As a professional course it calls for a disciplined approach to design, research, critical analysis and presentation. The course provides opportunities for the students to pursue design and research in areas of their own interest. The Course The Master's programme fulfills two complementary objectives. Firstly, to educate committed students to a professional level, and secondly, to contribute actively to architectural discourse and research. By learning how to collect, analyse and organise information, the student tackles new tasks with greater confidence and at a higher level of enquiry .
Interviews can take place either in Jamaica or by appointed representatives in overseas countries.
The graduate of the Master's degree in Architecture would have demonstrated a commitment to the understanding of the practice of architecture as both an artist and as a professional. Graduates should expect to enter an office as an assistant architect. As a place of both learning and teaching, the School is a centre of research with an emphasis on Caribbean issues in general and the art and profession of architecture in particular. The first stage of the Shelter project has been completed and is awaiting the construction and evaluation of a prototype. The Inventory pilot project, which involved testing a methodology and classification system on 700 sites in urban, village and isolated rural locations, has received considerable interest from other Caribbean countries and agencies, and could be an area for future regional cooperation.