MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC PROGRAM
- Field of study: 07.04.03 Design of architectural environment
- Profile (major): Design of urban environment and interiors
- Degree certificate: Master's
- Duration of study: 2 years
- Complexity: 120 credit units
- Mode of study: Intramural
- Language of study: Russian
The program’s mission is to develop students' personal qualities, as well as the formation of universal, general professional and professional competencies in accordance with the requirements of the educational standard in the field of study 07.04.03 Design of architectural environment considering graduate’s professional activities as 10.028 Architect-designer.
Objectives and outcomes
Students in the major learn:
- Graduates’ universal competencies:
- Systematic and critical thinking
- Development and implementation of projects
- Teamwork and leadership
- Communication
- Intercultural interaction
- Self-organization and self-development (including health care)
- Graduates’ general professional competencies:
- Be able to carry out an aesthetic assessment of the living environment based on the proper level of artistic culture and developed three-dimensional thinking
- Be able to independently present and defend design solutions in approving authorities using the latest technical means
- Be able to carry out all stages of complex analysis and summarize its results using scientific research methods
- Be able to create conceptual innovative solutions, carry out alternative search and select the optimal design solution based on scientific research
- Be able to organize design and scientific research processes, coordinate the actions of related structures to create a sustainable living environment
- Be able to apply methods for determining the technical parameters of designed objects, including using specialized application software packages
- Graduates’ professional competencies:
- Be able to creatively develop and present an architectural design concept and design materials using professional communication tools
- Be able to comprehensively present an architectural design concept and design materials based on artistic and aesthetic values
- Be able to prepare documentation necessary for the implementation of the developed architectural and design concept
- Be able to analyze and critically evaluate the results of project activities and scientific research (by profile)
- Be able to organize and manage the project process and scientific research
- Be able to manage and control the development of an information model of a capital construction project
Curriculum
The program includes a mandatory part and a part formed by the participants in educational relations. The volume of the mandatory part, excluding the volume of the state final certification, is at least 20% of the total volume of the program in the field of study 07.04.03 Design of architectural environment.
The volume of the program implemented in one academic year is no more than 70 ECTS regardless of the mode of study, the educational technologies used, the implementation of the program using a network form, the implementation of the program according to an individual curriculum (with the exception of accelerated education), and in case of accelerated education - no more than 80 ECTS.
In accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard for Higher Education, the structure of the master’s program in the field of study 07.04.03 Design of architectural environment includes the following blocks:
- Block 1 “Disciplines (modules)”;
- Block 2 “Practice”;
- Block 3 “State final certification”.
Careers
Professional standards correlated with the federal state educational standard in the field of study 07.04.02 Reconstruction and restoration of architectural heritage.
| PS code | PS code and name | Job description |
| 10 Architecture, engineering, geodesy, topography and design | 10.028 Architect-designer |
D/01.7 Organization and planning of the process of architectural and construction design of the architectural environment, including promising objects and systems of objects
D/02.7 Control of the development of a comprehensive project of the architectural environment and organization of its examination D/03.7 Expert scientific activities in the field of creating a sustainable habitat |
Main tasks of professional activity of graduates
| Area of professional activity | Types of professional tasks | Professional tasks | Objects of professional activity (or areas of knowledge) |
| 10 Architecture, engineering, geodesy, topography and design | creative | Development of an architectural and design conceptual project on a creative basis and conducting comprehensive scientific research | architectural environment, including architectural and engineering structures; environmental complexes and their equipment; urban environment and improvement elements; interiors of buildings and structures; lighting design in the architectural environment; colorism in the architectural environment; navigation systems and small architectural forms; landscape and recreational complexes in the architectural environment; exhibition and museum displays and their equipment; architectural and environmental concepts, incl. in the field of urbanism; creative concepts of architectural and design activities; theory, history of architecture and design of the architectural environment. |
| 10 Architecture, engineering, geodesy, topography and design | artistic and aesthetic | Development of an architectural and design conceptual project based on artistic and aesthetic values and the laws of visual perception of form and space | architectural environment, including architectural and engineering structures; environmental complexes and their equipment; urban environment and improvement elements; interiors of buildings and structures; lighting design in the architectural environment; colorism in the architectural environment; navigation systems and small architectural forms; landscape and recreational complexes in the architectural environment; exhibition and museum displays and their equipment; architectural and environmental concepts, incl. in the field of urbanism; creative concepts of architectural and design activities; theory, history of architecture and design of the architectural environment. |
| 10 Architecture, engineering, geodesy, topography and design | design and technological | Development of design and working documentation using innovative solutions based on comprehensive scientific research; preparation and protection of project documentation | architectural environment, including architectural and engineering structures; environmental complexes and their equipment; urban environment and improvement elements; interiors of buildings and structures; lighting design in the architectural environment; colorism in the architectural environment; navigation systems and small architectural forms; landscape and recreational complexes in the architectural environment; exhibition and museum displays and their equipment; architectural and environmental concepts, incl. in the field of urbanism; creative concepts of architectural and design activities; theory, history of architecture and design of the architectural environment. |
| 10 Architecture, engineering, geodesy, topography and design | research | Conducting comprehensive applied and fundamental scientific research | architectural environment, including architectural and engineering structures; environmental complexes and their equipment; urban environment and improvement elements; interiors of buildings and structures; lighting design in the architectural environment; colorism in the architectural environment; navigation systems and small architectural forms; landscape and recreational complexes in the architectural environment; exhibition and museum displays and their equipment; architectural and environmental concepts, incl. in the field of urbanism; creative concepts of architectural and design activities; theory, history of architecture and design of the architectural environment. |
| 10 Architecture, engineering, geodesy, topography and design | organizational and managerial | Participation in the organization and general coordination of work on the development of design documentation for environmental design objects | architectural environment, including architectural and engineering structures; environmental complexes and their equipment; urban environment and improvement elements; interiors of buildings and structures; lighting design in the architectural environment; colorism in the architectural environment; navigation systems and small architectural forms; landscape and recreational complexes in the architectural environment; exhibition and museum displays and their equipment; architectural and environmental concepts, incl. in the field of urbanism; creative concepts of architectural and design activities; theory, history of architecture and design of the architectural environment. |