FACULTY GUIDE 2017/2018 ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTS RIBA VALIDATION VISIT NOVEMBER 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 I. INTRODUCTION: ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 GENERAL INFORMATION: ............................................................................................................................................................................ 4 MISSION AND STRATEGIC GOALS ............................................................................................................................................................. 6 THE FACULTY ADMINISTRATION .............................................................................................................................................................. 13 THE COUNCIL OF THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE ........................................................................................................................... 14 FACULTY COMMISSIONS ........................................................................................................................................................................... 17 ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS OF THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE........................................................................................................ 21 II. ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE OF STUDIES ........................................................................................................................................... 23 INFORMATION ABOUT COURSES AND ORGANIZATION OF STUDIES: ................................................................................................ 23 COURSES OF STUDIES – EDUCATIONAL GOALS: .................................................................................................................................. 24 PROCEDURES FOR ENROLLMENT AND REGISTRATION ...................................................................................................................... 26 INFORMATION ON THE LEVEL OF THE QUALIFICATION ................................................................................................................................... 28 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION .............................................................................................................................................................................. 29 ORGANISATION OF CLASSES ................................................................................................................................................................... 31 INDIVIDUAL SYLLABUS .............................................................................................................................................................................. 33 TRANSFERS AND CHANGES IN THE COURSE OF STUDIES ................................................................................................................. 34 METHODS OF EVALUATION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 34 REPEATING A SEMESTER ......................................................................................................................................................................... 35 RE-ENTRY .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 III. PROGRAMME OF STUDIES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 36 ARCHITECTURE – 1ST DEGREE....................................................................................................................................................................... 36 ARCHITECTURE – 2ND DEGREE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 43 SUBJECT MATTER OF COURSES ............................................................................................................................................................. 46 A-1 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 46 A-2 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 53 A-3 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 85 A-4 ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 121 A-5 ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 149 A-8 ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 167 2 RIBA VALIDATION VISIT NOVEMBER 2017 I. INTRODUCTION: Motto: Architecture is the art and skill of shaping spaces in compliance with human needs. Its duty is utility and beauty is its indispensible attribute. About the Faculty of Architecture The Faculty of Architecture of the Cracow University of Technology is a public university with over 70 years of tradition in educating architects. The Faculty of Architecture in Krakow has enjoyed a high scientific position in the Polish scientific community for many years - with an "A" category. The Faculty of Architecture possesses full academic rights - to carry out doctoral and habilitation proceedings and procedures of granting academic titles - thanks to highly qualified research personnel, which includes 56 independent researchers, 19 of whom have the academic title of professor. The Faculty educates students as a part of two Engineer's and Master's courses - future architects and urban planners as a part of the Architecture course and landscape architects as a part of the Landscape Architecture course. As a part of the Architecture course, both foreign and Polish students can receive Master's level education in English. As a part of broadening its didactic offering, in the academic year 2016/2017 the Faculty of Architecture started educating specialists in the field of Spatial Management, an inter-faculty Master's course that features specialisations in a) Urban planning and transport - in a partnership with the Faculty of Civil Engineering and b) Spatial planning and municipal management - in a partnership with the Faculty of Environmental Engineering. The Faculty of Architecture of the Cracow University of Technology also offers PhD. studies - doctoral studies - within the scope of the architecture and urban planning scientific discipline. Implementing the principles of the philosophy of continuous education, the Faculty of Architecture also offers post-graduate studies, allowing their graduates to broaden their specialist knowledge and adjust their qualifications to the changing demands of the employment market. The Faculty of Architecture of the Cracow University of Technology participates in broad cooperation and hosts didactic and research exchanges with many domestic and foreign academic facilities, as well as territorial governments, the business sector and professional architectural associations from Poland and abroad. The employees, graduates and students of the Faculty of Architecture achieve professional success, proven by awards won in national and international competitions, as well as highly appreciated architectural works and urban and landscape complexes that are highly appreciated by both the professional community and the public, which is an effect of the knowledge gained at the Faculty of Architecture. In the twenty first century, Krakow has become one of many European metropolises - one that was nominated for the honour of the Cultural Capital of Europe in the year 2000. Its unique cultural heritage, including the Old Town and its central historical urban complexes, as well as Wieliczka with its historical Salt Mine - that were placed on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites List (1978) - are the city's marketing advantages - ones that are conducive to its current development. Krakow is a city of science, an academic centre with a tradition spanning several centuries. King Casimir the Great founded one of the oldest universities in Central Europe in the city already during the fourteenth century - the University of Krakow