Architecture - Miami University - Oxford

Architecture from Miami University - Oxford is a Campus Bachelor Architecture And Related Services degree that prepares you for a Architecture career. What is Architecture? Architecture is the design of the built environment: buildings, groups of buildings, communities, and their surroundings. As a profession, it is an art, science, and business with careers available in private firms, government, theater and film, industrial corporations, public and private institutions, schools of architecture , and in architectural research. This is a four-year pre-professional program that prepares you for the two-year Master of Architecture program (accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board) offered at Miami. Miami has established this "four-plus-two" system to ensure that undergraduate students gain much more than a strictly technical or vocational education. Instead, you will graduate with a well-rounded liberal arts education plus research skills and design training that make you competitive and marketable to graduate schools as well as in professional practice. About 80 percent of our graduating seniors go on to master's programs at Miami or other universities. What are the features of Miami's program? Interdisciplinary approach Because architecture students especially need to see the connections between various disciplines, the first-year studio is an interdisciplinary studio, drawing both teaching staff and design problems from architecture, interior design, graphic design, industrial design, and the studio arts. Studio focus The Department of Architecture and Interior Design at Miami in some ways resembles a large architectural office with small design studios working on projects at many levels. In the junior and senior years, 12 to 15 students are assigned to one faculty member in studio. The small size encourages both the exchange of ideas and intense effort. Because students often work long hours in the studio, the architecture and interior design building is secured but available to majors 24 hours a day. The studio becomes a community of individual effort and mutual support. Internships The Department of Architecture and Interior Design can help place you with an architectural firm where you can be employed during summer breaks. This can provide you with some professional experience before you move on to graduate studies. View more details on Miami University - Oxford, OH . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Architecture And Related Services courses.