Master of Architectural Science (Illumination Design)
Program Overview
This 1.5-year illumination design program at the University of Sydney offers a comprehensive understanding of lighting technologies, sustainability, and human visual perception in architectural settings. It is ideal for graduates in architecture, engineering, interior design, and psychology, providing a pathway to become lighting specialists in the built environment industry. Students benefit from intensive block mode teaching, diverse elective options, industry connections, and state-of-the-art facilities.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This program offers a strong technical education in human visual perception, methods for quantifying light, lighting technologies, and sustainability. Using biology and physics, the coursework gives students a deep appreciation of the ways that light shapes the human experience of the built environment. This professional program is open to students from diverse backgrounds including architecture, engineering, computer science, interior design, and psychology. It is ideal for graduates of the Bachelor of Architecture and Environments.
Outline:
What you’ll study
Throughout this course, you will learn how architectural lighting design shapes the visual environment experienced by building occupants. By specifying light sources and control systems, determining their spatial arrangement, and considering the interaction between light and materials, you will discover how to influence the function and aesthetics of architectural spaces. You will have the opportunity to extend your coursework-based learning with a research project and benefit from a diverse offering of electives. This program can be taken with a secondary stream in combination with another Architectural Science Program.
- Intake: Check semester start dates
- Location: Camperdown/Darlington University of Sydney
- Study Mode: Face to face
- Credit Points: 72
Careers:
Career paths:
With the knowledge and skills gained in this course, you can build a career as a lighting specialist and oversee the implementation of sustainable and innovative solutions for large-scale architecture and property projects.
Career pathways for graduates include employment in:
- Lighting design practices
- Engineering firms
- Lighting equipment manufacturers
- Architectural and design offices
- Lighting distributors
- Independent consultancies
Other:
- Opportunities for industry internships and international travel will further broaden your thinking as a design professional.
- You'll have opportunities to attend workshops run by international scholars and display your work in our Tin Sheds Gallery.
Educational excellence:
The University of Sydney is one of the world's top 20 universities . Our building houses the only indoor environmental quality (IEQ) laboratory in the southern hemisphere, an extensive research lighting laboratory, and outstanding audio and acoustics facilities, including an anechoic chamber and recording studio.
Industry opportunities:
Opportunities for industry internships and international travel will further broaden your thinking as a design professional. You'll have opportunities to attend workshops run by international scholars and display your work in our Tin Sheds Gallery.
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