Architecture
Norwich University of the Arts
UCAS Code: K100 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Norwich University of the Arts
UCAS Code: K100 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
An overall Pass
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Passes at Grade 5 or above in English, Maths and a Science subject.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
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About this course
**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
**YOUR FUTURE**
By the end of your degree, you will have gained a set of transposable skills to meet or exceed the assessed benchmark for exemption from ARB Part I examinations, and achieve a readiness for professional, or other pathways.
Our close links to the profession will give you an opportunity to meet and learn from our regional partners, including Feilden+Mawson, Purcell, LSI Architects, Hamson Barron Smith and Hudson Architects.
Architecture graduates have been selected for RIBA East Awards, the TRADA University Challenge and the Design and Craftsmanship Awards.
**OUR STUDENTS’ WORK**
Explore our online Graduate Showcase – celebrating the very best Norwich University of the Arts work. Scroll each reel to explore at **nuagradshowcase.com**
Modules
You can find more information about the content of the BA (Hons) Architecture course at https://norwichuni.ac.uk/ba-hons-architecture/
Assessment methods
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 https://norwichuni.ac.uk/ba-hons-architecture/#assessment
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Architecture had a difficult time a few years back during the great recession, but those days are over and the degree is in demand as house building and infrastructure have increased in importance. Most working architects secure jobs in the architecture industry, more usually starting as assistants rather than full-blown architects or chartered technicians. Some, however, move into management, design or marketing roles, where they find their planning, design and project management skills are very welcome. Nearly half the architecture-related jobs last year were in London or the South-East, and this group are rather more likely than average to find their jobs through personal contacts, so polish your networking skills, or see if you can get work experience if you want to succeed as an architect.
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