Architecture Degrees Online

Northampton’s program offers a balance of academic, design and advanced computer technology coursework. The academic courses provide a broad base of general knowledge serving to widen the student’s educational outlook. The four semester design studio sequence with supporting coursework in history, graphics and building technology emphasizes the development of skills in architectural conceptualization and understanding of design vocabulary and design process, enhancing critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills. Emphasis is placed on a balance of both traditional graphic and model making, and computer graphics and 3D modeling as design study tools.Computer technology has dramatically changed the way we practice architecture. The challenge for the profession, both practitioners and educators alike, is to keep pace with such change. The architecture curriculum is responding to such patterns and has as its goal to stay on the leading edge of computer technology integrating both 2D and 3D computer technology across the curriculum in all major courses. The combination of academic, design and computer technology courses form the foundation needed for advancement into the profession of architecture as a technician or to transfer to an accredited five year Bachelor of architecture professional program. Either way you will be on your way to an exciting career in the field of architecture. Note that senior architecture schools consider applicants from Northampton on an individual basis and have traditionally granted both full and partial credit depending on the ability of the student and the requirements of the transfer school.Program FeaturesIn the program you will work with state of the art 2D and 3D architectural software such as AutoCAD, ARCHICAD, and others giving you a broad exposure to technology required by the profession. Northampton’s faculty consists of practicing, registered architects who as members of the American Institute of Architects stay abreast of new developments in architectural
education and practice. This helps to ensure that your education will be up-to-date and relevant. Northampton’s program is also a member of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture further keeping faculty in touch with current movements in architectural education. The Architecture Department also has a strong, active chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS)

Additional Options

1. In conjunction with the School of Engineering, a B.S.A.T. with a concentration in Energy Management is offered. This program trains the student in areas of building technology and construction with a particular emphasis on energy management and the development of energy use policies. The program allows the student to substitute courses in energy management for general elective credits required by the B.S.A.T. program.

2. In conjunction with the School of Management, a B.S.A.T. with a concentration in business administration is offered. This program enables students to compliment a growing expertise in construction technology with organization and management skills. The program allows the student to substitute courses in business for general elective credits required by the B.S.A.T. program.

3. In conjunction with the School of Engineering, a combined B.S.A.T. in Energy Management and Master of Science in Energy Management is offered. This five year program is offered to qualified undergraduate architecture students who undertake 18 credits of graduate-level energy management courses in a fifth year of study. This program permits attainment of the combined degrees in five years of full time study. Interested students must declare their intention to pursue this option by formal submission to the deans of the School of Architecture and Design and the School of Management.

A critical approach of the Monash Interior Architecture course is its balance between experimental, creative design and building technology.

If architecture is concerned with the large scale issues of the city, the specialisation of interior architecture considers the human scale and experiences inherent in the public and privates spaces of that city; it is an expression of our encounter with the world. As interior architects, we are concerned with authentic architectural experience, and the development of a multi-sensory approach to architectural space which facilitates a sense of belonging and integration. We create spaces from the point of view of the occupant or participant.

Interior architecture owes as much to the theory and practice of art, philosophy and psychology as it does to architecture and design. The Bachelor of Interior Architecture course focuses on cultural, institutional, commercial and domestic architectural space. A strong focus on creative, conceptual design is complemented by work on building construction and design communication skills for professional practice.

The interior architecture studio units are supported by specialist units in spatial theory, behavioural psychology, structures and services, building construction and materials, communication media, ergonomics, model making, furniture design, computer-aided design, professional practice and a strong industry based learning program.

Men and women completing this program will be prepared to obtain employment with architectural and engineering firms, contractors, and a variety of manufacturing and distributing companies related to the construction industry. Computer aided drafting is an important tool for the construction industry and the design professions and is an important part of the Architectural Technology program. This program teaches students the principles of residential and commercial building technology as well as the drafting skills to apply them. Students will also be enrolled in general education courses selected to complement their technical education. This degree can allow students to continue their education in a number of baccalaureate programs at four-year institutions.

The Department of Architecture (the first department established at METU in 1956) offers undergraduate and graduate degrees. The four-year undergraduate study grants the Bachelor’s degree in Architecture. Focal points of undergraduate education are architectural design studios aiming to freely develop the students’ investigative sides, creative personalities and way of thinking. Students have the opportunity during their undergraduate studies to follow minor programs in different areas like business administration, building technology and structure, and industrial design.

As distinct from other schools for higher education in Turkey fashioned after European models, METU established in 1956 as the Middle East Institute of Technology, has an academic system akin to those of the Anglo-American universities in United States. Supported by UN through UNESCO its primary mission had been the training of professionals required for urbanism, housing, construction and planning in developing countries. Conceived as an international university to be in pace with the changing and growing world of knowledge, the language of instruction is English ever since. Learning to reach sources worldwide, to evaluate critically what has been reached and to be creative and innovative have been permanent motives.