This ARB/RIBA Part 2-accredited course has been retitled from the previously named Graduate Diploma in Architecture to MArch in Architecture. The course operates within the guidelines stipulated by professional accreditation, but has its own unique character. Being taught in an art-and-design-based faculty means that design is at the heart of our approach.
Key features -You will gain a comprehensive knowledge of the areas of study required to enter and contribute to architectural practice and architectural discourse. -You will acquire a critical understanding of architecture as a cultural, social and material practice, with consideration for the ways in which it impacts on human and physical environments. -You will learn to create coherent, responsible and appropriate architectural designs capable of making a positive contribution to the environment.
What will you study?
During this course, you will develop as architectural designers and thinkers and move towards the ability to engage in architectural practice as independent and reflective practitioners. You will build on and further develop the knowledge, understanding and skill acquired during your first degree and a recommended initial period of work-based learning. The emphasis of this course is therefore to deepen and consolidate existing learning and skill, rather than to introduce a wide range of new subject material.
Assessment
Design projects, reports, seminars, presentations, essays, case studies, and dissertation.
Course structure
Please note that all modules listed below are compulsory for that level. Core modules (Level 6) -Reading Architecture -Designing Architecture -Representing Architecture -Making Architecture
"I came to Kingston for my Part 2 (Diploma) in Architecture, rather jaded after my experiences as an undergraduate at another university, to find a refreshing variety of units and tutors on offer.
"I chose to do the Masters course under Michael Shoul. It was exactly the curriculum I had been hoping for when I set out to become an architect and the approach to the craft has stood me in good stead ever since. I came back to do my Part 3 professional qualification, which I found to be thorough, appropriately difficult and entertaining at the same time.
"After some years as a conservation officer in a local authority, I am now working for myself in private practice in central London, specialising in the repair/reuse of historic buildings. I am hoping to travel more widely, working on historic structures, when my family and last child leaves home in (hopefully) two or three years' time!
"I am still in contact with Kingston University and regard my tutors there as friends as well as colleagues."
Scholarships
Entry Requirements
ARB/RIBA Part 1 or exemption from it; in most cases, not less than 40 weeks of appropriate professional experience prior to entry; a high level of basic design skill as well as an ability to engage in a rigorous, graduate programme of study; an understanding of architecture as both an academic subject and an ongoing practice; and a commitment and motivation to the practice of architecture.
Last Updated
11 April 2017
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