<p>If you want to be an engineer or a contractor, get a civil engineering degree. If you want to be an architect, get an architecture degree. Why go through the effort to get a degree that will not contribute much to your career? Go to architecture school and by the end of your first studio you will know whether this is the major for you.</p>
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<p>hey guys… umm… i’m confused.! actually i wanna go for architecture but, due to the system of education i got admission in a bad type of college, and i also applied for civil engineering as well. In civil engineering i got admission in a very good college. So my parents insists me to take admission in civil engineering and not in architecture as that college is a new one.
So can anyone help me? what to chose Architecture or Civil engineering???</p>
<p>hi i’ve the same problem as last coment pointed but also m in PAKISTAN n still in this modern world of education there is no architectural engineering n now i am intersted in architecture batchelor programe but my famly members and forcing me to study civil engineering because in PAKISTAN civil engineers have more pay than architechure plz guide me… and i am also thinking to do graduate in architecture and post graduate in civil engineering… plz help me</p>
<p>At where I went to college, the Arch majors only need to take an intro class of math, but instead civil should involve much more math.
From what I heard, Arch is more about the artistic side of of building something, and Civil is more about how to use engineering knowledge to make the artistic plan come into life. So Civil is much more engineering and science oriented. Arch is more like an art major.</p>
<p>I’ll try to share my answer, it may not be accurate but I hope this would help. </p>
<p>A Civil Engineering is a field of study of the physical environmental stability w/c may include loads, stresses, forces etc. that may cause passive/natural,active forces,etc that a civil engineer has the
techniques on how to manage this elements within the environment.
A Structural engineer ma deal only w/ the solidity of science or structural stability but in much broader sense in terms of structure.
At last but not the least </p>
<p>Architecture is the study of planning, designing and construction of buildings and other physical structure in order to provide an efficient settlement w/ the right setting of parameter depending on the needs of the society. this may include space planning; w/c may include technical site planning and building space programming, architectural theory and philosophy,site analysis and building analysis from urban to site to a Lot to a building to a room and up to putting a flower into its pot. Both open spaces and structures should have an architectural plan for an efficient and sustainable living.</p>
<p>Here’s one thing I learned from this discussion. One NEVER come here because the people that post on here clearly don’t have a CLUE to what they are talking about. Architectural is new? Get real! It’s extremely old, just as old as Civil. Also civil and architectural engineers make about the same amount of money. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.bls.gov/OES/current/oes173011.htm”>http://www.bls.gov/OES/current/oes173011.htm</a></p>
<p>It’s funny that people make a lot of assumptions and clearly know nothing about what they are talking about. Well it’s more sad than funny.</p>
<p>Architects and civil engineers make about the same amount of money, sorry.</p>
Wow, I’ve just read the entire conversation and I have to admit that I learned quite a lot about both fields. I am planning to attend a community college to study Architecture. I hope to eventually transfer into another college someday. How long do you guys think it would take for someone like me to major in Architecture? What degree should I strive for? Must all Architects complete some type of internship program?
@Axel1797, There are several routes to becoming an architect. The Bachelor’s OF Architecture or BArch is offered at about 30 US colleges. It usually takes 5.0 years to complete. How long it would take you would depend on how many of your CC credits transfer to the BArch program.
Alternately, you could get an undergraduate Bachelor’s degree plus a Masters of Architecture (MArch). The undergraduate degree can be a Bachelor of Science or a Bachelor of Arts in architecture, architectural studies, art, or just about anything. The MArch takes from 1.0 to 3.5 years depending on your undergraduate degree.
With a BArch or MArch you can proceed with the steps to become a licensed architect. Some states allow you to do this with a BS in architecture.
Licensing requirements include taking a series of exams (currently 7, but will be 6) and working several thousand hours in a monitored intern development program. The process takes about 3.0 to 5.0 years depending on your motivation.
Many people with architecture educations work in architecture without being licensed.
That may be how it works in Texas, but don’t say “in the US” because it certainly isn’t common to all states.
Having lived and worked in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and known some civil engineers (my father for one), it is the CE’s that have to stamp and certify plans and designs, and it is they who are legally responsible for a building. To say that they don’t “stamp buildings” is not true. And they darn well do "plan, design, and supervise the construction of buildings, stadiums, auditoriums, arenas, or airport terminals and hangars’ The most common role my father played on all his construction projects was as the principle designer and also the person who supervised the entire job, including the construction, selection of crews, materials and budget. He was also the one who sealed the plans with his PE license seal, nobody else.
I am not disagreeing that your father did everything you’ve said he did. However, my daughter is a registered architect and at her firm the registered architects do stamp documents and supervise the construction of projects (in Pennsylvania and other states). I googled a few things and it seems that there are engineering drawings that need to be stamped by an engineer and separate architectural drawings that are stamped by a registered architect. I think legal responsibility could be either the architect’s or engineer’s, depending on what the defect is.
Are Civil Engineers allowed to stamp architectural drawings in NY State? I don’t know for sure, but I seriously doubt it. They certainly aren’t in Texas. Do civil engineers typically stamp architectural drawings in NY? Absolutely not. Having practiced for 10 years in NY City, the architects stamp the architectural drawings, the civil engineers stamp the civil drawings, the structural engineers stamp the structural drawings, etc. What Civil Engineer would take responsibility for building setbacks, zoning, fire exiting on a typical floor, ADA regulations, etc? None, because that is not their area of expertise. Civil engineers do the site and the roads, architects, structural, and MEP engineers do the building.