Architecture?

<p>NYC, Greenwich Village. Free tuition if admitted. It's complete name is "The Cooper Union"</p>

<p>Cooper Union is awesome for both architecture and engineering, so go there anyway and decide in a bit!</p>

<p>it's in new york city.... lower manhattan
great location, ugly/old building</p>

<p>The only architecture program that is free and offers first class education, but only 5% applicants get in.</p>

<p>Hi! does anyone which of the B.arch programs put the least emphasis and spends the least amount of time on the liberal arts? Thank you!!!</p>

<p>Of course, all good 5-year B.Arch professional degree awarding programs spend the least time on the liberal arts/theoretical aspect. But you can't escape it, because that's the essence of architecture itself. True architecture involves the appreciation of beauty and all that stuff.</p>

<p>Does any here major in architecture for undergrad at Berkeley.. or I guess any other school? How is the workload? I heard it was tough. What kind of classes do you have to take? Are you supposed to be really good at math? And physics? Do you have to be really good with computers and graphic designs? Are a lot of the work and classes done alone? What kind of work do you have to do? I'm still exploring majors and I might have a slight interest in architecture but I need to know more about it first. I like the artistic part but when I went to visit the department, it looked to me like a lot of building with wood and metal and working with machines... and private studying, and not so much design on paper. I guess I dont really know what it is. Can anyone explain? ANd what about UCLA? I know there is no undergrad architecture major at LA... so what major are you supposed to be in?!? what classes are u supposed to take?</p>

<p>There is a good balance of art and science involved in architecture. Berkeley isnt that great for undergrad study for a professional degree in architecture, but a BA there and then an MArch somewhere else, like Harvard, is well trod path im sure. UCLA has no arch programme i think.</p>

<p>Architecture is notorious for the workload, it is a 24/7 program. Math and physics are usually required. I don't know of any program that doesn't require calculus but many architects struggle to complete the requirement. Design usually develops through a combination of drawing, modeling, and computers. Entry level work tends to emphasize hand drawing and modeling skills while advance students work more with the computer. Presentations follow the same pattern. Most curriculums include introductory computer training somewhere in your first year or two though you are generally expected to get really good on your own. Most schools have a combination of individual and group projects. The work environment is almost entirely collaborative and the schools realize this. Alot of projects have a combination of group and independent components. </p>

<p>If you go to UCLA you would do an undergrad degree in something else, whatever and then go into one of the graduate programs for non-architectural undergrads. These master's programs are usually presented as 3 year degree programs but most people take 4 to complete them. If you decide to take this path you will want to take the math and science during your underegrad. You will also need to take classes that will help you generate a portfolio. The portfolio can include any kind of creative work, pinting, photography, ceramics, sculpture etc.</p>

<p>Wow thanks that really helped a lot!</p>

<p>UCLA does have an architecture program, but its not a b.arch</p>

<p>Stephanie:
Do you want a more liberal artsy education or a more technical education with a professional degree you can practice with?</p>

<p>2005 DesignIntelligence rankings:</p>

<p>Interior Design Programs</p>

<p>University of Cincinnati
Pratt Institute
Kansas State University
Cornell University
Arizona State University
University of Oregon
Auburn University
University of Texas at Austin
Washington State University
California College of the Arts (tied with University of Florida)
University of Florida (tied with California College of the Arts)</p>

<p>Undergraduate Architecture Programs</p>

<p>Cornell University
University of Cincinnati
Rice University
California Polytechnic State U., San Luis Obispo
Syracuse University
Kansas State University
Rhode Island School of Design
University of Texas at Austin
Carnegie Mellon University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University</p>

<p>Graduate Architecture Programs</p>

<p>Harvard University
Yale University
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia University (tied for 4th with MIT)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (tied for 4th with Columbia)
University of Cincinnati
University of California, Berkeley
University of Virginia
Rice University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</p>

<p>Oops, USC is not even in the top 10.</p>

<p>USC's arch school isnt that great...</p>

<p>I made a thread with this in it, and knowing that it will probably be dropped, posted it here in case anyone would like to respond to it. Thanks and ignore if it is totally irrelevant...</p>

<p>Help me. I can't decide and I got four days. I would like to major in Architecture, but I still want to have a life. I got into the honors program at Tulane with a $23,000 a year scholarship, but I am also one of the fourteen lucky applicants accepted to USC's well known and high ranked arch program. I visited both schools and really didn't get a feel for either. The fact is I'm a partier. In my high school yearbook I am going to be dubbed class partier and clown. I know studying architecture and having a social life often times don't mix, but I just have to be able to go out and theres no chance I could even imagine myself pulling more than two all nighters for a college arch project. Tulane's campus is quite far from USC's and the people... I could deal with. The Tulane students I met were real nice but mostly republican, which makes it kind of tough for a massachusetts liberal harboring marxists beliefs. City wise, New Orleans I believe is better in terms of partying while LA is better for architecture. I didn't have the chance to spend the night at USC so I didn't have a clear sense of what people are like, but the city I found too large and depressing. I'm stuck because social life and academics are both equally important to me. Is USC's arch program really the hell everyone is making it out to be? Will a partier like me last? (and while I am at it. Which place has hotter chicks? Tulane did from what I saw) Please respond I appreciate any feedback! Thank you.</p>

<p>The campus of USC is very nice, but the enviroment around USC is unbelievably bad, not very safe for a female student walking alone.</p>

<p>The arch program doesn't fit you in case you are a partier, only those who work like crazy can be survived, tons of works need to meet the deadline for every single day, this drives me crazy when I attend summer program there.</p>

<p>There are some super rich people at USC, this makes me feel bad about myself, because I am not rich at all.To find out more information, please review our old posts, you might find something useful.</p>

<p>I got in at USC School of Arch, too. Wherever you want to study, you got to know that if it's a five-year program, it's going to be intensive. I talked with an architecture soph at IIT. But really, everything boils down to how much you are willing to invest. As she said, some may only spend six hours on a drawing, but she spends 27 on each on the average. Most pull all-nighters on every weekday, having only weekend for catching up sleep and maybe spending a few hours in the gym. They practically live in their studios! It's a very interesting life, I think.</p>

<p>hey JRock, where are you going this fall?</p>

<p>nowhere!! don't wanna go to USC/IIT/NEU, tho' I got good offers. WashU, didn't apply for aid (stupid of me!) currently studying for a-levels. (May go to Cambridge-UK to study math, and take another shot at USA - the cream, lol!) no longer so sure about arch. math seems to be my forte now.</p>