School of Architecture & Interior Design

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The faculty promote stewardship, rigorous scholarship and creative problem solving in their disciplines, and encourage students to:

• Shape places that foster whole human health;
• Explore time-honored and innovative solutions in their works;
• Seek joy, beauty, and moderation in a lifelong pursuit of learning;
• Serve mankind in accord with a professional and Christian vocation.

All this for the glory of God until the risen Christ comes again.

Academic Calendar 2023–2024

Master of Architecture (3½-Year Track) Application Deadlines

Resources

Architecture Resource Center (ARC).  The ARC provides an extensive range of materials including over 25,000 books, 90 journals, and a growing media collection. An added dimension to resource materials are two special collections. The ARC maintains a relationship with the Environmental Design Research Association, and houses an internationally recognized collection of books and materials in the area of environmental psychology and design. In addition, the ARC holds the Senseman Rare Book Collection of over 800 rare and out-of-print books and photos.

Student Handbook. A handbook for School of Architecture & Interior Design students outlining policies, operational guidelines, and general information is available from the School office. Students are responsible for all policies outlined in the School of Architecture & Interior Design Student Handbook.

Program Accreditation

In the United States, most 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 professional degree programs in architecture offered by institutions with U.S. regional accreditation, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture, and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted an eight-year term, an eight-year term with conditions, or a two-year term of continuing accreditation, or a three-year term of initial accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established education standards.

Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may require a non-accredited undergraduate degree in architecture for admission. However, the non-accredited degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.

Andrews University School of Architecture & Interior Design offers the following NAAB-accredited degree programs:

• M.Arch. (pre-professional degree—138 undergraduate credits + 30 graduate credits)
• M.Arch. (non-pre-professional degree + 72 undergraduate prerequisite credits + 30 graduate credits)

Next accreditation visit for all programs: 2026

(The National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc., 2020 Conditions for Accreditation)

Programs

• Architecture AS

• Architectural Studies BS (Non-Professional)
• Architecture BSA (Professional Degree Track)
• Architecture BSA (Professional Degree Track) - Chronological
• Interior Design BID
• Interior Design BID - Chronological

• Architectural Studies Minor

• Architecture MArch (3 1/2 Year Track)
• Architecture MArch (5 1/2 Year Track)

Courses

• ARCH 126 - Drawing and Graphics Studio
• ARCH 150 - Introduction to Architecture and Design
• ARCH 165 - Architectural Digital Representation I
• ARCH 201 - Construction I
• ARCH 202 - Construction II
• ARCH 205 - Structures I
• ARCH 215 - Introduction to Design Studio
• ARCH 247 - Architecture as Craft Studio
• ARCH 265 - Architectural Digital Representation II
• ARCH 299 - Independent Study
• ARCH 305 - Structures II
• ARCH 315 - History of Architecture I
• ARCH 316 - History of Architecture II
• ARCH 318 - Background Building Studio
• ARCH 320 - Placemaking Studio
• ARCH 330 - Analytical Summer Abroad
• ARCH 335 - Environmental Technology I
• ARCH 336 - Environmental Technology II
• ARCH 370 - Person-Environment Theory
• ARCH 390 - Special Topics in __________
• ARCH 395 - Community Project in Architecture
• ARCH 424 - Islamic Architecture
• ARCH 425 - Architecture of Ancient Americas
• ARCH 426 - Far Eastern Architecture
• ARCH 434 - Urban Studies
• ARCH 435 - Introduction to Building Information Modeling
• ARCH 441 - Comprehensive Building Design Studio
• ARCH 442 - Integrative Design Studio
• ARCH 445 - Furniture Design
• ARCH 449 - Integrative Design I
• ARCH 459 - Design Theory
• ARCH 469 - Integrative Design II
• ARCH 480 - Architectural Community Service
• ARCH 485 - Special Topics in __________
• ARCH 496 - Cooperative Work Experience
• ARCH 499 - Independent Research
• ARCH 521 - Urban Design Studio
• ARCH 522 - Visiting Critic/Topic Studio
• ARCH 530 - Analytical Summer Abroad
• ARCH 536 - Professional Practice I
• ARCH 537 - Professional Practice II
• ARCH 585 - Special Topics in ______________________
• ARCH 594 - Practicum
• ARCH 595 - Community Project in Architecture
• ARCH 599 - Independent Research

• INT 200 - Color Theory
• INT 300 - Materials & Methods
• INT 315 - History and Theory of Interiors
• INT 341 - Interior Design Studio I
• INT 342 - Interior Design Studio II
• INT 420 - Textiles
• INT 435 - Professional Practice
• INT 441 - Interior Design Studio I
• INT 442 - Interior Design Studio II
• INT 485 - Special Topics in __________
• INT 496 - Cooperative Work Experience
• INT 499 - Independent Research

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