Architecture Professional

The Master of Architecture (Professional) (Coursework and research report) is a 1 year full-time degree

The Architecture Programme at Wits University aims to become a centre for the study of architecture in the developing world. In addition to its historical status as a leading school in South Africa, it is transforming to foster the study of the architecture of the multi-cultural, multi-lingual African continent and to interrogate its rapidly urbanising post colonial, globalising context. Here the city of Johannesburg is its laboratory.

• ARPL7000 Professional Practice (18 points)
• ARPL7001 Advanced Digital Applications (9 points)
• ARPL7002 Simulated Office Practice (45 points)
• ARPL7003 Architectural Design and Discourse (90 points)
• ARPL7004 Housing Theories, Concepts and Policy
• ARPL7005 Social and Technical Sustainability in Housing 
• ARPL7006 Advanced Housing Finance
• ARPL7007 Housing Seminar
• ARPL7010 Understanding Cities of the South
• ARPL7011 Urban Design Theory and History
• ARPL7012 Urban Design Instruments
• ARPL7013 Global City Studio
• ARPL7014 Accessible City Studio
• ARPL7015 Sustainable City Studio
• ARPL7016 Transforming City Studio
• ARPL7022 Habitat Planning Studio
• ARPL7024 Professional Practice and Ethics
• ARPL7025 Law for Development Planners
• ARPL7026 Spatial Concepts & Processes
• ARPL7027 Policy Analysis & Integration
• ARPL7028 Technology and Techniques in Development Planning 
• ARPL7029 Philosophies, Theories and Methodologies of Development Planning
• ARPL7030 Municipal Planning
• ARPL7031 Tourism Planning
• ARPL7032 Environmental Planning and Sustainable Development 
• ARPL7033 Development Economics for Planners
• ARPL7034 Specialised Topics in Planning
• ARPL7036 Basic Planning Skills
• ARPL7039 Policy Analysis and Social Processes
• ARPL7041 Architectural Professional Practice (36)

• A Bachelor of Science with Honours from Wits or another university or a 4 year Bachelor of Engineering Science
• Certified copies of all your degree certificates and a full academic transcript covering all periods of registration. Include all details of courses undertaken and the marks obtained. Certified copies must bear the original Commissioner of Oaths’ stamp and signature. Any documentation not in English must be translated and sworn to by an authorised translator. Credit certificates are not acceptable. 
• Curriculum vitae. 
• An applicant to a postgraduate programme who holds a foreign qualification, is required to submit proof of evaluation of the qualification by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).
• Attach certified copies of all your programme certificates and a full transcript of your academic record, to your application form. If you have applied for Financial Aid, obtain a separate copy for their records;
• Include all details of courses undertaken and the marks obtained. Any documentation not in English must be translated and sworn to by an authorised translator.
• A pass in the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) with a score of at least 7.0. 
• A non-refundable application fee of R200 is required.