Brief Development
of the Architecture Programme and CAEM Visits
The establishment and development of the Architecture Programme
in HBP, USM is briefly summarized in the Table 1.
Architecture Programme was set up in August 1972 based on
Markus/Koenigsburger Report which offered Multi-disciplinary Curriculum to
produce Development Officers or Project Managers. The degree offered 4 year
undergraduate programme with Year 1 and 2 in Multi-disciplinary Curriculum,
while Year 3 was in Design Curriculum and Year 4 was specialised in
Architectural Curriculum. The programme was a multidisciplinary in nature
sharing the curriculum with Planning, Engineering and Building Science or
Project Management Programme.
CAEM first visit for assessing the Bachelor of Architecture
Degree Program was held on 1 and 2 August 1986. It was the beginning of
the process towards the acccreditation
of the program by CAEM and LAM in future years.
The panel carried out assessment of courses, the content of the courses,
the facilities and the staff provided.
Suggestion and comments were made for the school to further strengthen
the Architecture Programme.
A
follow up second visit by CAEM was held on
20 & 21 February 1990 to examine further the development of the
Bachelor of Architecture Degree Program and assessing it based on the
suggestion and comments given during the first visit in 1986. Upon the positive fulfillment of the
suggestions and comments, CAEM recommended the Board of Architects to grant the
Bachelor of Architecture Degree Programme recognition of LAM Part II, effective
from the current session 1990/1991.
Graduates in 1991 onwards were
granted recognition LAM Part II.
The
third re-accreditation visit was held on 28 September 1998 upon the invitation
by the school to enable CAEM to carry out a follow up assessment for the LAM
Part II accreditation granted in 1990. The programme went through a series of changes
in the curriculum over the 8 years interval.
However these changes successfully
maintained and further upgrade the quality of the programme as assessed by CAEM
and a re-accreditation was granted and continuously recognized.
In
2004 and 2009, the fourth and fifth re-accreditation visit was made by
CAEM. Thorough assessment was carried out
and again with the satisfaction of the committee, the programme was granted
accreditation for the fourth and fifth time in a row and this time both for the
LAM Part 1 for Bachelor of Science HBP (Architecture) and Part II for Bachelor
in Architecture.
Since
the last CAEM visit in March 2004 and 2009, no major changes occurred in the
curriculum. The only change that took
place was the intake into B.Sc Architecture Program where from the academic
year 2006/07 onwards, students have to go through an interview session before
being accepted and offered into the programme. The interview system is made due
to the change of the USM status being promoted as APEX University by the
Ministry of Higher Education.
The
other change is the change of the beginning and the end date of Semester 1 and
2 been changed by the Ministry of Higher Education since 2011/2012 Session to all
universities in Malaysia. The beginning of Semester 1 is changed from July to
September while Semester 2 ending date is from March to June annually.
The sixth re-accreditation visit was made by CAEM on 23 and
24 June 2014. The programme one more time was granted recognition for the LAM
Part 1 for Bachelor of Science HBP (Architecture) and Part II for Bachelor in
Architecture.
Table
1: Brief History of the Architecture Programme and CAEM Visits
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Dates
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Events
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Comment
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Curriculum
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1972
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Set up
School of HBP
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Set up based on Markus/Koenigsburger
Report, August 1972.
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Multi-disciplinary Curriculum to produce
Development Officers or Project Managers.
4 year undergraduate course. Year 1&2:
multi-discipline, Year 3: Design, Year 4: Major in Architecture, Planning,
Engineering and Building Science or Project Management.
[SPL
– Sistem Pengajian Lama].
Post-graduate offered only in planning.
|
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1983
|
Report on
the Proposal for the Bachelor of Architecture Programme by the School Board
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Report approved by USM Senate chaired by
the Vice-Chancellor YB Datuk Musa Mohamad on 23.2.1983
“Bab 2.6: Pengalaman Institusi Pengajian Tinggi lain – 5 Tahun selepas
kelulusan setaraf STP” .
”Bab 5.2: Keperluan Pengajian – berterusan dari Tahun Satu hingga Tahun
Kelima.”
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1983/84 Curriculum.
Bachelor Architecture Programme introduced.
Year 1: multi-discpline, Year 2: Design, Year 3,4 & 5 : architecture
[4+1]
From SPL
to SPU [System Pengajian Universiti]
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12.2.1984
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Report
submitted to Kementerian Pelajaran [Pendidikan]
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|
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18.6.1885
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Approval
by Kementerian Pelajaran [Pendidikan] on the Proposed Bachelor of
Architecture Degree Programme
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|
|
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1&2.8.1986
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1st.
CAEM Visit
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Suggestion and comments by CAEM were
focused on curriculum and courses offered.
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|
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15.11.1986
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Report by
CAEM
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“Bab 4.3:
Tempoh 5 Tahun”
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|
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29.02.1988
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Application
to JPA
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Based on 1987 Report “..Tempoh 5 Tahun..”
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|
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16.04.1988
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Recognition
by JPA based on 1987 Report. Degree
equivalent to other universities.
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|
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20.02.1990
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CAEM/LAM
Accreditation Visit [2nd. visit]
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Highlighted and explained “Tempoh 5 Tahun berterusan dari Tahun
Satu”
|
|
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1990/1991
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LAM
Approval: Accredited B.Arch equivalent to LAM/PAM Part II.
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Approval based on CAEM Visit 20.2.1990
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1996/1997
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“System Pengajian Tiga
Tahun [SPTT]”
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“System Pengajian Tiga Tahun [SPTT]”.
SPU to SPTT. 4 year course reduced to 3
years for undergraduate programme.
[4+1] changed to [3+2] for B.Arch
Programme.
Sem 1 Year 1: Integrated, Sem 2, Year 1:
Design, Year 2,3,4 & 5: Architecture
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29.09.1998
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CAEM Re
Accreditation Visit [3rd. visit]
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Re Accredited LAM/PAM Part II
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Re Accreditation with Curriculum change
from [4+1] to [3+2].
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2&3.3.2004
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CAEM Re
Accreditation Visit [4th. visit]
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Re Accredited LAM/PAM Part I and Part II
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Re Accreditation [3+2] LAM Part 1 & 2.
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6&7.4.2009
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CAEM Re
Accreditation Visit [5th. visit]
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Re Accredited LAM/PAM Part I and Part II
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Re Accreditation [3+2] LAM Part 1 & 2.
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