Overview
NFQ Level 9, Major Award
(Joint Degree between University College Cork and Munster Technological University)
The Master of Architecture is a full-time programme extending over 12 months from the date of first registration.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| AT6011 | Design Research: Cultures and Context | 5 |
| AT6012 | Design Research: Technology Transformations | 5 |
| AT6013 | Design Research Studio: Investigation and Formation | 20 |
| AT6014 | Design Project | 30 |
| AT6015 | Exhibition Design and Implementation | 15 |
| AT6016 | Documentation and Dissemination of Design and Design Process | 15 |
| Total Credits | 90 |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for MArch (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Analyse the context for an architectural project and select the most appropriate factors, whether they be occupant studies, functional requirements, socio-cultural, historical, landscape and/or economic issues on which to base an architectural response;
- Select and rigorously analyse appropriate technological precedents to inform the development of a technological framework for the major design project;
- Synthesise architectural solutions to identified design problems, with a high level of skill and inventiveness;
- Plan and implement an independent programme of work to generate designs and reports related to those designs;
- Design with respect to regulatory constraints and official guidelines.
