With 12 hours of classwork, compared to eight to 10 hours at other colleges, Pablo Guiraldes, a lecturer for the school, said the campus's program may be more rigorous than other architecture schools. The program attempts to simulate the design of a building from conception to completion, just as it would occur in the profession. If training errs on the side of being labor-intensive, Guiraldes said, then students will be that much better prepared for the real world. It's our world. Students spend the majority of their study time working on projects for their six-credit studio classes.
Studio is required each semester during their last two years.
Each year is a world with two levels. There's a boss at the end of each level and thesis is the big monster you have to beat at the end of the game. Although the work is so time-intensive, architecture assignments are not really about grades, said junior Dave Vago. The amount of time spent working on a project is never directly proportional to the grade. Copyright 2000 - Maryland Media, Inc.