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2009-2010 Graduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Architecture


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211 Seaton Hall
785-532-5953
Fax: 785-532-6722
architecture@ksu.edu
http://capd.ksu.edu/arch/

Department Head:

Peter Magyar - M. Architecture

Director of graduate studies:

Todd Gabbard - M.S. Architecture

Peter Magyar - M. Architecture

Academic Advisor:

G. Rebecca Stark

Graduate Faculty:

Larry Bowne II, M. Arch., Harvard University.
Wayne M. Charney, Ph.D., Northwestern University.
Gary J. Coates, M.Arch., North Carolina State University.
Robert J. Condia, MS, Columbia University.
Richard Farnan, B.Arch., University of Kansas
R. Todd Gabbard, M.Arch., University of Florida.
Richard Gnat, M.Arch., Cornell University.
Richard Hoag, M.Arch., University of Washington.
Nathan J. Howe, M.Arch., University of Texas.
James S. Jones, M.Arch., University of Washington.
Matthew A. Knox, M.Arch., University of Virginia.
Eugene R. Kremer, (Emeritus) M.Arch., University of California, Berkeley.
Vladimir Krstic, M.Eng/Arch., Kyoto University, Japan.
Michael McGlynn, M.Arch., University of Oregon.
Peter Magyar, Dr.Arch., Technical University of Budapest, Hungary.
Ulf Meyer, Dipl.-Ing., Technical University of Berlin.
Miriam Neet, M.Arch., Columbia University.
Torgeir Norheim, M.Arch., California Polytechnic State University.
Lyn Norris-Baker, (Emeritus) Ph.D., University of Houston.
Wendy Ornelas, M. Arch., Oklahoma State University.
David H. Sachs, D. Arch., University of Michigan.
David R. Seamon, Ph.D., Clark University.
Susanne Siepl-Coates, M.Arch., University of California, Berkeley.
Dragoslav Simic, M.Arch., University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Christopher Spaw, M.Arch., Kansas State University.
Raymond Streeter, M.Arch., Harvard University.
Carol Martin Watts, Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin.
Donald Watts, M.Arch., University of California, Berkeley.
                                                                                                           
                                                                                    

Overview

The Department of Architecture offers two degrees at the masters level: a professional Master of Architecture and a research based post-professional Master of Science in Architecture.

The professional program consists of a core of required professional courses supplemented by electives. These courses include an ten semester architectural design studio sequence, a four semester structural systems sequence, a three semester environmental systems sequence, and a two semester building science/construction systems sequence, among others. One hundred seventy (170) credit hours are required for graduation. Thirty (30) of these credit hours are taken at the graduate level, primarily in the ninth and tenth semesters of the program.

The post-professional program of study requires a minimum of 30 semester credit hours for completion of the degree. The program usually requires two years in residence, and is designed to enable students to pursue specialized study in specific architectural topics.

 

Accreditation

 

The completion of the Master of Architecture degree and then a professional internship qualify our graduates to sit for the Architectural Registration Examination administered by each American state and territory to candidates who wish to become licensed as architects.

“In the United States, most state registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit U.S. professional degree programs in architecture, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture, and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted a 6-year, 3-year, or 2-year term of accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established educational standards.

Master’s degree programs may consist of a pre-professional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree that, when earned sequentially, constitute an accredited professional education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.” – 2004 NAAB Conditions and Procedures for Professional Degree Programs in Architecture

Resources

College of Architecture and Design resources include the Paul Weigel Library, a professionally staffed branch of the university’s main facility. It includes over 35,000 bound volumes and approximately 200 periodical subscriptions. Among other facilities supporting instruction and research in the College are the Technical Information Collection, the Computer Laboratory, the Krider Audio-Visual Learning Resource Center, and an artificial sky. Students in the college enjoy a diverse range of lectures, seminars, exhibits, and guest critics throughout the academic year.

Financial aid

A limited number of graduate teaching assistantships are available for students with particularly strong qualifications. Appointment as a teaching assistant requires knowledge in the subject matter of the course, human relations skills, and excellence in spoken and written English. Appointment to a GTA is made by the head of the department in which a specific course is taught and does not guarantee successive appointments. Specific instructions and application forms are available in the graduate section of the department webpage. Limited scholarship aid may be awarded to one or two incoming graduate students each year. The amount of these scholarships ranges between $500 and $1,000.

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