BSc Architecture K100
Bachelor's degree
In Reading
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Reading
Full Time: 3 Years
Your first step towards a career as an architect, this brand new course will offer you the chance to work on ‘live projects’ at building, neighbourhood and city scales. You will be taught by experienced practising architects as well as by leading academics.
You will benefit from seven-day-a-week access to dedicated studio spaces in a newly-refurbished building, as well as use of facilities equipped with cutting-edge digital technologies.
Your time will be split equally between design projects and taught modules. Design projects will enable you to prepare a digital and physical portfolio, while taught modules will develop your understanding of core academic subjects and related practical skills. Meanwhile, optional field trips to cities such as London, Copenhagen, Venice, Paris and Berlin will give you the chance to look at architecture in a new light.
The University of Reading is one of the UK’s top-ranking institutions for research in architecture, built environment and planning. The new programme will benefit from our expertise in digital practices, particularly around visualisation and 3D modelling; in sustainable cities; and in retrofit and regeneration.
The learning outcomes of the course have been designed with the needs of employers in mind, and with a view to enhancing the employability of our graduates. You will have the chance to boost your employability throughout your studies, with the chance to work on local projects and to carry out ‘live’ design tasks at the conceptual stage for real clients. By working with students from other disciplines, such as surveying and construction management, you will also gain experience essential to the professional environment and will benefit from wider expertise.
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has prescribed our BSc (Hons) Architecture degree under the Architects Act 1997. Additionally, we are in the process of applying for RIBA validation.
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- Design
- Construction Training
- Construction
- Architecture Design
- Architectural
- Visualisation
- Industry
- Technology
- Communication Training
- Employability
- Construction Technology
- Construction Management
Course programme
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
- Architecture design: An introduction to studio
- Architecture design: An introduction to site
- History and theory of architecture: An introduction
- Construction technology in architecture: An introduction
- Industry and practice: The business context of architecture
- Visualisation and communication in architectural design: An introduction
- Architecture design: Skills in architectural design 1
- Architecture design: Skills in architectural design 2
- History and theory of architecture: Buildings and places
- Construction technology in architecture: Core studies
- Industry and practice: The business of projects
- Visualisation and communication in architectural design: Digital media
- Architecture design: Complexity
- Architecture design: Integration
- History and theory of architecture: Architecture and the city
- Construction technology in architecture: Integration
- Industry and practice: the business and practice of architecture
- Industry and practice: Career development
- Visualisation and communication in architectural design: Technology
In Year 3, students may elect to study optional modules offered by other schools, such as a modern foreign language module, or modules offered by the School of Construction Management and Engineering, such as Environmental Management and Economics; Green Innovation in Construction; Human Resource Management; Inclusive Environments; or International Construction.
BSc Architecture K100