BSc (Hons) Architecture (RIBA Part 1) Bachelor's degree at East London

Develop the skills you need to confidently navigate your future career. You'll engage in real-world professional activities like networking simulations, mock interviews, and digital branding exercises, supported by industry guest speakers and career coaches. Practical sessions will sharpen your communication, research, and critical thinking abilities, while workshops will guide you in building a digital portfolio to strengthen your employability. Alongside hands-on experience, you'll map your ca

Build the academic and professional skills you need for success in the creative and technology industries. You'll develop key study techniques, including effective note-taking, research, academic writing, and digital communication. Through workshops, tutorials, and practical tasks, you'll boost your confidence as an independent learner and strengthen your ability to plan, organise, and deliver assignments. You'll also learn how to manage your time effectively, reference sources correctly, and ap

Strong numeracy and data-handling skills are vital in creative industries. In this module, you'll learn how to interpret graphs, solve problems using digital tools like spreadsheets, and present numerical information clearly. Practical exercises build your confidence with real-world scenarios, supporting your wider academic and professional development. By focusing on rational problem-solving and applied data skills, you'll strengthen your ability to work independently and collaboratively on fut

Understanding how media messages are created and interpreted is essential in today's digital world. This module introduces you to key frameworks for analysing visual media, while also building your ability to communicate ideas clearly and persuasively. You'll design an academic poster using professional software, develop critical thinking around cultural differences, and practise both oral and written communication for academic and industry contexts.

Developing a personal, critical approach to art and design practice is the focus of this module. You'll complete projects exploring materials, techniques, and visual communication, using research-led processes to underpin your creative decisions. Independent thinking is encouraged as you build a portfolio showcasing your growing expertise. Lectures, studio sessions, and group critiques provide the framework for reflection and skill progression, ensuring you're ready for the demands of higher-lev

The module introduces you to the skills, processes and practices involved in a spatial design project for your architecture degree. You will be equipped with the essential tools to navigate the complexities of architectural creation and execution. It will provide a comprehensive foundation for your professional journey in architectural design. It teaches you a range of processes through which you can understand, think about and engage with the academic and practical design discipline of architec

You will develop the skills, competencies, and experience required for successful development to, and in, a range of potential future architecture jobs. You will be well-prepared to thrive in the dynamic and multifaceted landscape of architectural practice and progress in the 4th industrial revolution. You will start to recognise areas of your own personal and professional development (including emotional, social, physical, cultural and cognitive intelligence). This will take place through taugh

This module will introduce you to architecture and interior design, and how they connect to art, culture, and technology. In your architecture degree, you'll learn about important historical ideas and current practices. You'll learn how to think critically about them. As you learn more about architecture, you'll think about how new ideas and technologies are changing the field. This module equips you with the research, analysis, and essay-writing skills you need for advanced academic work. It al

The module aims to prepare you for the task of visualising and communicating your work at all stages of its development. This will help you understand how your work fits into the bigger design project. You will learn to consider both the research and final design stages, as well as the technical requirements. Drawing ability is an important skill because it helps you see, understand, and communicate the technical aspects of the project. You will develop practical skills like using computer-aided

The module enables you to produce imaginative, appropriate and competent design proposals that respond to different cultural, social and technological issues. Understand the different materials, processes and techniques in architectural design. Become more confident in presenting your design proposals, through a variety of communication methods. You will work on your ability to evaluate and rework ideas in response to review and feedback. You will work on your ability to think and reflect on how

This architecture module provides an understanding that climate and environment are a key part of the design process. It seeks to help you understand the role that environmental design plays in improving satisfaction and comfort in the indoor environment. The module aims to create an awareness of the issues influencing the environmental and technical considerations of building design.

This module helps you develop a creative and efficient way to work on design projects. It will focus on making you aware of occupants and users of buildings and what their needs are. You'll learn how to design objects and spaces that consider users' physical, social, and psychological needs. You will explore the key characteristics of design projects with a particular focus on collecting information and analysing data. You will observe people, places, contexts and materials that are appropriate

Understanding what makes people perform well is key to success in jobs, starting your own business, and getting ahead in today's 4th industrial revolution. You will apply the skills, competencies and experience required to successfully enter an architecture career. You will advance the areas identified at level 4 for your personal professional development (including emotional, social, physical, cultural and cognitive intelligence) through taught and workshop activities. This module will help you