The Programme was designed to permit graduates to pursue postgraduate degrees in Architecture, Planning or Building Technologies, but the idea of a combined first degree for all three fields was not very successful because most of the graduating students opted for architecture, the more lucrative practice.
The programme was discontinued in 1977 because applicants for the programme tended to have the same qualification as those admitted to the degree course. The programme permitted graduates to pursue postgraduate degrees in Architecture, Planning or Building Technologies, but the idea of a combined first degree for all three fields was not very successful because most of the graduating students opted for architecture, the more lucrative practice.