Architecture MSci integrates the development of architectural design skills with an understanding of the complex social and technical environments in which buildings are produced. The programme combines undergraduate and postgraduate architecture taught over five years (ARB Part 1 and Part 2 ), including the final year in placement in an architectural practice. Architecture MSci is a design-based programme, structured around four years of core taught modules and a fifth and final year in a placement in architectural practice. Students across the first four years look at an annual theme that consists of a broad architectural and social issue, changing each year. The chosen theme will be examined from a local and global perspective, both historically and in terms of current and future challenges. The annually-changing theme means that all students will be sequentially exposed to four different themes during their four years of academic study.