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Coventry University

Bachelor Degree , Architectural Technology

Course Description

Architectural Technologics lead the technological design within architecture between concept, innovation and reality. Playing a pivotal role within the construction process as lead designers or complementing other chartered professionals in the built environment, this course aims to prepare you in seeking future employment in architectural practice, city and urban planning, interior design, contractors and builders, oil and gas developments together with many other areas and specialisms.

We place an emphasis on the architectural design process, the cultural and economic environment in which development takes place, building performance analysis and the construction technologies available to achieve sustainable building solutions. You will also be given a solid grounding in the drawing and modelling of architectural forms, which should provide you with the research techniques to assess materials and components.

Providing you with the opportunity to gain key knowledge and transferrable skills, our Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) student award winning course at Coventry University sits together with other built environmental disciplines such as building surveying, construction management, quantity surveying, building services engineering and civil engineering. This represents the multi-disciplinary nature of the construction industry and is designed to provide students on the course with some context in relation to their role with other professions they could interact within throughout their future professional careers.

Architectural Technology students should find a home in our dedicated design studio space and alongside other built environment professions in a range of commonly taught modules, which include group projects and use of our extensive range of laboratories and unique facilities such as our simulation centre, which is located on our main campus at the Technology Park.

Course Content

  • Year one

Overview

In the first year, primarily common to other building disciplines, you will be introduced to the fundamental topics of building design and the construction process, which are essential to practitioners in all construction professions, such as what constitutes good building design and what causes damage to buildings.

Modules

  • Project Design Skills

  • Domestic Building Science and Services

  • Domestic Construction Technology

  • Construction Materials

  • Construction Industry Practice 1

  • Land and Building Surveying

  • Building Project 1

  • Group Project

  • Add+vantage

 

  • Year two

Overview

In the second year, you will be introduced to more complex issues surrounding the profession such as adaptation of buildings and urban planning which aims to further explore your design and construction knowledge from the previous year.

Modules

  • Law for Construction Professionals

  • Commercial Construction Technology

  • Construction Industry Practice 2

  • Commercial Building Science and Services

  • Building Adaptation

  • Urban Planning & Design

  • Building Project 2

  • Group Project 2

  • Add+vantage

 

  • Placement year

Overview

Following your second year, you will have an option to apply for a one-year professional work placement or study abroad in a partner institution. Past students have undertaken placements working within architecture practices all over the UK and abroad. Please note that placement and/or study abroad opportunities may be subject to additional costs, competitive application, availability and meeting appropriate visa requirements.

Modules

  • Study Abroad

  • Professional Training

 

  • Final year

Overview

In your final year, you should deepen your knowledge of the role of professional practitioners in the construction industry, as an independent practitioner or as an employee in a design office. You will cover professionalism and codes of behaviour, as well as skills relating to setting up in private practice, commercial development and management of a professional practice in the built environment sector.

The course culminates in a research-informed design project and an integrated design and construction planning project in collaboration with other students from our construction courses.

Modules

  • Group Project 3

  • Professional Practice and Management

  • Sustainability and Innovation in Construction

  • Technical Project

  • Design Project A

  • Design Project B

  • Add+vantage

 

 

Entry Requirements

A Level :- BBB-BBC Excludes General Studies.

BTEC :- DDD-DMM

IB Diploma :- 30 points

GCSE requirement :- 5 GCSEs at grade 4 / C or above to include English and Mathematics.

A-Levels

A-Level applicants are required to have three? A2 Levels. Coventry University may include AS grades within an offer for certain courses, but we are not able to accept two AS Levels in place of one A2 Level. In some courses it may be necessary for entrants to have passed specific A2 Levels in nominated subjects. Please see the course pages for more information.

Access Diplomas

The Access to HE Diploma to include 30 Level 3 credits at Merit in Mathematics or Physical Science units. Plus GCSE English and Mathematics at grade 4 / C or above.

Coventry University welcomes applicants who have completed, or who are studying, the Access to HE Diploma developed by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). Successful completion of the course will require you to gain 60 credits with at least 45 to be achieved at Level 3 (with the remainder at Level 2). In some cases we will require you to have gained Merit or Distinction grades in a number of units or in nominated subjects. For more information on the entry requirements for your chosen course please see the relevant course pages.

BTEC Level 3 Diplomas

The University will accept the BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma for entry to most courses. In some cases we will require applicants to have studied either certain named modules or a specific named Diploma. The appropriate course page will have full information on the entry requirements. The University also accepts the BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma and BTEC Level 3 Diploma for entry to degree programmes, provided that they are studied in combination with other qualifications that provide a total volume of study that is equivalent to three A2 Levels. For example, you could be studying a BTEC Level 3 Diploma plus an A2 Level, or a BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma plus two A2 Levels. Where a specific A2 or BTEC subject is required for entry then you must be offering this as part of your combination of qualifications.

Additional Information

Study options:

3 years full-time
4 years sandwich
5 years part-time

How to Apply

Full time 
Part time 

Location:

Coventry University

Starting:

September 2020

Fees:

£9,250

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