Architecture (B.ARCH)

Liberal Arts<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Accreditation&nbsp;Information<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 6px; color: #373737; font-family: merriweatherlight; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 100; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\">\r\n<li class=\"\"><a title=\"About NAAD Accreditation\" href=https://www.academyart.edu/"https:////www.academyart.edu//academics//architecture//naab-accreditation///">About NAAB Accreditation<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"\"><a class=\"\" style=\"color: #960005; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;\" href=https://www.academyart.edu/"http:////www.wascsenior.org///" target=\"_blank\">About WSCUC Accreditation<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; color: #373737; font-family: merriweatherlight; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 100; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\">For information on the Architecture Registration Exam (ARE) and Intern Development Program (IDP) requirements go to: <a class=\"\" style=\"color: #960005; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;\" href=https://www.academyart.edu/"http:////www.ncarb.org///" target=\"_blank\">www.ncarb.org<\/a><\/p>"},"learning_outcomes":{"label":"Program Learning Outcomes","slug":"learning_outcomes","content":"<!-- PLOs from PS --><p>Undergraduate students will meet the following student performance criteria:<\/p><p>Conceptual Thinking and Process<\/p><ul>\t<li>Communicate conceptual thinking verbally and in writing<\/li>\t<li>Articulate and extend conceptual thinking through diagrams<\/li>\t<li>Develop a rigorous material logic for model-making to test ideas<\/li>\t<li>Produce diagrams indicating critical analyses of relevant precedent buildings or the built environment recognizing the significance to the discipline of architecture<\/li>\t<li>Produce critical analyses of contemporary, historical, global precedents inclusive of buildings, urban planning, theoretical texts, or related arts applicable to studio projects and systems<\/li>\t<li>Develop a design identity which synthesizes critical thought, architectural intent, and urban design strategies by developing decision-making criteria substantiated by research<\/li><\/ul><p>Fundamental Design &amp; Drawing and Making<\/p><ul>\t<li>Develop criteria to generate and evaluate an architectural order and formal language<\/li>\t<li>Develop architectural proposals sensitive to the site context in scale and use based on research<\/li>\t<li>Produce architectural drawings with appropriate drawing conventions to convey spatial qualities and design intent<\/li>\t<li>Convey materiality in design projects based on an understanding of construction material properties<\/li>\t<li>Construct drawings and models with a high level of craft and attention to detail<\/li><\/ul><p>Presentation Skills<\/p><ul>\t<li>Clearly explain and defend design projects in verbal presentations<\/li>\t<li>Create presentation boards, slides, and\/or printed materials which exhibit logical sequencing and a hierarchy of information<\/li>\t<li>Develop effective visual communication strategies to convey information that build towards an argument<\/li>\t<li>Determine appropriate representation techniques to describe the spatial qualities and human experience of the design proposal<\/li><\/ul><p>Leadership and Community<\/p><ul>\t<li>Demonstrate a commitment to community building and social equity through programming and organization of an architectural project<\/li>\t<li>Demonstrate sensitivity to diverse viewpoints of user groups in the design of a building<\/li>\t<li>Engage a collaborative process in the development of a design, with a range of design and engineering disciplines<\/li>\t<li>Demonstrate and articulate knowledge of professional practices and contractual conventions<\/li><\/ul><p>Integrated Design<\/p><ul>\t<li>Conduct a user &amp; programmatic analysis<\/li>\t<li>Communicate analyses of the urban and environmental conditions of a site with clear graphic devices<\/li>\t<li>Integrate sustainable and energy-conscious strategies into the design of a building<\/li>\t<li>Communicate analyses of environmental performance systems of the design with clear graphic devices<\/li>\t<li>Develop an energy-conscious strategy for the design of building envelope systems and material selection<\/li>\t<li>Integrate structural systems into the design of a building<\/li>\t<li>Produce technical documentation describing the integration of architecture and building systems<\/li>\t<li>Accommodate accessibility and life safety requirements in the design of a building<\/li><\/ul>"}}" data-employment="{"url":"","text":"VIEW GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION"}" >