I wonder if that matters... (I was just mentioning about 2 primary characteristics in architecture; which I've been basically observing all around me that's all. )

Regarding my choice of architecture schools;

I will choose the oversea universities (in western countries) for their 'profound' emphasis & incredibly "high priority" on "nurturing" absolute design creativity/expressiveness/responsiveness/process/exploration" into their students as such...

But;

I will select the local public universities (IPTAs) for the 'profound' emphasis & "priority" on the "architectural technicalities/construction/problem solving/workability/functionality/practicality/build-ability" aspects of a building.

Regards.

architecture or accounting ??

ok thanks. let me run a check. will get back to u later.
yes, it is possible to get some exemptions. there are part time courses (via SPACE), but they are not accredited. something u DONT wanna do in architecture is take the unaccredited route when a fully accredited route is available to u.
autocad is not too advanced. simply put, without basic knowledge, there's nothing u can do for autocad. if u wanna know a dangerous software for newbie designer, it's REVIT.

the bicycle analogy have been used to define learning-by-doing, a method prominently used to learn architecture since aristotle, by educational theorists like jean piaget to contemporary architectural education experts like nigel cross and bryan lawson, both of whom i've had the privilege to become their under study.

like i said, i'm not saying your method is wrong. i'm saying it's only ONE of the ways, but certainly not the ONLY way to learn architecture. which i find the whole 'you wont learn much by reading' opinion can confuse the newbies in architecture.

dialogue.

crits anyone?

i. at the moment, only IPTAs host accredited degree. however, refer below:

ii. u mean LAM part 3? yeah.

LAM part 2, on the other hand, is still a degree (bachelor's or masters).

iii. well, u can, but u have to do it outside office hours. some firms even outlaw the practice due to conflict of interest etc.
breaking news:

An IPTS in Klang Valley have become the first IPTS to be accredited with LAM Part 1. The accreditation is conditional due to some discrepancies and they have 2 years to remedy it. But it's the first time that a private school EVER to be accredited. I'm sure students will now flock to the IPTS.

Official announcements will be made soon.

took them long enough hehe. but do note it's a conditional accreditation and expires next year.  but those graduating between 2011 and 2013 are all accredited with LAM part 1!

yes. well, between 2011 and 2013 to be precise.

hi...this are categorize under: 'Conditional Accreditation'- means the school still enjoys the same privileges under full accreditation but must take action on the shortcoming identified by the Panel. If fulfilled the conditional accreditation can be upgraded to full accreditation for a period of five (5) years which shall deem to commence from the date of the conditional accreditation. - referring to lam website..

so for you to enjoy this conditional accreditation for part 1 you need to graduate between 2011 and 2013 

1)so any of the unaccredited school architecture student (eg: UCSI,UTAR) MUST need to take LAM part 1 exam in order to further to their part 2 degree?

2)after the student complete his part 1 degree (unaccredited), before he want transfer to local U (eg:UTM,UM...) for part 2 degree, is it a MUST to get LAM part 1 exam before he transfer to local U?
I hope im not choosing the wrong school, UTAR just launched their architecture programme (still very new),
at the end I decide to study UCSI, which is on the way to get the LAM accreditation.

where is the lines between a good design in term of the planning..spatial organization and other aspects of design..and a good 3d image..it seem so blur.. nowadays it seem like if the student cant produce the good 3d images they usually will score low marks..even if we look closer to their design..it is way better than the person that score a good mark with the help of the 3d images...the REQUIREMENTS always halt the progress of a good designer just solely based on the 3d images..and yet they said that the course is practical with the real working experience..in real working experience there always 3d person..but now they grade highly the architecture student that can produce the excellent 3d graphic with low sense of architecture in their design..

i kept on thinking about this..for me i really dont mind..i always try my best to balance both..hmm trying to play by the rules...

I'm wondering that why UCSI been updated but not for UKM.

at the moment, it is loosely defined as graduating year. in the near future, it will be clearly defined as end of academic year of a particular university.

it means that students graduating from taylor's between 2011 to 2013 will be fully accredited. which means that if u're graduating in 2014, u will not be accredited if it expires. interestingly, it would mean those who're supposed to graduate in 2010 could extend their studies so that they graduate within the accredited year.

+ i tried looking into the documents, but i couldnt find anything that would say they cant do it.

+ if they fail, it wont affect their planned masters programme. it could proceed as schedule. but i'm sure the Part 1 students will "run" away into accredited part 2 schools as their part 2 need to go through accreditation first.

if the part 1 accreditation expires and wasnt renewed, or they failed the review, the next batch and following it will not be accredited. then they will have to go through the accreditation process all over again from scratch (like when they got the 2 years).

+ well, it is an elite profession.

Most of the time, it doesnt really matter. But it does matter when u enroll in australian or newzlnd schools, as they use a different system. Hons to them means an extra semester of research and academic excellence, and is only offered towards the end of studies. It is not given to everyone.

For the rest of the world, hons means several extra credits that denotes professional courses.

it is compulsory, but with exceptions. LAM have determined that the minimum is 3.00 for direct intake. each school may put it at any number, with any other criteria, so long as it does not conflict with that minimum.

Thanks! Ill give it a read and see how it could be added in.
Not sure about the CHKU offer personally, but such offers are quite common and it doesnt have to have links between the universities.

On exchange programmes, these are even more common. Sometimes we send students abroad for 1sem, sometimes they send students to us for 1sem. Its part of utm's internationalization programme called GOP (global outreach programme). Under GOP, students will be sponsored rm1000 once per enrolement to go anywhere they want. In your example, they went to paris. Others went to bologna, barcelona, london, hongkong, beijing and so on.