Architecture

Students who complete a degree in architecture will have knowledge of the field including histories, theories, concepts, and approaches. Students will demonstrate knowledge of and skill in utilizing varied design methods to solve architectural design problems of various scales and complexities.

Students will be able to execute an architectural project through all of its phases from research to design, including the development and critique of a design process and the proposal of a viable and buildable design or rigorous open exploration driven by theoretical considerations. Students will have developed a high level of architectural communication, understanding the latest advancements in digital design and its integrated fabrication. Students will be able to present their ideas using verbal, written, and graphic methods in simulated real world settings. They will have developed a professional representation of their work and be equipped to defend it.

As an academic field of study, architecture has emerged from a long history of formal and informal practices and economies. Students will learn to value the activist potential of the field, to think and act at various scales, and to be cognizant of their positionality in relationship to others. Students will use knowledge of the historic and contemporary roles and differential effects of architecture on local and global systems to develop or advocate for informed action to solve complex problems in society. Students will understand how to generate and interpret complex community based data to inform their building designs. They will able to analyze diverse communities and cultural phenomena and interpret the same in architectural terms.