Are the projects run like typical studio design projects in architectural schools?
In the MSc Degrees Suite, projects are run in association with the teaching modules, not independently. There is not a studio in the sense in which this is known to architectural students, in which the students’ core activity is designing projects. Many of the teaching modules have their own assignments as part of the learning activity. The projects tend to be major pieces of work running the length of Stage 1, rather than a series of assignments. In the MA in Urban Design, the structure of the course is the same, but three of the six modules are design modules taught in studio in the conventional architectural manner. In these modules, the project work is the whole of the learning activity. There are no equivalent projects in the other three modules.
