<p>i've been going thru a lot of threads and there just doesn't seem to be much info on the college of AAP. </p>
<p>i just finished my freshman year at national taiwan university (an international student here) and i'm applying to transfer in fall '08 (maybe in spring, if that's available). i was initially planning to major in art history and/or visual culture studies, but then i found out about cornell's program in history of architecture and since then i've been really intrigued. </p>
<p>the problem is, i can't seem to find much info on this area and while i had studied art & art history for both O and A levels, i haven't been exposed to the architecture portion. i'm kinda worried i won't actually like it as much as art history, but i think AAP is relatively easier to get in than CAS? though they're both high reaches for me. </p>
<p>can anyone pls tell me more about AAP?? thanks.</p>
<p>This degree will focus on history, theory or criticism, rather than the actual practice of architecture. The program is designed for transfer students, so you must first complete two years of college in order to be eligible. The curriculum introduces students to the built domain from earliest times to the present. </p>
<p>Students learn methods of scholarly research, analysis and interpretation; study historic monuments in their full cultural, social and urban contexts; and examine building traditions within specific periods and regions. Students will be learning architectural history within a professional school of architecture – a context that enriches the scholarly understanding of buildings by emphasizing the immediacy of architectural problems and their solutions in the present.</p>
<p>i'm an architecture student but surprisingly, considering how small AAP is, i haven't met anyone who majored specifically in history of architecture. i believe there are only about 3-4 architecture history professors. i've had two of them already (arch history 101 and 102)...while they were quite good, i didn't think they were great.</p>
<p>i'm not sure about architecture history but i know that it is very very hard to transfer into architecture. this year they aren't accepting any transfers in architecture because no one really dropped out. but it might be different for arch history majors. why don't you call them?</p>