<p>My husband graduated from the PSU Arch Eng program in 1982. There are 3 concentrations, construction mgmt, structural and lighting design. He followed the construction mgmt path. He has always done very well was always in charge of office, casino, apt building mega construction projects in NYC and elsewhere. Money is extremely good. Now he is a developer in charge of all construction and hires top architectural firms to do the design. He also hires architecture graduates who want to do construction or development.</p>
<p>Just joined cause I found this on google; lol.
Anyway, I have been in Pre-med for about a year and a half now and found out that it wasn't for me. I always said that I would like to be involved with houses or buildings as a back up plan. I want to get an MBA for sure, but dont just want to do that... I'm considering an Architectural Engineering Career, or something of that nature. I take Architectural Engineering is like an Architect and a Civil Engineer in one... or kind of? Anyway, I want to be involved in architecture for sure, but I also think the engineering perspective of buildings is very important... I am in Nevada and they have both Architecture and Civil Engineering available, but not Architectural Engineering. I was looking at CalPoly so far and thought it would be great to transfer there as they do offer an Architectural Degree... Note to elf I will probably be in school forever, but I think I can make something of it.
What do you guys think?</p>
<p>what about a masters in real estate development/m.arch for your grad? it's similar to a MBA but more geared on what you're interested.</p>
<p>I think architecture sounds right for me for now... Idk...</p>
<p>I am a student at PSU majoring in ARCH ENG. It is a 5 year major with an optional additional single semester masters program. This is an awesome program. They say that by the time I graduate the starting salary will be around 60,000-70,000$. This is high compared to most schools. PSU also holds a AE career fair with hundreds of firms begging you to work for them. AE is the way to go if you want to bring in the money and be in charge of the construction process. Your only problem upon graduation will not be trying to find a job, rather deciding who to work for.</p>
<p>after all my research, architectural engineering is basically building engineering. covering the subjects of structural engineering, environmental systems(HVACs, lighting, fire prevention, noise, plumbing), and construction management. and if you compare degree plans between civil and arch you will see that there is not much difference. so i chose AE or CE because of the design classes were more appealing than traffic engineering classes.</p>
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<p>Civil Engineers are the foundation of civilizations, and yet we are underpaid and underappreciated... ;p</p>
<p>What are the job/salary prospects like for MArch programs?</p>
<p>Hey I am a Sophmore and am very interested in Architectural Engineering and even more in the Contrastion Management option. The only problem is that there are only a select few of schools with this major. So far I only like PSU and CU Boulder. Any opinions on these schools? I know PSU is amazing and also amazingly hard to get into. I am an A-B student currently taking Architecture 2 Honors with an A- and a A+ in Geometry. Please help me decide what to do. I love discovering how things go together. My favorite shows are Extreme Engineering and How it's made (basically anything that has HOW in the title)...please post replys
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<p>With the financial meltdown hard to say was prospects are in architecture now. Here's info from the department of labor: Architects</a>, Except Landscape and Naval and from industry news on salary:2007</a> Salary Survey</p>
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<p>With the financial meltdown, all prospects, regardless field of study, will be hard to say. Do what you like, and you better be damn good at what you like. That's all I can say... </p>
<p>The reason I say this is because I went thru a similar meltdown in 1997, called the asian economic crisis. When lots of business died, only the best ones at what they do survived and even thrived.</p>
<p>Advice on a Career shift. By education I am an Accountant, by experience I am an Auditor and currently a Project Manager in Business Process Re-Engineering at a financial institution with a focus on ensuring that the area/department under review is designed to perform in an efficient manner with all Key Controls identified and functioning properly as well. I am, and have been interested in Architectural Engineering/Structural Engineering for quite a while now and I am considering a career shift. On a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being the hardest) how would you rate the difficulty of shifting to this career path at the age of 41? I realize this may be hard to answer but would like any advice that could be offered in terms of the challenges to face with going back to school, for a second degree, to study Arch/Structural Engineering now and ultimately move into that as a Career.</p>
<p>We had a 40+ year old Mom in my architecture class. I think the hardest thing for her was the long commute to classes, most of us lived in the city. At any rate she's still going strong, though she ended up doing more real estate selling than architectural design.</p>
<p>I'm a soph in high school and I know that I want to go into a career in architecture/engineering. I'm looking at Michigan (Ann Arbor). Looks like a great school, but pretty expensive for B.Arch degree for OOS (47K/year).</p>
<p>Does anybody recommend any major universities that offer ArchEngineering.</p>
<p>I'm somewhat torn over what I want to go into. I like the architecture/arts/drawing/designing aspects of it, but I'm also very good at math/physics, and the prospect of the money really makes the engineering field look like a better choice. What do you guys think?</p>
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<p>Try this link;</p>
<p>Hello everyone, I’m currently a Jr. in high school and I have a few questions. I just returned from a large engineering camp at K-State, and my main interest was ArchE because I enjoy designing structures and the creative outlet that offers; the math and physics involved also interest me. But I returned from this experience disappointed… I believed that ArchE’s designed buildings from the ground up and brought them to life. Sadly, they only design the few practical sides of the building interface (such as lighting, HVAC systems, etc.), not the actual plans and original blueprints. I don’t feel like ArchE will allow me to be very creative like I was hoping for. And on the other hand, Architecture is somewhat less lucrative of a profession than an ArchE… I’m so lost! I need advice on what to do… My ultimate career: A designer who creates structure ideas from the ground up, including the “artsy” side of a building, but who also has a big influence on its actual construction. Any suggestions? Please help!</p>
<p>I am in quite a dilemma. I am a 30 YEAR OLD archi student at IIT and it finally hit me that when done with my major (in 3 years), there is a great possibility that I may not find a job or even get paid for all the work and sweat I had to put up with these last 2 years. I am seriously considering changing my major to Arch Eng. I however, will have to go back to 2nd year in order to level out my knowledge. Times are hard and I do want a major that will get me a job and is well paid. Some people advised me on a dbl major Arch/ Arch Eng. but it is way too long, will add at least two years of school and I want to finish asap. I am torn between changing my major to Arch Eng or stay in Arch and pray that I will find a job that will pay more than 30k a year.
Anyone, please help me out! I am losing sleep over this.</p>
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In case you haven’t noticed, the unemployment rate in construction industry is approximately 50% today. Construction industry professionals includes civil engineer, structural engineer, architects, skilled tradesman, construction workers, mechanical and electrical engineer (MEP). Additionally, there is a HUGE inventory of residential housing, and commercial market usually lags behind residential. It is barely going down.</p>
<p>I have no idea why you would jump to something that is very bad…?</p>
<p>rheidzan,
Are you saying that I should stick to Architecture even though you did notice that construction industry is going down?</p>
<p>If you’re already in architecture, and you really love it, and you’re good at it, I’d say keep at it. I’ve lived through a very sever recession called asian economic crisis in 1997 and I’ve seen the best architects survived, if not thrived. </p>
<p>Now, my question was why would you want to switch to an industry that is doing really really bad, which may still go down. I would suggest that you do your research if you really want to do so. </p>
<p>The only construction jobs that are still doing ok are related to stimulus and public works projects. However, how many architects are needed in these projects as they mainly require civil and environmental engineers?</p>