Modules

Throughout the course, we'll prepare you for professional practice. You will be able to generate a range of ideas and concepts in response to the identified needs of a brief – resolving demands for aesthetic, spatial, social, and environmentally sustainable proposals. Projects range from small-scale, fast-paced challenges to comprehensive design projects, which will allow you to showcase your wide-ranging skills as they develop over the three years of the degree. You’ll become equipped to create sustainable strategies for resilient and ethical built environments for the communities you design for, and become confident in communicating your ideas through drawing, modelling and making using both live and digital techniques. There is a strong focus on the histories and theories of architecture and urban design, climate literacy and matters of equality, inclusion and diversity. Upon completion of your Architecture degree, you will have the ability to define and create critically informed projects of varying types, within a range of contexts including at the urban scale and through adaptive reuse. Year one During your first year you will be introduced to architecture through a series of smaller projects in a range of locations. You’ll begin to understand the language of architecture and the anatomy of buildings as you apply practical and conceptual skills to develop user-centred proposals, developing your understanding of the principles of sustainable and regenerative design. You’ll consider structure, form, space and light in architectural composition and gain a basic understanding of different structural and environmental approaches to building. You will enhance your drawing, making and digital skills and be introduced to techniques which you will apply throughout the course. We'll equip you with an overview of context, history and theory, with a special focus on ethical practices, professionalism and collaboration. Modules Habitation 1 Environment 1 Community 1 Practice 1 Year two In the second year you’ll develop your technical and conceptual skills as you take on larger-scale design projects. You will develop confidence in the application of artistic practice and technical skills, gaining an understanding of the regulatory requirements of professional practice and you will carry out your own practice research. You'll learn to create designs that respond to the varied needs of users and continue developing a personal ethical basis for design decisions, with emphasis on equality, diversity and inclusion and concern for both natural and built environments. Modules Habitation 2 Environment 2 Community 2 Practice 2 Year three In your final year you will undertake two design projects; focusing your learning and ability to combine technical, ethical practice and aesthetic requirements in response to a brief. The first project will test your definition of what architecture is or can be, and allows you to experiment with visual communication. Your Dissertation or Practical Submission with Critical Essay builds on the academic research and critical writing skills developed over the course. By the end of the year, you'll be a strong communicator visually and verbally, and will have built a comprehensive portfolio highlighting all your skills. Modules Synthesis Dissertation - Pathway 1: Dissertation or Pathway 2: Practical Submission and Critical Essay Synthesis 2 Practice 3 As part of our process of continuous improvement, we routinely review course content to ensure that all our students benefit from a high-quality and rewarding academic experience. As such, there may be some changes made to your course which are not immediately reflected in the content displayed on our website. Any students affected will be informed of any changes made directly.

Assessment method

100% of your assessment will be coursework. Assessment methods: Presentations Case studies Learning journal Reports and illustrated essays Written and illustrated dissertation or practical submission and critical essay Portfolio

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Architects Registration Board
• Architects Royal Institute of British