BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE

(oLD COURSE)

REGULATIONS

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There shall be an Ordinary and an Honours degree ofBachelor olArchitecture.

2. (a) The Council, after receipt of advice lrom the Faculty, shall lrom time to time prescribe schedules defining:

(i) the subjects ofstudy for the degree; and

(ii)

the range of subjects to be satisfactorily completed and the examinations to be passed by candidates.

Such schedules shall become effective from the date ofprescription by the Council or such other date as the Council may determine.

(b) The syllabuses

of

subjects shall be specified by the chairman

of

department or chairmen of departments concerned and submitted to the Faculty and the Executive Committee of the Education Committee lor approval, except that chairmen of depart- ments may approve minor changes to previously approved syllabuses.

3. (a) To qualify for the Ordinary degree ofBachelor ofArchitecture a candidate shall regularly attend lectures and do written ^and practical work (where such is required) and pass examinations in the subjects prescribed.

(b) Before being admitted to the degree a candidate shall also submit satisfactory evidence that he has had not less than six months' practical experience, not necessarily consecutive, in work approved by the Faculty as appropriate to his course.

4. (a)

A

candidate who ^has completed the work of the third year and who wishes to proceed to the Honours degree must make written application to the Registrar, before or at the time of enrolment in the year in which he intends to take the Honours course, for permission to do so.

(b) Before granting such permission

the

Faculty

will

take

into

consideration the candidate's work up to the time olhis application.

(c)

To

^qualify

lor the

Honours degree

a

candidate shall complete the

full

course prescribed for the Ordinary degree and shall in addition undertake further work ofan advanced nature and pass examinations

in

such work. Further, he must pass

in

the subjects which he takes after his acceptance as an Honours student at a higher standard than is required from candidates for the Ordinary degree.

(d) The names of candidates who pass with Honours shall be arranged alphabetically in the following classes: First Class, Second Class Division A, Second Class Division B.

A

candidate who fails to obtain first or second class Honours may be awa¡ded the Ordinary degree provided he has in all other respects completed the work for that degree.

(e) Before being admitted to the degree a candidate shall also submit satisfactory evidence that he has had not less than six months'practical experience, not necessarily consecutive, in work approved by the Faculty as appropriate to his course.

5. Except by permission of the Faculty a candidate shall not be admitted to the class in any subject for which he has not completed the pre-requisite work as prescribed in the syllabus for that subject.

6. (a)

All

annual examinations, other than supplementary, shall take place towards the end of the academic year, except that practical examinations and examinations in a subject in which the course of instruction has been completed by the end of the second term, may be held at any convenient time hxed by the Faculty.

500

Architecture & Planning B.Arch. (Old

Course) (b)

A

candidate shall not be eligible to ^present himself lor examinatìon unless he has

regularly attended the prescribed lectures and has done written and practical work where required to the satisfaction ofthe professors and lecturers concemed.

(c) Written and practical work done by candidates at the direction

olthe

prolessors or lecturers and the results of terminal or other examinations in any subject may be taken into consideration at the final examination in that subject.

(d) There shall be three classilrcations olpass at the annual examination in any subject or division of a subject for the degree as follows: Pass with Distinction, ^Pass with Credit,

Pass. The names olcandidates who pass with Distinction or with Credit shall be arranged in order of merit within the classification; the names of other candidates who pass shall be arranged in alphabetical order either in one list or in two divisions as the Faculty may determine. Ilthe pass list be published in two divisions, a pass in the higher division may be prescribed in the syllabuses as pre-requisite lor admission either to lurther courses in that subject or to other subjects.

(e) A candidate who lails to pass in any subject shall again attend lectures and do practical work in that subject to the satislaction ofthe professors and lecturers unless exempted by the Faculty. Any such exemptions granted will hold for one academic year only.

(l)

Supplementary examinations will be held only in special circumstances approved by the Faculty alter conside¡ation olindividual cases.

7. Except in case ol illness or other sufficient cause allowed by the Faculty, no candidate shall be credited in any year with attendance at lectures or practical work in a subject unless he has attended the lectures and practical work respectively in that subject to the satislaction olthe lecturer concemed.

8. No candidate shall be granted exemption from attendance at lectures or practical work except upon grounds approved by the Faculty.

9. A candidate who has twice failed to pass the examination in any subject or division of

a subject may not present himself again lor instruction ^or examination therein unless his plan olstudy is approved by the Dean.

Ilhe

fails a third time ^{he may} not proceed with the subject again except by special permission ofthe Faculty, and under such conditions

as the Faculty may prescribe.

For the purpose of this regulation a candidate who

is

refused pelmission

to sit

for examination in any subject or division ola subject shall be deemed to have failed to pass

the examination.

10.

A

student who has passed examinations ^i¡¿

pari

materÌa

in

another laculty or othe¡wise, or who desires that his work at other universities or technical ^schools should be counted pro tanto for the degree of Bachelor of Architecture may on application ^be granted such exemption from the requirements of these regulations as the Council shall determine.

I

l.

Except by permission of the Council on the recommendation ol the Faculty only those candidates who have entered upon the course for the degree

in o¡

before the academic year 1979

will

be permitted

to

enrol

in

the course for the degree alter 31

December 1979. Such candidates

will

be eligible to proceed to the degree under the provisions ofthese regulations provided that they complete the course-work requirements for the award of the degree by 3

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March ^I 9 86 and the practical experience requirements by 30 November 1987, as prescribed in the schedules, unless the Council ^approves an extension oltime in particular cases under clause 5 of Chapter XXV of the Statutes.

Regulations alloved 9 January, 1958.

Amended:21 Dec I967:4,15Jan 1976i2;2Feb 1978:3,4;3lJan.1980: ll;4Feb 1982:4,6;24Feb ^1983:2

DEGREE OF

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE

(oLD COURSE)

SCHEDULES

(Made by the Council under regulation 2.)

NOTE: Syllabuses of subjects lor the degree of B Arch. are published _below, immediately after these schedules For syllabuses ofsubjects taught lor o¡her degrees and diplomas see the table ofsubjects at the end ofthe volume.

SCHEDULE I: THE ORDINARY DEGREE

l.

During the first, second, third, lourth and

fifth

^years every candidate shall, unless exempted therefrom, attend courses of instruction and at the annual examination for the appropriate year shall satisfy the examiners in each olthe following subjects:

(a)

First-year subjects RAO1 Building Construction

I NC5l

Architectural Structures

I

RAI

I

Building Science I

RA2l

History of Architecture

I

(b)

Second-year subjects RA02 Building Construction

II

NC52 Architectural Structures

II RAl2

Building Science

II

RA22 History olArchitecture

II (c)

Third-yearsubjects RA03 Building Construction

III

NC53 Architectural Structures

III RAl3

Building Science

III

(d)

Fourth-yearsubjects RA04 Building Construction

IV

NC54 Architectural Structures

IV

RA14 Building Science

IV

RA34 Architectural Design and

Planning

IV

(e)

Fifth-yearsubjects RA05 Building Construction V NC55 Architectural Structures V RA15 Building Science V

RA65 Urban and Regional Planning and Urban Design

II

502

RA3l

Architectural Design and Planning

I

RAT

l

Architectural and Free Drawing RA8

I Aft

History and Appreciation

RA4l

Studio Work

I

RA32 Architectural Design and Planning

II

RA82 Architectural Surveying RA42 Studio Work

II

RA33 Architectural Design and Planning

III

RA53 Professional Practice

I

RA43 Studio Wo¡k

III

RA64 Urban and Regional Planning and Urban Design

I

RA54 Prolessional Practice

II

RA44 Studio Work

IV

RA75 Architectu¡al Thesis RA55 Professional Practice

III

RA45 Studio Work V

Architecture & Planning B.Arch. (Old

^Course)

SCHEDULE II: THE HONOURS DEGREE

A candidate who has been granted permission to ^proceed to the Honours degree under regulation 4 shall complete all the work for the Ordinary degree under schedule

I,

and undertake the following additional work:

RA98 Advanced ^Studies I:

Seminar courses

in

one of a limited selection of topics. The topics may include ^the following:

l.

^Advanced Architectural

Design

^{7 .}

and

Planning

^8. l,andscape Design

Professional Management and Administration

2. Architecture and Environment 3. Development olContemporarY

A¡chitecture

4.

Industrialised Building 5. Architectural Structure 6. Urban Design and Planning RA99 Final Honours Architecture:

9. Interior and Furniture ^Design 10. Building Services

I 1. Architectural Acoustics 12. Philosophy of Architecture

A candidate who has been granted permission to proceed to Final Honours Architecture shall enrol

lor

RA99 Final Honours Architecture and undertake additional work as

lollows:

RA89 Advanced ^Studies II:

Semìnar courses as a continuation olthe work undertaken in RA98 Advanced ^{Studies I.}