Accreditation of Master of Architecture at California College of the Arts
In July 2008 the Masters of Architecture Program was formally granted a three-year term of initial accreditation, effective January 1, 2008. Following the initial three-year term, at the next scheduled review in 2011, the program may receive a six-year term. CCA’s undergraduate Architecture Program is fully accredited.
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 six-, three-, or two-year term of accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established educational standards. Master’s degree programs may consist of a preprofessional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree that, when earned sequentially, constitute an accredited professional education. The preprofessional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.
Architecture Podcast
In spring 2006, students in On the Air, Jordan Geiger’s interdisciplinary studio course, worked with two types of technology that involve air in architecture: pneumatics (construction) and broadcast (representation).
Their work resulted in full-scale inflatable structures and this podcast.
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