MSc in Environmental Design of Buildings
The course aims to offer knowledge and expertise for specialising in the design of comfortable and healthy environments in and around buildings, regardless of climate, and with due regard to sustainable issues. This is an area of expertise often tending to fall between the normal professional interests of architects and engineers.
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Tuition fees
UK & EU Full Time Student Fees for 2007/2008 £3,240.00. For more information, please see www.cardiff.ac.uk/postgraduate/pgfees
Start dates
October each year
Length
1 year full-time, 2 years part-time (3 years distance learning)
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Area of study
Engineering & Technology
Last update
2008-08-03
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Length
1 year full-time, 2 years part-time (3 years distance learning)
Start dates
October each year
Application Deadline
You can find more information about the application process, including downloadable application forms that you can print out from the web, available at www.cardiff.ac.uk/postgraduate/pgapply
Teaching Language
English
Exams Required
Applicants should possess a good first degree, or equivalent work experience in a relevant discipline.
Other Requirements
The course is suitable for graduates or experienced practitioners in disciplines related to the built environment, such as architecture, building services engineering, building technology or environmental studies who would like to strengthen their expertise in environmental design.
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Course content
There are six taught modules in the first stage of the course. The modules approach the subject from a variety of angles that are intended to cut across the integrating threads of heating, lighting, acoustics and sustainability.
Students take no more than two modules at a time, to leave space for projects in which they can apply the ideas they are learning. The scheme can be taken locally over one year full-time or two years part-time. There is also a version for distance learning over the World Wide Web, in which private study is assisted by peer discussion and tutorials in the module forums. The on-line material developed for this version is available to students on the local course, giving support particularly to students whose first language in not English.
In the second stage, students prepare a research dissertation, in which they are able to pursue in greater depth an aspect of the subject that interests them.
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Tuition fees
UK & EU Full Time Student Fees for 2007/2008 £3,240.00. For more information, please see www.cardiff.ac.uk/postgraduate/pgfees
Scholarships
Information on postgraduate funding opportunities for UK and EU students, including a regularly-updated list of university studentships, can be found on our website at www.cardiff.ac.uk/postgraduate/pgfunding
Funding is highly competitive and we recommend planning and researching your funding options well in advance of commencing your studies. Also, in most cases, you will need to have a firm offer of a place to study on a postgraduate programme before you will be considered for an award. It is therefore important that you apply for your chosen postgraduate programme well in advance of the closing date for funding applications as set by the relevant funding body.
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