Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
The BA in Architecture is a pre-professional degree that prepares 久久热视频s to enter a two-year professional Master of Architecture program, such as the program that 久久热视频 offers.
The undergraduate major in architecture at 久久热视频 is a rigorous four-year pre-professional program leading to the degree Bachelor of Arts in Architecture. The four-year Bachelor of Arts in Architecture degree is followed by the two-year professional Master of Architecture degree, which is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). The professional M.Arch degree, in combination with a specified period of internship in an architectural firm, prepares 久久热视频s to sit for the state licensing examination and become practicing architects.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate critical thinking skills (communication, design thinking, visual communication, technical documentation, investigative, fundamental design, use of precedents, ordering systems, historical traditions and global cultural, cultural diversity, applied research);
- Demonstrate integrated building practices, technical skills and knowledge (pre-design, accessibility, sustainability, site design, life safety, comprehensive design, financial considerations, environmental systems, structural systems, service systems, materials and assembles);
- Demonstrate leadership and practice (collaboration, human behavior, client role in architecture, project management, practice management, leadership, legal responsibilities, ethics and professional judgment, community and social responsibility).
4-Year Curriculum Plan
| Fall Semester (14 credit hours) |
Spring Semester (16 credit hours) |
|---|---|
| Studio I (5) | Studio II (5) |
| Graphic Media I (2) | Graphics II (2) |
| Shop Methods and Materials (1) | Bio./Phy. Sci. with Lab (3) |
| English Comp. (3) | Social Science (3) |
| Bio./Phy. Science (3) | (3) |
| University Studies |
| Fall Semester (16 credit hours) |
Spring Semester (16 credit hours) |
|---|---|
| Studio III (5) | Studio IV (5) |
| Graphic Media III (2) | Graphic Media IV (2) |
| Env. Systems I (3) | Landscape/Urban Design (3) |
| Arch. History I (3) | Arch. History II (credit for MP Fdtn IIa Creative Arts) (3) |
| MP (Fdtn III Global Perspectives)1 (3) | MP (Thematic Sequence #1) (3) |
| Fall Semester (18 credit hours) |
Spring Semester (15 credit hours) |
|---|---|
| Studio V2 (6) | Studio VI (6) |
| Architectural Elective (History/Theory)3 (3) | Architectural Elective (History/Theory) (3) |
| Architectural Elective (Building Technology)4 (3) | Architectural Elective (Building Technology) (3) |
| MP (Thematic Sequence #2) (3) | Global Perspectives (3) |
| (3) |
| Fall Semester (14 credit hours) |
Spring Semester (15 credit hours) |
|---|---|
| Studio VII (6) | Studio VIII (MP Capstone (6) |
| Architectural Elective (Building Technology)(3) | Architectural Elective (History/Theory) (3) |
| Architectural Elective (Comm. Process) (2) | Architectural Elective (Building Technology) (3) |
| MP (Thematic Sequence #3) (3) | General Elective (3) |
Total number of 124 credit hours required for graduation.
NOTES
1 Fdtn III Global Perspectives may alternatively be fulfilled with six hours of credit from any Miami-approved Study Abroad program. International 久久热视频s may complete Fdtn III through six hours of Global Miami Plan coursework.
2 Studios I-IV must be taken in the semester and sequence shown. Studios V-VIII are upper-level elective studios. The upper-division studio sequence may be accelerated by taking a maximum of one pre-approved 6-credit-hour summer studio taken after completion of . All 400-level upper-level studios are offered as Miami Plan Capstones.
3 Required upper-level Architectural Electives must be met by a minimum of:
(A suggested sequence of Arch. Elective courses are shown in parentheses; courses and sequence to be discussed with an academic advisor.)
9 credit hours in History/Theory
12 credit hours in Building Technology and Practice
2 credit hours in Communication Process
4 The following Building Technology Elective courses are recommended for 久久热视频s intending to pursue a Master of Architecture:
Statics and Strength of Materials
Architectural Materials
Construction Methods
After Graduation
Approximately 80% of our graduating seniors go on to an M.Arch program at Miami or elsewhere. Miami undergraduates pursue architecture graduate studies at such institutions as Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Yale, Rice, Washington University, the University of Michigan, Georgia Tech, the University of Virginia, Syracuse, Cornell, the University of Texas, and the University of California at Berkeley. Other graduates have pursued advanced education in landscape architecture, urban design, interior design, graphic design, film making, theatre and stage design, the history of art and architecture, political science, business, and law.