The request to revise ARCH courses, BA in Architecture, and Bachelor of Architecture

Date: May 14, 2015
To: College of Arts + Architecture
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: April 29, 2015
Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
Implementation Date: Spring 2016

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School of

Architecture

http://soa.uncc.edu

The mission of the School of Architecture (SoA) is to advance excellence in architectural education through innovative research, teaching and design practices. The sSchool seeks to is to ffurther the discourse between the theory and practice of architecture through the education and training of students, the work and research of the faculty, and ongoing engagement with the University, the profession, and the community. Architecture in the narrow sense includes important public monuments and, in the broader sense, the constructed environment at all scales.

To prepare undergraduate students to become future community and architectural leaders, the School of Architecture seeks to provide both a liberal and a professional education based on a holistic view of the built environment. The studio/seminar sequence in the Core Program emphasizes both writing and making to introduce students to alternative and complementary methods of investigating design problems. The professional degree path in the Advanced Program culminates in studios that a Comprehensive Architectural Project emphasizeing self-direction and provide individualized directed instruction on matters of importance to contemporary practice and theory, and includes courses in advanced building technology and digital practices..

Admission

All students must first apply and be accepted byto the University. Following acceptance to the University, and submit, a second on-line application is then made to the School of Architecture. The SoA Undergraduate Admission Review includes by: 1) completion and submission of an SoA application; 2) an evaluation of this the UNCC & SoA applications by a faculty committee