The School of Architecture and Planning offers introductory architecture courses for non-majors, as well as undergraduate preprofessional, professional, and advanced graduate training in the field of architecture.
Architects are professionals with specialized knowledge about built and natural environments.
This improved format gives the department the best opportunity to provide a liberal exposure to the humanities, technology, the social sciences, and aesthetic expression. The attempt is to convey architecture as a field of study and a way of viewing the world. By admitting freshmen and allowing undergraduate students to mature in studio-based education over the span of four years, the school recognizes that architectural education requires ample time for the maturing of visual communication skills and design thinking. The profession of architecture in the coming decades will include many new career opportunities, in addition to the traditional mode of an architect in private practice. The expanded program will help prepare students for these new needs.