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Courses Offered
- Bachelor of Architecture. The Bachelor of Architecture Degree programme prepares students for professional practice in the field of Architecture. Being an undergraduate programme, it has a broad scope, providing exposure to a variety of interests in this field and assisting students to discover their own directions for further development. There is increasing recognition today of Architecture as an intellectual discipline, both as art and as a profession. Architects make a vital contribution in the shaping of our environment and society, in the design and technology for a diverse range of situations, both in the rural and urban contexts. In India, we have further complexities of different social, cultural, geographical, economic and technical nuances which are unique and typical of every region in our country. It is the appreciation of this over-changing context that the architect must bring to bear of his work. This demands appropriate skills, understanding and knowledge and a deep commitment to professed ideals. Addressing Architectural Design as a comprehensive creative process, this programme is based on the following broad intentions: To stimulate sensitivity and unveil creative talents. To reinforce intellectual capabilities and develop proficiency in professional skills to enable graduates to competently pursue alternative careers, within the broad spectrum of architecture. To provide opportunities to students to try out the role they will eventually play as responsible members of society, under supervision and interactive guidance. The programme airms at attaining a high level of excellence in Architectural Design. To this end, the design course is seen as the core of the programme with supportive inputs from courses in other streams viz., the Humanities, the Technological and the Professional, built upon a strong foundation of enabling skills in communications and data processing. The emphasis is on the development of faculties of discernment and decision-making with the aid of both objective information and subjective attitudes, based on reason. Given the complexities of present-day design projects, the architects role is that of a team Leader and co-ordinator of the input of specialists in various specific disciplines. He needs to possess a sound knowledge of all aspects of modern building technology to be able to draw up an integrated framework for activities of the other members of the team, to direct them and to assume overall responsibility for the collective effort. This is manifested in the courses in the Technological and professional streams.