29Nov
UndergraduateNorwich University of the Arts has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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Course summary
OVERVIEW BA (Hons) Architecture is prescribed by the UK Architectural Registration Board (ARB Part I) and is the first step towards a successful career as a registered architect or in a related profession. The programme is organised in four streams: • Design studio • Technology and environment • Cultural context • Professional studies. The first year focuses on ‘Creation and Imagination’ (Arch1a), followed by ‘Building, Dwelling, Thinking’ (Arch 1b). The second year focuses on ‘Architecture and Strategy’ (Arch 2a), which is then critically and intellectually developed in ‘Architecture and Ideology’ (Arch2b). The third year widens it scope to ‘Architecture and The Public Realm’ (Arch 3a), to produce the ‘Integrated Architectural Project’ (Arch3b) in the second part of the year. KEY FEATURES
- Develop your ability to perceive, conceive, and make architecture through a series of carefully designed and sequenced projects/studies
- Discover how tangible and intangible aspects of architecture are visually and verbally studied, recognised, communicated, appreciated and critically appraised
- Explore creativity freely while acquiring the skillsets to function as an independent architectural designer
- Design objects, settings and space, enabled by technical and environmental design and supported by consideration of factors and forces that have significance and impact
- Engage with notions of space and place, question the architectural object and explore architecture as ordered space through design projects
- Integrate tangible with intangible design qualities and demonstrate an ability to holistically integrate the various discrete skills
- Design collaboratively in a technical/environmental design project, to develop shared skills, learning and approaches to climatic technical design
- Explore networks in design, the humanities, professional studies and technical/environmental studies and consider the frameworks and paradigms that determine architectural output
- Create a Research Report that engages critically with current architectural and cultural theory
- Produce a collaborative project culminating in a creative proposition for an urban sector or city
- Complete an integrated design project that addresses overlapping agendas and issues present in the contemporary metropolis
Modules
You can find more information about the content of the BA (Hons) Architecture course at www.nua.ac.uk/study-at-nua/courses/ba-hons-architecture/
Assessment method
The University assesses you through the coursework you produce as you complete each unit. Each unit will require you to present a portfolio of work which may include finished pieces of work, written work, your research, and a reflective journal which allows you to evaluate your learning and highlight your strengths and areas for further development. You can find out more information about our assessment methods at www.nua.ac.uk/study-at-nua/assessment/
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Architects Royal Institute of British
How to apply
31Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- K100
- Institution code:
- N39
- Campus name:
- Norwich University of the Arts
- Campus code:
- A
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)
For Year 2 entry you will need 120 credits at Level 4 from an ARB prescribed course. For Year 3 entry you will need 120 credits at Level 4 and 120 credits at Level 5 from an ARB prescribed course.
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 64 points
A level - BBB
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DMM
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - D*D*
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 27 points
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Norwich welcomes applicants of all ages from all backgrounds. Your application will be primarily assessed through your portfolio, responses to questions asked and personal statement, so even if you have no formal qualifications or do not meet our typical offers it can still be worth applying. If you are studying at the time of your application and your application is successful it is likely that you will receive a conditional offer. If the qualification that you are studying is not shown, do not worry as we are able to accept other pre-entry qualifications as well as combinations of different qualifications.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
https://www.nua.ac.uk/study-at-nua/courses/ba-hons-architecture/
Additional entry requirements
Portfolio
Once you have applied to BA (Hons) Architecture at Norwich, we will ask you to prepare a portfolio. This will be used to assess your suitability for the course. Your portfolio should clearly demonstrate your passion for the subject and your individual creativity. For more information please visit our website at www.nua.ac.uk/ba-hons-architecture/#tabs-portfolio-guidance
Student Outcomes
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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
Go onto work and study
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| EU | £18000 | Year 1 |
| International | £18000 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Norwich University of the Arts
Francis House
3-7 Redwell Street
Norwich
NR2 4SN