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Introduction The Wits School of Architecture and Planning is engaged with the challenges of design and development in the dynamic African City of Johannesburg and beyond. The School's core activity is the provision of an excellent learning environment towards accredited professional degrees in architecture and in planning, and towards qualification in related fields such as housing, urban deign and wider urban studies.The School supports the quality of it's degrees through engagement in research and professional work in these fields. The intellectual project of the School is to stimulate and deepen knowledge, creativity and discussion concerning architecture, planning and urbanism of Johannesburg, its region and cities more widely. The key values of the School lie in ethical professionalism and in the promotion of social equity.     History The Department of Architecture was one of the original departments of the University of Witwatersrand (Wits), which was founded in 1922.  The department was led for its first decades by Professor GE Pearse, architect and researcher, whose name is remembered in one of the School’s student scholarships.  Since its inception, the Department of Architecture (now School of Architecture and Planning) has been located on main campus, on the edge of downtown Johannesburg, centre of the Gauteng city region of about 10 million people today. read more...     Degrees offered (subject to change) Bachelor of Architectural Studies (BAS) 3 year under graduate degree Bachelor of Architectural Studies Honours follows BAS - a one year honours degree after a year of practical experience Master of Architecture Professional – a one year Masters degree by coursework – full professional degree Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Planning (BScURP) first 3 year degree Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Honours follows BScURP - one year degree – full professional degree Master of Science in Development Planning – two year full professional degree following undergraduate first degree Master of Science in Housing – 16 month degree following four year undergraduate degree Master of Urban Design by coursework Masters degrees by research Doctor of Philosophy     Research in the School    Areas of focus in School research include: Where is the City? Who runs the City? Why does the City remain unequal? What role does the past play in the City? How far from Green is our City?   Read more...     Academic Staff View School Academics...

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