Architecture, MA/MSc
KEY FACTS
School
Location
Avery Hill Campus/Greenwich Campus(dependent on elective choice)
Attendance
1 year (4 terms) full-time
2 years (7 terms) part-time
Entry requirements
Applicants should have:
EITHER a diploma in architecture
OR the equivalent of 5 years' full-time studies in architecture or a cognate subject.
PLUS a design portfolio (for the MA) or dissertation work (for the MSc), and a personal statement. You may apply with credits for previous work.
- Exceptionally, a good first degree in architecture or a cognate subject may be considered.
- A special progress route is designed for continuing students with a Diploma in Architecture from the University of Greenwich.
- If English is not your first language, you are required to have a minimum of IELTS 6.5.
Assessment
Students are assessed through coursework, a dissertation (for the MSc) and a portfolio of project work (for the MA).
Career options
This programme is suitable for those aiming to develop their intellectual and critical abilities in architectural practice and for those aiming to enhance their academic skills and/or go on to doctoral study.
These two programmes are designed for students of architecture and related disciplines who wish to carry their academic, intellectual and professional skills beyond the requirements of their professionally recognised qualification. The programmes offer a comprehensive and interdisciplinary learning and research experience, engaging students from different backgrounds in a critical approach to architecture. Architecture is explored and redefined in its wider sense, drawing from a variety of disciplines that include critical studies, visual arts, social and urban studies, and architecture: its theories and histories, its techniques and practices.
While working within multidisciplinary research teams, students are encouraged to develop a personal focus and independent research within the programme.
For the MA, the research explores an area of architectural design across disciplines and various uses of media. The ultimate aim is to perform a "theory-rich-design" and produce a theoretically informed and considered research project by design. The MSc research aim is to enhance criticality in architecture and produce theoretical research (written dissertation) that questions architecture and its practices in an informed and critical way. Both programmes are co-ordinated with other postgraduate programmes: Dip Architecture, MA Urban Design, MSc Built Environment, MA Media Arts Philosophy and Practice (offered by the School of Humanities & Social Sciences) and MA/MSc Architecture at MSA University, Cairo. Neither award is accredited by a professional body, and so do not provide exemption from ARB/RIBA Part 2 examinations.
Content
- Applied Techniques (MA and MSc)
- Critical Thinking and Research Methods or Research Methods Seminar (MA and MSc)
- Design Issues (MA)
- Design Research (MA)
- Research Issues (MSc)
- MSc Thesis (MSc)
- Global Practice (MA and MSc)
- Influences, Theories and Techniques in Architecture (MA and MSc)
- Reading Seminars (MA and MSc)
- Elective (MA and MSc): one elective course is chosen from the courses offered by the School and the wider university (subject to approval by the programme leader)