What You'll Study:
The architecture studio is the foundation of the program. Studios provide a social and curricular framework for the architecture student. Representational skills such as drawing, model making, and computer modeling are practiced rigorously as essential skills for design. In addition to the design studio, students study building technology; materials and structural systems; digital fabrication techniques; the history, theory, and criticism of architecture; and the ethical and professional principles of a successful architecture practice.
Students also learn contemporary processes such as prototyping to solve problems, and learn how to innovate new solutions. Prototypes, three-dimensional physical models, are created with digital design and fabrication tools and technologies such as CNC milling, 3-D printing, and laser-cutting. Prototypes can be created quickly allowing students to propose solutions; examine results; redefine problems; and propose new solutions. In the School of , prototyping has come to define a new model of design research in which the focus is not so much on the creation of a final design but rather on the creation of design knowledge itself.
Design Your Future:
The four-year Bachelor's degree in Architecture qualifies students for careers in architectural offices, building construction, development and public agencies. To become a licensed architect in Kentucky and other states, the graduate must complete a two-year Master of Architecture program. Both degree programs are offered at the .
Career opportunities in Architecture
- Architect
- Interior Design
- Furniture Design
- Industrial Design
- Product Design
- Graphic Design
- Urban Design
- Video Game Design and Programming
- Set Design for Film, TV & Theatre
- Development
- Adaptive Reuse Design
- Consultant
- Architecture Law
- Fashion Design
- Business Strategic Planning and Organization
- Building Construction
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