I'm confused on how Architecture Programs work

<p>Can someone clarify what the programs are? Ive heard about different degrees and something about 4+2-year or 5-year programs. Can someone explain this to me?</p>

<p>copied from the Norwich University website</p>

<p>Statement from the National Architectural Accrediting Board</p>

<p>In the United States, most state registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit US professional degree programs in architecture, recognizes two types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture and the Master of Architecture. A program may be granted a five-year, three-year, or two-year term of accreditation, depending on its degree of conformance with established educational standards.</p>

<p>Masters degree programs may consist of a pre-professional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree, which, when earned sequentially, comprise an accredited professional education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.</p>

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<p>You will have to search for individual college offerings, i.e.</p>

<p>Iowa State U - Landscape Architecture Curriculum - 5 years
<a href="http://www.iastate.edu/%7Ecatalog/2003-05/curric/d-la.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.iastate.edu/~catalog/2003-05/curric/d-la.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>UC Berkeley - undegraduate & graduate programs
<a href="http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/programs/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/programs/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon U - School of Architecture
<a href="http://www.arc.cmu.edu/cmu/programs/ugrad_progs/index.jsp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.arc.cmu.edu/cmu/programs/ugrad_progs/index.jsp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Penn - Dept of Architecture
<a href="http://www.design.upenn.edu/arch/ba.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.design.upenn.edu/arch/ba.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>USC - School of Architecture
<a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/architecture/programs/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/dept/architecture/programs/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>There is also an old CC thread (circa 2003), which may be of interest to you...
<a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?4/8708%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeconfidential.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?4/8708&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>a 4+2 is a BA in architecture and then an MArch (a professional degree). 5 year is a BArch( professional degree), and then if you want, you can do an MArch. You cannot practice as a licensed architect without a professional degree.</p>