory.
YEAR 2
Core or compulsory module(s)
- Design Projects
- Design Technology II
- History and Theory of Architecture
- Architectural Practice and Enterprise
- All second year modules are compulsory.
YEAR 3
- Design Projects
- Design Technology III
- History and Theory of Architecture
- All final year modules are compulsory.
Your learning
The programme is based in the studio and the majority is taught through individual design projects. Most of the design teaching is on a one-to-one weekly tutorial basis with frequent review sessions—nearly all design tutors are practising architects. History and theory, professional studies and technology core modules support the design work and are taught in lectures, seminars and workshops.
Assessment70% of the programme is taught through a series of design projects and assessed through the design portfolio. The history and theory, computing, professional studies and technology modules are assessed through a combination of coursework, essays and examination
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Architecture BSc