This programme is aimed at students who wish to develop a career in architecture. It is a national and international professionally accredited academic programme that will equip graduates to work worldwide in architectural design and in creative and research practice.  We encourage and support students to be active, motivated and autonomous learners, who have a critical and reflective approach to architectural design, practice and research. 

This studio and lecture based programme, led by academics and practitioners at the forefront of the discipline, aims to provide an engaging, exciting and innovative learning environment that encourages students to develop their individual professional capacities while placing equal emphasis on research and critical enquiry.  We do this through design projects, academic writing, technological and constructional investigations and practical experiments, valuing innovation, investigation and original creative work underpinned by a due regard for rigor, depth and precision. Students are provided with a firm foundation in advanced methodologies and skills and develop a close familiarity with the broader disciplinary, regulatory and societal frameworks within which professionals must operate. 

The programme uses teaching, learning and assessment approaches such as individual and group design projects, live-projects, case students, scenario-based learning and written research and dissertations. Each has a focus on individual development and reflective learning, while developing effective group-work, written, verbal and visual communication and presentation skills

1 - On successful completion of the programme students should be able to: Embed in their visual and written work evidence of their ability to use conceptual and critical thinking and know the appropriate use of both.
2 - Use analogue and digital methods of visual communication, drawing, presentation, model making, and show judgment in utilising such methods appropriately in order to achieve their design intentions and ambitions
3 - Communicate and present their design and research questions and the knowledge and rationale underpinning their conclusions at public fora to professional and non-professional audiences, clearly and unambiguously
4 - Act competently and independently and have the ability to integrate knowledge and handle complexity, formulate judgments with incomplete or limited information, and to reflect on wider professional issues.
5 - Evidence an informed and independent view of the role of the architect and the value of architecture to society, communicate and articulate the potential of architecture with regard to quality of life, environmental performance and climate change, health and well-being, economy etc
6 - Integrate their knowledge of specialized research methods in architecture into their work and be capable of using such methods with rigour, depth and precision to understand, evaluate, and analyse scenarios in architectural theory, design and assembly.
7 - Embed in their own work their knowledge of the regulatory and building control policy framework that underpins and influences practice and, be aware of the impact of such frameworks on current and future practice.
8 - Utilise a range of investigative and design skills, showing in their work their ability to use the appropriate skill at the appropriate stage and an ability to synthesise knowledge to achieve original and excellent design outcomes.
9 - Articulate their knowledge of local and global architectural history and precedent and have explicit in their work the ability to use such knowledge to inform future design and research work.
10 - Understand structural, environmental, envelope, services and life-saving systems to the extent that the student can clearly evidence their ability to synthesise these within a comprehensive building design programme.
11 - Apply their knowledge and problem solving abilities to the design of an architectural project in response to functional brief and site conditions, including an understanding of social and physical contexts and show this in visual and written documents.

Module ID	Module Title	Trimester	Credits
Stage 1 Core Modules
ARCT40010	Design Technologies I	Autumn	5
ARCT40020	Research & Innovation in the Designed Environment	Autumn	5
ARCT41120	Architectural Design VII - Comprehensive Design Studio	Autumn	15
ARCT40050	Architectural Design VIII	Spring	15
ARCT40080	Research and Innovation in the Designed Environment II	Spring	5
Stage 1 Core Modules
Stage 1 Options - A)1OF: Note re Technology Options: Students going out on Exchange programmes in the Autumn Trimester must take ARCT40870 Agency: Design / Build as their Technology Option in the Spring Trimester.
ARCT40870	Agency: Design / Build	Spring	5
ARCT40950	Concrete Research	Spring	5
Stage 1 Options - A)1OF: Note re Technology Options: Students going out on Exchange programmes in the Autumn Trimester must take ARCT40870 Agency: Design / Build as their Technology Option in the Spring Trimester.
Stage 1 Options - B)2 OF: Students must select TWO GENERAL OPTION Modules, ONE in EACH Trimester, from the list of General Options below:
ARCT40030	Realising Built Projects	Autumn	5
ARCT40170	Conservation History, Theory and Policy	Autumn	5
ARCT40660	Street Life: Urban Design, an Introduction	Autumn	5
ARCT41210	Architecture in a Climate Emergency	Autumn	5
PLAN40030	Planning, Society and Diversity	Autumn	5
ARCT40180	Urban Design Theory (UDT)	Spring	5
ARCT41240	Urban Resilience and Ethics	Spring	5
Stage 1 Options - B)2 OF: Students must select TWO GENERAL OPTION Modules, ONE in EACH Trimester, from the list of General Options below:
Stage 2 Core Modules
ARCT41130	Reflective Portfolio Module	2 Trimester duration (Aut-Spr)	5
ARCT41300	Major Research Essay	2 Trimester duration (Aut-Spr)	10
ARCT40190	Professional Studies II	Autumn	5
ARCT41190	Design Thesis 1	Autumn	15
ARCT41180	Design Thesis 2	Spring	25
Stage 2 Core Modules

		Award		GPA
Programme	Module Weightings	Rule Description	Description
MTARCH001	Stage 2 - 100.00%	Standard Honours Award	First Class Honours	3.68	4.20
			Second Class Honours, Grade 1	3.08	3.67
			Second Class Honours, Grade 2	2.48	3.07
			Pass	2.00	2.47