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Masters in Environmental Design
I am finishing my BA (RIBA Part I) this summer and I intent to go into practice for 2-3 years before going back to university for the MArch. I am very interested into the technical aspects of architectural design.
Cardiff University (Welsh School of Architecture,UK) is offering a 2 year part-time masters in environmental design. I am aware that the course is quite popular and also available as distance learning (online course).
My question is:
Is it worth spending 2 years on this masters degree while working, before going back to university for the MArch? Is it going to make me a better architect or more employable? Is there a risk of getting pigeonholed as an environmental/sustainability guy too early in my career? Generally speaking, is it worth studying this kind of subject or could I obtain the same knowledge by reading relevant literature in my own time and pace? Finally, is a distance learning course any decent?
From my experience of architectural education, I can't imagine how design could be taught using online seminars so I am afraid the course might offer just an introduction into env. design without going to deep.
This is the course:
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/courses/course/environmental-design-of-buildings-msc-2-year-distance-learning
What do you think?
http://cee.stanford.edu/
Food for thought.
Thanks, but I am based in the UK.
@daer, I think it has great potential - all depends how the detail course engagement is structured (I have design a few and taken a few). I do feel generally part 1 courses don't do enough in this area so don't feel that you will be pigeoned holed but extra skilled. Cambridge, Nottingham and Sheffield embed sustainability into their part 2 programmes so you might check them out also - lots of free courseware out there so you might try to see if you like it - when you are doing distance learning much harder especially at PG if there is not a community you can work with to build your ideas -learning the skills is only 10% but empowering them is the 90% -
TED, thanks for the reply. UCL and Bath offer similar (but more technical programmes) in full time study.
Bath
UCL
I wonder if it's a good idea to do the 2 year part-time masters in Cardiff via distance learning while also working and kill 2 birds with one stone. Or finish my part 2 and then do 1 year full time in UCL or Bath.
M.arch is better option. It lead u to licensure while other one not. However if u wan to academia then prefer envi design
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