Program Overview

Introduction to the BA (Hons) in Design (Environmental Design) Senior Year

The BA (Hons) in Design (Environmental Design) Senior Year is a comprehensive program designed to equip students with the creative, professional skills, and knowledge necessary for a successful career in the design industry, focusing on the spaces and settings that define the liveable environment.

Programme Details

• Programme Code: 73416-SYR
• Mode of Study: Full-time
• Normal Duration: 2 years
• Programme Intake: 18 senior year places
• Fund Type: Government-Funded
• Credits Required for Graduation: 61

Programme Leader

• Mr. Daniel Elkin

Remarks

• The normal credit requirement for graduation from this programme is 61. Students who do not meet the equivalent standard of the Undergraduate Degree Language Communication Requirements (LCR) based on their previous studies in AD/HD programmes and their academic performance will be required to take an additional 3 to 9 credits of English and/or Chinese language subject(s) on top of the normal credit requirements.
• Preference will be given to students with good language skills.

Aims and Characteristics

The Environmental Design programme aims to provide students with creative, professional skills, and knowledge that are necessary for a successful career in the design industry that focuses on the spaces and settings that define the liveable environment. The objective is to educate environmental designers to have a broad interdisciplinary view of their roles in programming and influencing the spatial and material settings of liveable cities.

Expected Outcomes

Graduates are expected to cover a number of spatial fields in their design of the environment, forming crossovers between architects, interior designers, geographers, landscape designers, product designers, and project developers. Commencing from a spatial and architectural foundation, graduates will gain knowledge of how environmental design intersects with other spatial and technical disciplines including architecture, landscape, urban design, and planning policies and environmental technologists.

Is Environmental Design for You?

To be suited for this program, you should:

• Have a passion for environmental design and technology, with a strong belief in the power of urban design/architectural design/landscape design to influence the ways we live.
• Be culturally sensitive and have a fascination with how we interact with our physical environment.
• Constantly think about ways in which the design of the environment can improve our lives and add to the diversity and interest of the cities where we live.
• Be a conceptual thinker who has a strong sense of space and place.
• Have a good understanding of the three-dimensional context of settings and can express yourself in both three- and two-dimensional media.
• Be an independent thinker and be self-driven, but also able to work with others in a team; you think flexibly and adaptably. You can communicate your ideas and thinking well in English.