What is the history of the three MSc degree courses?
The first of the three architectural courses was the Environmental Design of Buildings, which was established in 1993. At this time, it was the first masters course to be taught at the wsa. The course was substantially restructured for modularisation before the 2001 session, changing its eight modules in Stage 1 to six. The distance learning version of this course was opened publicly in 2003, although it was run as a pilot before this. The British University in Dubai opened an independent course modelled on it in 2005. The Building Energy and Environmental Performance Modelling and the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Design courses are considerably more recent, and were established in response to the success of the Environmental Design course and the perceived need for alternative perspectives. The former started in 2004 and the latter in 2005. Although these courses are young, they build on the experience gained in teaching the Environmental Design of Buildings. From the outset, th
