This course will teach students interdisciplinary facade-related knowledge about the design and engineering of functional building envelopes. For Graduates of this course work opportunities will arise in a broad spectrum of planning and constructional undertakings in the building trade, at manufacturers of facade systems, as well as in the supplier industries largely active on an international level.
The degree will teach students about correlations in the subject of architecture, required specialist knowledge and its independent application, as well as give them practical experience in the profession of architecture. It will enable students to apply academic insights and methods, and also develop these independently. Theoretical and analytical skills, creativity and independent thinking apply here as much as awareness of problems, a critical faculty and decision-making skills.
The Master Degree is geared towards the extensive activities of the architect as an allrounder both here and abroad. It enables graduates to gain professional membership of the ‘Chamber of Architects’ (UIA guidelines) and to manage their own office as well as work at a senior civil servant level in public authorities.
This course is offered full time over one year or part-time over two or three years. Students interested in working as a drafter, CAD operator or building designer should consider undertaking this course.
It is offered internally at the Casuarina Campus of CDU. There are no external units, full time students would be expected to attend classes four days per week. This allows for part time employment in the industry, which is highly recommended. Suitable part time options are also available. Part time students would be expected to complete the course within four years.
Career Opportunities
There is currently a nation-wide shortage of suitably qualified drafters, CAD operators and building designers. Graduates can expect to readily gain employment, either full time, part time, casual, sub-contract or self employed. It is possible to work from home or a remote office. Graduates may find employment with a drafting office, an architect, a builder or manufacturer, and their position and remuneration will depend on their interset, expertise and experience. Students who continue their studies and complete the Diploma of Building Design and Technology will work on larger projects, have more responsibility, less supervision, and will receive greater remuneration.
Admissions • A high school diploma or equivalent is required. • CPCC Placement tests are required in English and mathematics. Developmental Studies for math and English classes are available for students to build basic skills and knowledge. • A counseling/orientation appointment follows placement testing. • Students should see a faculty advisor before registration. • Students entering this program should take the courses in bold print first if at all possible. • Many courses have prerequisites or corequisites; check the Course Descriptions section for details.
Additional Information The curriculum at Central Piedmont Community College includes emphasis on computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related computer courses to prepare graduates for employment in the expanding CAD area within the field of Architectural Technology.
The Architectural Technology curriculum prepares individuals with knowledge and skills that can lead to employment in the field of architecture or one of the associated professions. Students receive instruction in construction document preparation, materials and methods, environmental and structural systems, building codes and specifications, and computer applications as well as complete a design project. Optional courses may be provided to suit specific career needs. Upon completion, graduates have career opportunities within the architectural, engineering, and construction professions as well as positions in industry and government.
The program is designed for those who wish to pursue careers in the architectural or construction fields. Graduates of the program have basic skills for employment in architectural or engineering offices as well as in construction. They are also prepared to enter at advanced levels into professional degree programs elsewhere, in pursuit of becoming registered architects.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of all program requirements, graduates will be able to:
Determine information needs by framing appropriate questions
Use a variety of search methods such as library databases and internet and professional sources to locate information
Assess information and apply pertinent elements
Critically analyze and evaluate information
Apply knowledge to assigned construction communication requirements through CAD, drafting, oral, and written techniques
Satisfy employer with student’s knowledge base and ability to complete tasks in the appropriate amount of time
Calvin College has almost thirty years experience offering a preparatory program in architecture analogous to Pre-Med and Pre-Law with graduates now practicing architecture throughout the United States and Canada.
“Calvin’s Pre – Architecture program provided a solid foundation for my graduate school work in architecture and for my career as an architect. The liberal arts component of my education is extremely valuable, even today, as the profession requires a diverse set of skills.” Jason S. Reiffer BA, Pre-Architecture, Calvin College, 1998. M Arch, University of Michigan, 2001.
“Among the many things I value from my time at Calvin, four come to mind: lasting friendships with Christian mentors and peers; participation in a community of faith; the capacity to think critically due to liberal arts studies, and Calvin’s emphasis on excellence in all endeavors. All of these have been invaluable in navigating the discipline of architecture as a unique combination of humanities, science and art. While the pre-architecture program per se honed many of the skills required to communicate well, (graphically, orally, and in writing), the liberal arts core and lasting relationships have been a solid foundation for subsequent acedemic and professional work.
This course is designed for students interested in environmental issues and design of the landscape. Landscape architecture is a well-established discipline which encompasses the study of design, environmental and cultural issues as well as the technical skills which enable landscape designs to be implemented.
In recent years the practice of landscape architecture has been dealing with an increasingly wide variety of exciting topics, ranging from large-scale landscape planning projects through to high quality city centre and urban landscape projects. This course provides students with strongly design-orientated approach to the subject, which equips graduates with the skills necessary to operate effectively across a wide range of design projects and topics. It provides students with the skills, confidence and ability to meet the challenges of the professional landscape architect in today’s society.
Specific educational objectives
The course of Archeology and Ancient Civilizations “is to provide:
- A thorough knowledge of culture, civilization and history of the ancient world;
- A thorough preparation in the fields of philology, languages and literatures of antiquity and their fortune in the modern age;
- The ability to investigate, interpret and use the sources and means of transmission of culture and civilization of the ancient world, particularly developing the framework archaeological, both classical and medieval, which is also acquiring a sound theoretical, methodological and operational;
- The ability to make full use of the main tools and communications in specific fields of competence;
- The ability to use written and oral form at least one European Union language besides Italian, with reference to disciplinary vocabularies.
Job opportunities
Graduates specialists in “Archeology and Ancient Civilizations” will be able to play, including through practical experience qualifying functions of high responsibility
- In specific institutions, such as state archives, libraries, Superintendent,
- In museums and archaeological parks,
- In cultural centers, foundations, publishers, newspaper editors, etc..;
- In bodies and units of study and research at institutions and public and private institutions, both Italian and foreign.
Graduates also acquire specialist skills to use in teaching of classical letters.
Graduates in higher degree courses in Archeology should have: acquired competence in the safe methods of archaeological research and the main techniques of art-historical analysis, for theoretical and applied, acquired knowledge and discernment critical for individual branches of archeology and of antiquities in the Mediterranean; fully mastered in the basic concepts, analytical techniques, and characterizing the partition of historical sciences and languages and literatures of ancient basic knowledge integrated total sull’Antichità with a variety of elements of general culture relating to methods of disciplines and approaches to the broader spectrum geographic, Demoetnoantropologico, historical, literary, etc.
Job opportunities
The preparation can reach preparation to pursue further science courses through the PhD or
Schools of Specialization, according to specific disciplines and in particular the rules, in the broader context of
rules and restrictions, work with full competence and high responsibility, in areas such as specific institutions, such as superintendencies, museums, schools, archaeological, archaeological sections of national culture.; direction of bodies and units of study and research, heritage conservation, artistic, documentary and monumental at the organizations and institutions, both public and private.