Is the Master of Achitecture for you?

The problem based learning and inclusive approach to studio teaching is one of the strengths of the program at Newcastle. The projects in the first year of the program focus on large-scale urban design, mixed-use and the detailed design of high-rise buildings. These design projects emphasise creative, social, cultural and ecological issues relating to urbanism and the built environment. The final year of the program provides you with the opportunity to develop their own elective project over the course of the year, applying in-depth research and resolution to a singular design problem. Within a creative and innovative learning environment the final exhibited project explores the complexities of making buildings for the future of the built environment. The comprehensive way that each stage of the architectural design process is articulated, critiqued and developed provides you with a portfolio of work that reflects the making of buildings in the real world. Projects undertaken by students often have real world clients and reflect the challenging environment that architects find themselves. The program is supported by a number of visiting adjunct professors and leading architects including Ric LePlastrier, Peter Stutchbury and Peter Davidson....

Aims of the course

This course builds on the established strengths of the department in the two major disciplines, their common interest in spatial design and a critical theoretical framework. It is open to architects and interior designers and is taught in parallel with the Professional Diploma in Architecture. The course offers a rare opportunity for high-level joint study. The different elements are coherent and testing. The course is design-based and research-orientated. It will enable you to focus your skills and develop excellence in your work. The coursework provides a strong platform from which you can develop your thesis creatively and intellectually. The main subject areas are in design, history and theory, each taught through a wide choice of tutors, studios and interest groups with a strong emphasis on self-directed study....

Introduction

The evolution of the concept of landscape witnessed over recent decades coincides with an inexorable human impact on nature at global level (and the consequent abuse of environmental resources), configuring an ever increasing interest of creative and knowledge disciplines towards the project solutions which will become real typologies of interventions by administrators, by who decides how to create landscape on territory. And yet, does a real gap still exist between artistic process and ways of intervening in the field of landscape planning? What are the work methods that profitably mix the visions of an architect with the projects, the technologies and the forms of representation used by artists when they explore and build a land area?...

The MUP Program - Master of Urban Planning Program prepares skilled professionals and leaders in planning and managing urban development. The only professional degree of its kind in the UAE, and modeled on degrees in the United States, the MUP is fully accredited by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

The program, in which 16 courses must be completed, can be taken on a full-time or part-time basis. Full-time students typically register for three or four courses a semester and complete in two years. Part-time students typically register for two or three courses a semester and complete in three years.

Students with advanced standing (eg. an undergraduate degree in urban planning) can have up to 5 courses waived, and can reduce program duration by one or two semesters....

This course replaces the Master of Landscape Architecture course (568AA) from Semester 1, 2010.

The Master of Landscape Architecture is a graduate course designed to provide entry into the Landscape Architecture profession. The course has a unique emphasis on Canberra as a landscape laboratory where real-world projects and speculative design scenarios are critically interrogated and explored.

This course combines design, research and professional industry experience as part of a focused curriculum. Students work in an interdisciplinary learning environment to understand and respond to the complex social, political and cultural implications of built environment design. Graduates of the course are equipped with a range of high-level technical, analytical, design and communication skills necessary to formulate solutions to contemporary challenges....

The primary purpose of the coursework Master of Architecture degree is to provide a professionally accredited, graduate level qualification for candidates whose first degree is the Bachelor of Applied Science (Architecture) or the Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University of Canberra, or equivalent.

On completion of the Master of Architecture award a student will have developed conceptual understandings and practical application skills in the area of architectural design to a professionally accredited standard, as determined by the Board of Architects of the ACT and the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, who accredit and recognise the degree.

Students with degrees other than the Bachelor of Applied Science (Architecture) or Bachelor of Arts in Architecture or equivalent may apply, but may be subject to a bridging program and the submission of a portfolio of work before admission to the Master of Architecture program....

IHS offers a 12 month MSc programme in Urban Management and Development (UMD), which can be followed full-time and part-time. The master programme provides a unique opportunity for professionals and bachelor graduates to invest in their future. It will enable you to become an innovative urban manager, a leader who analyses and develops cities based on a thorough understanding of urban theory and practice.

A step in your career

 The courses will enable participants to advance their career opportunities. Our alumni include ministers, mayors, successful businessmen and renowned NGO specialists. It provides entrance into international networks of urban professionals, institutes and capacity building initiatives. Participants will benefit from the extensive network of IHS, including an alumni association with over 7,000 members and contacts with donor agencies and training centres. IHS is engaged in over 100 urban programmes and projects at any point in time, enabling a direct link between theory and practice. IHS lecturers have worked all over the world thus creating a possibility to discuss and initiate programmes and projects in your country and your cities....