Architecture-Design-and-Built-Environment - Architecture

The teaching of Architecture employs a progressive strategy to achieve the following broad objectives:

• To create and maintain a positive educational environment that promotes learning and personal development;

• To deliver high-quality architectural education, through a developed curriculum and syllabus with inherent flexibility and freedom of selecting different fields of specialization;

• To adopt progressive learning methods which lead to developed knowledge and acquired skills, ensured through adequate delivery and testing processes at each stage of study;

• To provide students with a comprehensive basis of awareness, knowledge, understanding, and aptitude, through covering a wide spectrum of theoretical and practical studies in such fields as Environment, Art, Culture, Technology, Sociology, and Economy;

• To implement an ongoing process of monitoring and development of performance, driven by the emphasis on future advances, within the domain of architecture as well as related disciplines.
  

To be accepted for an undergraduate degree, applicants must:

• Hold the official Lebanese Secondary School Certificate in a branch relevant to the chosen undergraduate field of specialization, or an official equivalent;
• Successfully pass an entrance exam to measure the level of proficiency in English Language (or provide evidence of English Language abilities such as TOEFL, ILETS…), and an aptitude test (thinking skills, technical and architectural skills), as well as attend a Personal Interview.
  

The Faculty of Architecture at BAU prepares its graduates to enter the labor market, fortified with a wide spectrum of skills that they acquire while studying Architecture on BAU campuses.

In addition to their strong capabilities to compete in the national and international construction industry as distinguished architects, our graduates have the ability to cope with new technologies and current issues in architecture, whether at the level of integrating digital manufacturing into the design processes of a wide range of building typologies, or at the urban level, targeting the urban health and well-being of the communities .

Both private and public sectors provide employment opportunities for our Graduates who can also benefit from their capabilities to work in Real Estate Agencies, provide Design Consultancy Services, Project Management, Construction Management, Site Supervision, Interior design, Landscape Design, Urban Planning, Urban Design, Heritage Sites Conservation, Quality Assurance, Value Engineering, as well as Building Operation, Maintenance, and Renovation.

* A total of 12 credits is required as General University Requirements; 10 credits are selected from the University Mandatory Courses list including ARAB 001 (2Cr.), ENGL 001 (2Cr.), BLAW 001 (1Cr.), WRNL 200 (3Cr.), CMPS006 (2Cr.), IC3 (0Cr.)  and another 2 credits are selected from the University Elective Courses list.

The undergraduate curriculum for the degree of Bachelor in Architecture consists of 170 credit hours + IC3. However, University Requirements have a total of 12 credits which leaves 158 credits for Architecture courses. Architecture courses thus form a total of 93% of the required courses for graduation.

The total credit hours of design studio and supporting courses are 118 out of 158, thus constituting 75% of the total Architecture credit hours. This total number of design studio credit hours is formed of Design Studio Courses.

Design Supporting Courses are calculated in different percentages according to their effective relevance to design studio courses.