31st October 2005, 03:26 PM
Quote:quote:I would love to see some comment from a university lecturer on this theme
One of the lecturers on my degree course made the point that having a degree is no longer enough - to be employed in fieldwork you now need a Masters too.
Having spoken to a few guys who were on my degree course and are now doing a Masters in Practical Archi, their description of the course and what they do on it sounds remarkably like what I expected to be on my degree course to prepare me for doing field work.
On a related noted, I agree that a year in industry would be a great thing for archi degree courses. However, when I went off to do a Computer Science degree, many years ago, that had an industrial year, and finding a placement wasn't that easy. This was back when IT was on the up and when few unis did sandwich courses. Thus, I too, would question to practicalities of trying to get this amount of training for this number of students...?