Master in Architecture and Urban Planning

Faculty of Engineering - Department of Archituctural and planning Engineering

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Description

The mission of this program is to offer a high standard educational program   that helps professionals in achieving better practice and to promote practical research activities among students and faculty members.

Objectives

The department's mandate is for each student to understand architecture and urban design as a creative, productive, innovative, and responsible practice. The programs, therefore, are based on the following intentions

1.      - To strengthen intellectual growth and the capacity to develop creative and responsible solutions to unique and changing problems.

2.      - To help the student acquire the individual capabilities necessary for research and the competent practice of architecture and urban design   and lifelong learning

Outcomes

A- Knowledge and understanding

1- Demonstrating understanding and knowledge of the issues and basics of contemporary technology and factors related to the development of the field of producing design ideas in the service of society.

2- Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and ability to apply the principles and theories of architectural design, urban design and planning, basic aesthetic values and cultural, social and intellectual factors and their impact on the social, spatial and technological aspects of architecture as a process and product at the same time.

3- Demonstrate understanding and appreciation of the social, environmental, ethical, economic, human factors, security, safety and peace requirements that affect design decision-making, necessary to identify, describe and formulate solutions to various engineering problems in a variety of verbal or graphic ways.

B- Practical and professional skills

1- Integrate knowledge and understanding of sciences and arts, information technology, design and engineering concepts to design and plan buildings to solve problems according to local requirements and materials using appropriate modern technologies, programs and skills in the practice of the profession.

2- Applying the basic principles of architecture and the environment in order to develop designs with advanced dimensions, measurements and detailed models that meet the functional, technical and aesthetic requirements, according to the application of professional ethics and relevant laws and regulations for the practice of architecture in Libya and abroad.

C- Mental skills

1- Keep abreast of, identify and evaluate appropriate ICT tools for a variety of architectural problems.

2- Knowledge and ability to identify and analyze various design problems easily and distinctly, often on the basis of limited and sometimes contradictory information.

3- Improvement and development in devising various alternative solutions and reaching architectural decisions, taking into account the cost, benefits,

4- Technology application, safety, quality, assurance, site constraints, urban planning, and environmental impact.

Certificate Rewarded

Master of Architecture Engineering

Entry Reuirements

Must have a Bachelor of Architecture Engineering. To pass the differentiation exam.

Study Plan

The Master in Architecture and Urban Planning prepares students to qualify for Master in Architecture and Urban Planning. The student studies several subjects which have been carefully chosen in this major to cover its different aspects.

It comprises 6 Semesters of study, in which the student will study a total of 33 units, which include 3 units of general subjects, and 14 major units, 10 of elective units. In addition to a final project in the student's major.

Study plan for this program is shown below:

1st Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
GE606 Applied Statistics and Computer Application 03 Compulsory +

ARCH601 Research Methodology 03 Compulsory +

ARCH617 Advance Design Studio 04 Compulsory +

2nd Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
ARCH618 Advance Design Studio 04 Compulsory +

3rd Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
ARCH636 New Vernacular Architecture 03 Elective +

ARCH635 ContemporaryIslamic Architecture 03 Elective +

ARCH616 Design Methodology 03 Elective +

4th Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
ARCH655 Urban Social Science 03 Elective +

5th Semester

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
ARCH662 Urban Transformation 03 Elective +

ARCH660 Ethics and Practice 03 Elective +

Elective Subjects

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
ARCH602 Sustainable Architecture 03 Elective +

ARCH604 نظريات التصميم الحضري 03 Elective +

ARCH615 Theories of Architecture 03 Elective +

ARCH699 M. Sc. Thesis 03 Compulsory +

ARCH698 Graduate Seminar 03 Elective +

ARCH621 Sustainable Urban Design 03 Elective +

ARCH697 Special Topics 03 Elective +

ARCH695 Independent Study 03 Elective +

ARCH665 Built Environment Evaluation 03 Elective +

ARCH663 Urban Space 03 Elective +

ARCH661 History of City Form 03 Elective +