12 Diploma in Architecture (D8AT1Q) CURRICULUM MODULE CODE MODULE CREDIT MODULE PURPOSE FIRST YEAR (120 credits) DACA1A1 8 Communication in Architecture 1A (1st Semester) The purpose of this module is to introduce students to communication in architectural practice and in the academic environment. DAAD1Y1 20 Architectural Design 1 The purpose of this module is to introduce students to the design process and principles, and to develop students’ presentation and communication skills used in the design process. DAAP1B1 8 Architectural Practice 1B (2nd Semester) The purpose of this module is to introduce students to basic office practice and management. DAAC1A1 12 Computers in Architecture 1 The purpose of this module is to introduce students to a range of software used in architectural practice. DAHA1Y1 12 History and Theory of Architecture 1 The purpose of this module is to introduce students to the built environment development from early beginnings in ancient city-states of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome and traditional African societies, Renaissance Period, Industrialisation Period, Modernist, Post-modernist and contemporary South Africa. DAID1Y1 16 Interdisciplinary Design and Presentation 1 The purpose of this module is to introduce students to the broad field of visual and design culture and the multiple modes of representation. DATD1Y1 44 Architectural Technology and Detailing 1 The purpose of this module is to introduce students to construction methods, materials, services, structures, detailing and working drawings relating to simple structures. SECOND YEAR (120 credits) DAAD1Y2 20 Architectural Design 2 The purpose of this module is to enable students to develop architectural design processes and principles for the creative resolution of design and construction problems for elementary buildings. DACA1A2 8 Computers in Architecture 2A (1st Semester) The purpose of this module is to develop students’ skills in the use professional standard computer programmes and to solve problems pertaining to the production of standard documentation for elementary buildings. DAHA1Y2 12 History and Theory of Architecture 2 The purpose of this module is to enable students to critically analyse historic building methods and materials in the ancient civilisations of Egypt, Greece, Rome, Islamic, Far Eastern and in traditional African societies. DAID1A2 8 Interdisciplinary Design and Presentation 2A (1st Semester) The purpose of this module is to develop students’ ability to collaborate in the process of design and assembly of items with related discipline of interior Design and industrial design. DAIL1Y2 32 Work Integrated Learning 2 (Architecture) The purpose of this module is to introduce students to architectural practice environment under the guidance of an approved mentor. DASD1B2 8 Sustainable Design 2B (2nd Semester) The purpose of this module is to introduce students to fundamental concepts of sustainable building construction. DATD1Y2 32 Architectural Technology and Detailing 2 The purpose of this module is to enable students to evaluate and select appropriate structural systems, construction methods, materials, building services and systems for elementary buildings in consultation with relevant other professions. OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Programme and module outcomes and assessment criteria are available in separate internal faculty documents.
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