Interaction with teaching staff is conducted on an intensive basis in the Design studio and other classes. Within the framework of this situation, the faculty members encourage students to develop their individual interests, with a constant emphasis on fundamentals and a basic commitment intended to equip the graduate with a lasting ability to produce an architecture responsive to the changing needs of society. The interaction between architecture and other creative disciplines is stressed through the five years. Students are encouraged to express themselves both verbally and visually. The Cooper Union's location in the heart of New York City, in addition to providing a wealth of practicing professionals of the highest distinction as faculty, has a profound effect on many other features of the program as well.
Students live, work and study in a world city.
New York City also provides an urban laboratory unparalleled in its stimulation and opportunities for research, as well as unique social and cultural institutions. The Bachelor of Architecture degree requirements are intended to provide students with a rigorous training in and exposure to the creative and technical aspects of architecture. The professional courses in the curriculum are supplemented and enhanced by other required courses as well as elective credits.