The Faculty of Architecture, Urban Design and Creative Arts at the

Mahasarakham University Mahasarakham University (MSU) ( th, มหาวิทยาลัยมหาสารคาม; ), ''pronounced:'' má-hăa wít-tá-yaa-lai má-hăa-săa-rá-kaam) is a Thai public university in Maha Sarakham province, about 470 kilometres fro ...

is hosted in Khamriang Campus located in the city of

Mahasarakham Sarakham is the capital city of Maha Sarakham Province in Thailand's northeastern (Isan) region. Sarakham, as it is known to its inhabitants, is in a rice-growing area on the southern Khorat plain, straddling the Chi River. Mahasarakham is 475 ...

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

. The Faculty has missions in educational development, and research, with emphasis on the integrated approach to planning, design, and

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

that will be necessary to take on the 21st century global challenges of

urbanization Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. It is predominantly t ...

environmental conservation *Environmental protection Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, organizations and governments. Its objectives are to conserve natural resources and the existing natural environment and, w ...

, and climate change, as well as preservation of arts and culture, and improved local and social development.

History

The faculty was originally established under an academic program development project initiated by the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts at

. The project has transitioned and organized to become Faculty of Architecture, Urban Design & Creative Arts during 1998 - July 2000. The Faculty has focused on human resource development in the areas of

urban design Urban design is an approach to the design of buildings and the spaces between them that focuses on specific design processes and outcomes. In addition to designing and shaping the physical features of towns, cities, and regional spaces, urban de ...

, and

creative arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both hi ...

, and on promoting art and cultural conservation.

Departments and Programs

Today the Faculty is made up of five Departments, Architecture, Architecture & Urban Planning, Interior Architecture, Creative Arts, Landscape Architecture, and offers five bachelor's degree programs (

B.Arch. The Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) is a bachelor's degree designed to satisfy the academic requirement of practising architecture around the world. Australia Architectural education in Australia varies depending on the university offering th ...

, B.F.A., B.L.A.,

B.Sc. A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...

), and one master's degree program ( M.U.P.). * Bachelor of Architecture Program in Urban Architecture —- B.Arch.(Urban Architecture) * Bachelor of Architecture Program in Interior Architecture —- B.Arch.(Interior Architecture) * Bachelor of Science Program in

Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

—- B.Sc.(Architecture) * Bachelor of Fine and Applied Arts Program in

Creative Arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both hi ...

—- B.F.A.(Creative Arts) * Bachelor of

Landscape Architecture Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic design and general engineering of various structures for constructio ...

Program —- B.L.A. (Landscape Architecture) * Master of Urban Planning Program in

Urban Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to: * Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas * Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities Urban may also refer to: General * Urban (name), a list of people ...

Environmental A biophysical environment is a biotic and abiotic surrounding of an organism or population, and consequently includes the factors that have an influence in their survival, development, and evolution. A biophysical environment can vary in scale f ...

Planning —- M.U.P. (Urban and Environmental Planning)

References

External links

Official website

Official website
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History

Departments and Programs

See also

References

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