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K230 at Nottingham

Anyone considered the K230 course at Nottingham?

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ugstudy/course.php?code=016046

From what I read it appears to be K100 plus a year's worth of Environmental Engineering modules.

The part I found strange was that the typical offer stated is BBB, which is quite far from the AAA required for K100. Are people really that reluctant to spend one more year to get Part 1? Or is there something else?
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Im in the first year doing K100 at nottingham. The difference between the course is minimal.

K230

- MEng Qualification. So you become an more of an engineer than an architect.
- Studio and most lectures are with the K100 people
- Maths and Physics lectures as apposed to contemporary debates (1st year)
- Extra year to complete masters degree = 8 Years!

Not to put the course down, but I think if you want to go into architecture it is not as widely regarded as a degree, and it has a lot of engineering to it as well.
Reply 2
it is easier to get on to, only needs BBB. might be worth a looksie....
Im in the first year doing K100 at nottingham. The difference between the course is minimal.

K230

- MEng Qualification. So you become an more of an engineer than an architect.
- Studio and most lectures are with the K100 people
- Maths and Physics lectures as apposed to contemporary debates (1st year)
- Extra year to complete masters degree = 8 Years!

Not to put the course down, but I think if you want to go into architecture it is not as widely regarded as a degree, and it has a lot of engineering to it as well.


Just wondering, do you get anyone withing the degree switching between the two as in k100 to k230 or the other way round> I'm thinking of doing k230 instead but I got an offer for the k100 course.
I looked at this the year before last when I applied. Some things posted so far in this thread are incorrect;

It's not easier to get on, the reason they lower the grade boundaries is you're expected to have the right combination of subjects, specifically Maths and Art, likely Physics. They will barely consider you otherwise. This is what they said on an open day at least. Expect this course to be very difficult to get onto, there are far less places so you're realistically looking at A*AA Maths, Art, another science.

The course is accredited for part 1, as well as MEng. So it's like Architecture, and then some.
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Original post by snowflakesblues
Just wondering, do you get anyone withing the degree switching between the two as in k100 to k230 or the other way round> I'm thinking of doing k230 instead but I got an offer for the k100 course.


I was also thinking about changing to K230, talked to a few people about it as well. On the open day it said as long as you have Maths at A they'd probably allow you to change to K230 but most of the time it's K230 moving to K100. The people I talked to said that if you are sure you want to be an architect it's better for you to stick with K100 because of the extra year and the prestige of the K100 at Nottingham compared to K230.

At the moment I think I'm not going to change as I think it may be too much to take in (supposedly you have exams around the same time as your final crits) and if I wanted the CIBSE accreditation there are some postgrad courses (UCL etc) that are also accredited.
Original post by chenman27
I was also thinking about changing to K230, talked to a few people about it as well. On the open day it said as long as you have Maths at A they'd probably allow you to change to K230 but most of the time it's K230 moving to K100. The people I talked to said that if you are sure you want to be an architect it's better for you to stick with K100 because of the extra year and the prestige of the K100 at Nottingham compared to K230.

At the moment I think I'm not going to change as I think it may be too much to take in (supposedly you have exams around the same time as your final crits) and if I wanted the CIBSE accreditation there are some postgrad courses (UCL etc) that are also accredited.


So you reckon, do the first 3 years, see if it's right for you. Then opt elsewhere for a postgrad course? But wouldn't it be harder to get into a CIBSE course without an undergrad? :s-smilie:
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Original post by snowflakesblues
So you reckon, do the first 3 years, see if it's right for you. Then opt elsewhere for a postgrad course? But wouldn't it be harder to get into a CIBSE course without an undergrad? :s-smilie:


One of the whole points of having CIBSE courses accredited at both undergrad and postgrad levels is so people can move into the industry after training in something else. I doubt it will make that much of a difference as long as don't study something mickey mouse at undergrad.
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Original post by snowflakesblues
So you reckon, do the first 3 years, see if it's right for you. Then opt elsewhere for a postgrad course? But wouldn't it be harder to get into a CIBSE course without an undergrad? :s-smilie:


Well if I was going to do the CIBSE it would probably be after my part 2. Doing an extra year when I don't know if I'm 100% committed to it yet isn't very appealing at the moment. And as KeyserNI said as long as you have a decent degree I think it'd be fine.
Original post by chenman27
Well if I was going to do the CIBSE it would probably be after my part 2. Doing an extra year when I don't know if I'm 100% committed to it yet isn't very appealing at the moment. And as KeyserNI said as long as you have a decent degree I think it'd be fine.


Oh I see where you're coming from. Thanks for the feedback :smile:

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