PROGRAM LEVEL
The Master of Architecture (M. Arch) is a graduate program offered by the Department of Architecture and Interior Design, College of Engineering, University of Bahrain. The Program consists of a total of 33 credits (27 credits as Major Requirements and 6 credits as Major Electives). The degree could be completed in a minimum of 1.5 years (3 semesters) and a maximum of 4 years.
The Program requires students to complete 10 courses (seven 3-credits Major Requirement courses, two 3-credits Major Elective courses and a 6-credit course for the Thesis (Major requirement). The Major requirements consist of a total of 8 courses distributed throughout the study duration, including Architecture Phenomena (ARCH 610), Design & Community (ARCH 611), Research Methods (ARCH 612), Sustainable Built Environment (ARCH 614), Pre-Thesis (ARCH 620), Professional Practice (ARCH 622), Advanced Technologies in Built Environment (ARCH 632), and Thesis (ARCH 630). The Thesis course has pre-required 24 credit hours.
In addition to major requirements, students enrolled in this Program should take two Major Electives that provide specialization in a certain area related to Architecture.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
DETAILED STUDY PLAN
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PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
- To inculcate in the students, an ability to articulate a strong theoretical and philosophical position with regard to architecture and allied disciplines enabling to approach the design of the built-environment based on advanced research.
- To enable the students to understand complex theoretical and design aspects related to an issue of relevance in the built-environment.
- To enable the students to devise planned design interventions related to a specific specialization to resolve significant issues of the built-environment.
- To enable the students to articulate detailed technological applications to achieve resolutions to significant issues of the built-environment.
- To enable the students to conceptualize research in response to a significant issue, collect data, analyze and derive generalizable conclusions.
PROGRAM INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
a) Understand design research and research methodologies.
b) Possess an in-depth knowledge of either
- the habitations of people or
- the complex processes that produce urban spaces or
- advanced building materials and construction technologies and their applications in the built-environment
- the use of digital technologies in resolving built-environmental issues
- approaches to sustainability of the built-environment
- complex contemporary issues of landscapes
- complex contemporary issues of interiors.
c) Able to conceptualize and examine a critical issue of the built-environment through research.
d) Able to conceptualize an appropriate theoretical and philosophical basis to produce planned interventions in the built-environment,
e) Able to devise design proposals to address significant socio-spatial issues pertaining to the built-environment.
f) Able to produce comprehensive verbal narratives to communicate design proposals for built-environments.
g) Able to produce comprehensive verbal narratives to communicate research ideas related to built-environments.
h) Able to produce comprehensive graphical (digital) narratives to communicate design proposals for built-environments.
i) Able to act responsibly in interactions with the clients, academics and other professionals.
