<p>anyone have any data or knowledge about this program? it'd be appreciated if you'd share.</p>
<p>This was a post from last year’s Architectural Acceptances from a mom whose son decided to go there. Someone asked her what she liked about it and this is how she replied:</p>
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<li>Study abroad in Berlin - the german govt is spending tons of money on transitioning their govt buildings into green buildings so they are on the forefront of implementing green tech in urban environments. Other programs study in Rome and Florence - great history but not as relevent to today’s challenges</li>
<li>Coop, Coop, Coop - she will graduate with at least a year of arch experience under her belt along with a ready-made network</li>
<li>4+1 Masters (although it takes 6 years because of coop)</li>
<li>Location - everyday is a lesson in urban arch plus it’s Boston with 250K college students in the surrounding area</li>
<li>NEU global focus - arch is becoming a global profession and NEU is all about global opportunities. There are opportunities to go on “Dialogues” which are 4-8 week trips with a professor to study a particular issue - i.e. emerging cities in China or even do an international coop</li>
<li>Regular arch firm crawls - the opportunity to visit with firms and learn about their current projects - because of the location</li>
<li>George Thrush, Dir of the Program - he is a very engaging person with a very compelling vision for the program. He is evolving the program to be relevant to today’s issues, practical and not “pie in the sky”…he will teach the students to design innovative office buidings and urban structures, not castles.</li>
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<p>thank you! that is helpful information.</p>