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Architecture and Cities MA
This is a taught programme within the Architecture subject area.
Outline
This programme trains you how to approach and understand the issues related to architecture and the cities. You learn how to use theoretical, historical and experimental approaches to architecture and cities of today. You undertake training in four modules about theory, history and design-related issues of architecture and urban development. The programme then prepares you for your research to be undertaken as part of your dissertation. You develop an in-depth understanding of architecture, its history, theory and the diversity of its discourse, as well as an appreciation of contemporary cities, while building on your research and analytical skills.
Key facts
- Subject area: Architecture
- Location: Canterbury
- School: Kent School of Architecture
- Duration: One year full-time, two years part-time.
- Start: September
- Fees and funding: More info
- Entry requirements: A first or good second class honours degree (or the equivalent) in architecture or another related discipline in humanities, planning or similar. Please also check our general entry requirements (including English language requirements).
Programme structure
Course content
- Architecture and Cities of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century, 1840s-1960s
- From the Idea of a City to Philosophies of Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism
- Urban Landscape
- Research Methods and Analysis
- Dissertation of 15,000 words
Assessment
Assessment is by coursework and the dissertation.
Key facts
- Subject area: Architecture
- Location: Canterbury
- School: Kent School of Architecture
- Duration: One year full-time, two years part-time.
- Start: September
- Fees and funding: More info
- Entry requirements: A first or good second class honours degree (or the equivalent) in architecture or another related discipline in humanities, planning or similar. Please also check our general entry requirements (including English language requirements).
Contact details
Admissions enquiries
T: +44 (0)1227 827272
E: information@kent.ac.uk
Professor Gordana Fontana-Giusti
Kent School of Architecture, Marlowe Building,
University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NR,UK
T: +44 (0)1227 824700
E: g.fontana-giusti@kent.ac.uk
Key facts
- Subject area: Architecture
- Location: Canterbury
- School: Kent School of Architecture
- Duration: One year full-time, two years part-time.
- Start: September
- Fees and funding: More info
- Entry requirements: A first or good second class honours degree (or the equivalent) in architecture or another related discipline in humanities, planning or similar. Please also check our general entry requirements (including English language requirements).
How to apply
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Key facts
- Subject area: Architecture
- Location: Canterbury
- School: Kent School of Architecture
- Duration: One year full-time, two years part-time.
- Start: September
- Fees and funding: More info
- Entry requirements: A first or good second class honours degree (or the equivalent) in architecture or another related discipline in humanities, planning or similar. Please also check our general entry requirements (including English language requirements).