 COLLEGE OF FINE AND APPLIED
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Curriculum in Architecture |
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
117 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall
611 East Loredo Taft Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-1330
The mission and educational intent of the School of Architecture is, in the broadest sense, concerned with the design of the built environment and its relationship with the natural environment as directed toward and responding to the needs and aspirations of human purposes. Architectural education at Illinois provides first, at the undergraduate level, an in-depth professional preparation together with a base of liberal arts education; and second, at the graduate level, an appropriately diversified selection of professional options that allow students to gain depth in pursuit of individual interests that are applicable to current and future professional directions.
In the final analysis, the goal of the program is multifaceted. Graduates should expect to prepare themselves for active professional roles and to gain knowledge of architectural opportunities, problems, issues, and challenges, and ways to address them. They will become familiar with the language of the many disciplines that contribute to the shaping of the built environment and to become aware of past, present, and new applications of information and knowledge. Additionally graduates also will develop a sense of confidence in their personal interpretation of the role of the profession in society and in their ability to become a vital part of the practice of architecture.
DEGREE PROGRAMS IN ARCHITECTURE
The School of Architecture offers a four-year preprofessional curriculum leading to the bachelor of science in architectural studies degree. The BSAS degree provides an undergraduate academic education in architecture that can serve as a foundation for advanced professional education. The undergraduate curriculum offers an appropriate balance of basic professional studies in architectural design, architectural history, practice and technology, structures, and studies in the arts and sciences.
The following statement is from the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB):
Most states require that an individual intending to become a architect hold an accredited degree. There are two types of degrees that are accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board: 1)The Bachelor of Architecture, which requires a minimum of five years of study, and 2) the Master of Architecture, which requires a minimum of three years of study following an unrelated bachelor's degree or two years following a related pre-professional bachelor's degree. These professional degrees are structured to educate those who aspire to registration and lincensure as architects.
The four-year pre-professional degree, where offered, is not accreditted by NAAB. The pre-professional degree is useful to those wishing a foundation in the field of architecture, as preparation for either continued education in a professional program or for employment options in fields related to architecture.
The accredited degree at the University of Illinois is the master of architecture.
Since 1967, the School of Architecture has operated a one-year study abroad program in Versailles, France, which is open to qualified students on a priority basis. Course offerings parallel those available to students on the Urbana-Champaign campus but stress the European context.
The School of Architecture occupies drafting
rooms, lecture rooms, and offices in the Architecture Building, Flagg Hall, and Temple
Hoyne Buell Hall. The Ricker Library of Architecture and Art is located in the Architecture
Building. 
| COLLEGE OF FINE AND APPLIED
ARTS |
Undergraduate
Curriculum in Architecture |