STUDYING GRADUATION PROJECT, ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT, FINE ARTS FACULTY, ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY ACCORDING TO ACADEMIC CRITERIA, CURRICULUM, AND PRACTICING MARKET

Yousef, Walaa El-sayed

doi:10.21608/jesaun.2013.114976

STUDYING GRADUATION PROJECT, ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT, FINE ARTS FACULTY, ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY ACCORDING TO ACADEMIC CRITERIA, CURRICULUM, AND PRACTICING MARKET

Document Type : Research Paper

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Walaa El-sayed Yousef

Architecture Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria university

10.21608/jesaun.2013.114976

Abstract

Developing Architectural Education is a top priority in Egyptian Public and Private Universities. As well; Architectural Department, Fine Arts Faculty fought several experiments to develop its regulations and curriculum to keep up with the International Architectural Education Standards. The study is concerning the most important course in the Department’s scientific regulation; namely, Graduation Project, as an applied material, which evaluate the student’s knowledge and background that is gained during Undergraduate Study. The Graduation Project curriculum was analyzed according to three factors as a criterion for course success; which are the educational standards, the teaching methodology, and architecture practicing market .Each factor was individually examined in parallel view. Studying the educational standards included Fine Arts Faculty and Architectural Department regulations, vision and goals, the standers of International Union of Architects, and the International Graduation Project Competitions regulations. Studying the teaching methodology included project’s preparation, project’s stages, and how did student address the system-wide to handle the course easily, that was through a questionnaire to discover how far the course achieves its objectives. Studying the relationship between Graduation Project and practicing market intended to show how far the course supported graduates’ qualifications in different fields in architectural practicing market. The results of the analytical study for the mentioned three factors showed the course’s strengths and weaknesses, which was the base for suggesting a proposal for developing the course’s material that fits those factors as criteria. Finally, a number of conclusions and recommendation are derived. Keywords: Architectural Graduation Project, Architectural Curriculum, Architectural Education, Architectural Practicing Market.

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