Critics complain that recent graduates are not yet ready to enter the professional market. Almost consistently, practitioners cite student knowledge of both material and building systems as two top priorities that must be considered by educators. On the other side of the same argument, theorists insist that a designer's work must also enrich the soul and challenge the imagination. Both sides of this argument are clearly favored at the College of Architecture and Planning. Consequently, CAP graduates are recognized nationally for their balanced education.
Students also have the opportunity to experience community based design and planning projects.
Our graduates are introduced to the industry through plant tours, and through contact with product manufacturers and other suppliers. CAP has one of the most active student chapters of the Construction Specifications Institute. In short, CAP alumni have established their reputation as effective hands-on designers, able to understand how building, or landscape projects, are assembled. The Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture are underscoring their commitment to hands-on teaching with the establishment of a new product and material resource library. Links contained in this file to information provided by other organizations are presented as a service and neither constitute nor imply endorsement or warranty.