Are architecture degrees flexible?
Laura Broderick the education advisor at the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (Cabe) gives her thoughts on studying architecture. Even though I did a degree in architecture, I was never fully sure about becoming an architect. I’d simply got to sixth form level and realised that the course would combine a lot of subjects I’d enjoyed – notably art, science and history. I also liked the idea of doing a degree that was studio based, rather than involving mostly lectures. I felt that would lead to sharing of ideas, as well as an opportunity to be creative and to get involved in a lot of teamwork, which it did. When I started the degree, I realised I was in the minority – most people wanted to go on and become architects, but I didn’t mind.
