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SCHOOL
OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
The School of Architecture and Design at Howard University,
with a tradition of excellence offers programs structured
to offer academic opportunities through lectures/seminars
and the studio/laboratory experiences. Additional opportunities
are offered through design as community service projects
which embrace internships, charrettes and international
study travel/exchange programs. These experiences combine
to provide students the opportunity to explore the professional/client
relationship in real life situations.
Within the School of Architecture and Design, emphasis is
placed on instruction, research/scholarly activities and
community service. These are directed toward the development
and nurturing of problem solving abilities, creative/critical
thinking skills and professional expertise. The ultimate
application of these is directed towards the preservation
and enhancement of life through architecture, design and
planning.
The primary mission of the School is to provide a professional
and advanced degree education to develop individuals capable
of exerting professional leadership in all sectors and at
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Experience the creativity, diversity, talent and technical expertise of the students enrolled in the School of Architecture and Design in the College of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Sciences. The exhibition will feature fine arts, hand-crafted models, architectural sketches, and display boards that illustrate computer modeling and computed aided designs. Class projects from first-year though fifth-year students are represented.
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Department
of Architecture
The
Department of Architecture offers a program of study leading
to the five-year professional Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch)
degree accredited by the National Architectural Accreditation
Board (NAAB). The program places emphasis on student competence
in the following pragmatic areas: design, inquiry/research,
architectural history and theory, human behavior and environment,
technical systems, computer usage and professional practice.
These are complemented by elective courses in general/liberal
education, natural sciences, humanities and social sciences.
Study in these areas provides the student with fundamental
communication skills through critical thinking, conflict
resolution, visual literacy, knowledge of forces that shape
and influence societal and human affairs and the impact
of new technologies in an ever-changing world.
At
all levels of the curriculum the studio serves as the synthesizing
forum of the program for social and human behavior concerns,
response to the physical environment, the ethical responsibility
for ecologically sustainable design, and the cultural context
in which architecture is developed. These and other issues
are addressed as an interrelated whole, both horizontally
and vertically in the curriculum.
The
department believes that architecture and design are rigorous
acts of creativity, research and scholarship and encourages
a pluralistic intellectual environment in which diverse
ideas can be investigated and tested.
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