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Lawrence W. Speck
MArch
Dean
Lance E. Tatum
MArch
Associate Dean
Gerlinde Leiding
MArch
Associate Dean
Kent S. Butler
PhD
Assistant Dean Director, Graduate Program in Community and Regional
Planning
The School of Architecture is a member of the Association of Collegiate Schools
of Architecture and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. The
professional degree programs, Bachelor of Architecture and Master of
Architecture, are accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board
and satisfy the registration requirements of the Texas Board of Architectural
Examiners. The Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning is
accredited by the American Planning Association.
The School of Architecture seeks to assist those who wish to develop knowledge,
sensitivity, and skill in design, planning, and construction so that as
architects they may improve the human environment. The curriculum offers
opportunities for a broad education in professional subjects as well as in the
arts and the humanities. Through avenues that stress solving actual and
theoretical problems, the school seeks to enhance the knowledge and skill
necessary to link understanding to experience, theory to practice, and art to
science in ways that respond to human needs, aspirations, and sensibilities.
Through its consortium of architects, architecture educators, and architectural
researchers, the school provides a service to society and to the architecture
profession by advancing the state of the art in architectural design and
technology.
The University began offering professional degrees in architecture in 1910
within the College of Engineering. The School of Architecture was established
in 1948 as a division of the College of Engineering and became an autonomous
school of the University in September, 1951. Graduate study in architecture
began at the University in 1912. More than four thousand undergraduate and
graduate degrees in architecture and planning have been conferred.
Education in community and regional planning was first offered as an
undergraduate study option in the School of Architecture from 1948 to 1957. The
Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning was formally approved in
October 1959; the Doctor of Philosophy, in April 1995.
The School of Architecture is centrally located on campus in three adjacent and
historically significant buildings: Battle Hall (1911) and Sutton Hall (1918,
renovated in 1982), designed by distinguished American architect Cass Gilbert;
and Goldsmith Hall (1933, expanded and renovated in 1988), designed by noted
French architect Paul Philippe Cret, one of the planners of the original
forty-acre campus.
The Architecture and Planning Library, a branch of the
General Libraries,
maintains more than 45,000 volumes and bound periodicals, several thousand
professional reports, all major architecture and planning journals, and the
Architectural Drawings Collection of more than 120,000 drawings and
photographs.
The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, one of the world's
foremost institutions for literary and cultural research, houses a large
collection of rare architecture books, including the classics of architectural
literature.
The Architecture Reference Center contains audiovisual equipment, technical and
design reference material, and almost 200,000 photographic slides of
architectural and related works.
The Center for American Architecture and Design, established in the School of
Architecture in 1982, provides support and resources for the scholarly study of
American architecture, particularly that of the Southwest. Through lectures,
exhibitions, seminars, symposia, fellowship support, and the collection of
research materials, the center encourages a community of architecture
scholarship.
Computer-aided design and research opportunities are provided by the school's
computer laboratory, which maintains microcomputer equipment and several
terminals interfaced with the extensive academic computing facilities of the
University's Computation Center. The Winedale Historical Center, a museum of
cultural history housed in restored nineteenth-century buildings eighty miles
east of Austin, provides in-residence research opportunities in Texas
architectural history, preservation, and restoration. The proximity of Austin
to Latin America and the resources of the University's Institute of Latin
American Studies and Benson Latin American Collection provide exceptional
opportunities for the study of Latin American architecture.
The Architecture and Planning Student Council represents the student body. All
students are automatically members, with representatives elected to the
executive committee, including the school's representative to the American
Institute of Architecture Students and the student representative to the
American Planning Association. Components of the student council include the
Architecture Graduate Student Association and the Planning Student
Organization.
Tau Sigma Delta is the national honorary society for architecture students.
Alpha Rho Chi is the national architecture fraternity, and Alpha Alpha Gamma is
the national architecture fraternity for women.
The designation University Honors, awarded at the end of each long-session
semester, gives official recognition and commendation to students whose grades
for the semester indicate distinguished academic accomplishment. Both the
quality and the quantity of work done are considered. Criteria for University
Honors are given in chapter 1.
Students who, upon graduation, have demonstrated outstanding academic
achievement are eligible to graduate with University Honors. Criteria for
graduation with University Honors are given in chapter 1.
Award:
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Alpha Rho Chi Medal
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Donor:
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Alpha Rho Chi, honorary architectural fraternity
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Eligibility:
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Graduating student who has shown an ability for leadership,
has performed willing service to the school, and gives promise of professional
merit through attitude and personality |
Award:
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American Institute of Architects' Medal
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Donor:
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American Institute of Architects
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Eligibility:
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Graduating student, in recognition of scholastic achievement,
character, and promise of professional ability
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Award:
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Architecture books
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Donor:
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Robert Leon White Memorial Fund, established by Mrs. Robert Leon
White
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Eligibility:
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Outstanding graduating students selected by the
faculty
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Scholarship funds established by individuals, foundations, and the University
are available to students currently enrolled in the School of Architecture.
These include the Robert Leon White Memorial Fund (for student awards), the
Jorge Luis Divino Centennial Scholarship, the John S. Chase Presidential
Scholarship, the Janet C. and Wolf E. Jessen Presidential Scholarship, the Hal
Box Fellowship in Architecture, the John Buck Company and First Chicago
Investment Scholarship in honor of architect Thomas H. Beeby, the Drury
Blakeley Alexander Traveling Fellowship in Architecture, the Mike and Maxine
Mebane Endowed Traveling Scholarship in Architecture, the Philip Creer Student
Fellowship in Historic Preservation, the Jack H. Morgan Scholarship, the J. M.
West Texas Corporation Fellowship, the Max Brooks Memorial Scholarship, and
several scholarships provided by the American Institute of Architects, the
American Architectural Foundation, the Texas Society of Architects, and the
Texas Architectural Foundation. Additional information is available in the
Office of the Dean.
Incoming students may wish to contact local chapters of the American Institute
of Architects and of the University of Texas Ex-Students' Association, as well
as other civic organizations, for information about locally sponsored
scholarships.
Admission and readmission of all students to the University is the
responsibility of the director of admissions. Information about admission to
the University is given in
General Information.
Undergraduate admission to the School of Architecture is limited to the number
of students to whom a professional education of high quality in a design studio
atmosphere can be provided. Because of enrollment restrictions dictated by the
availability of faculty members and facilities in the School of Architecture
and limitations on nonresident enrollment imposed by the Board of Regents, some
applicants may be denied admission even though they meet the general
requirements of the University. Students who are not admitted to the School of
Architecture may not pursue any degree offered by the school. Applicants to the
School of Architecture should request an information packet from the School of
Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1160.
Texas-resident high school students have priority over nonresidents in
admission decisions. All applicants are considered on the basis of their SAT I
or American College Testing Program score and their high school class rank. All
applicants must fulfill the high school unit requirements given in
General
Information. Texas-resident high school students in the lower half of their
graduating class are not eligible for freshman admission to the School of
Architecture; nonresidents in the lower three-quarters of their graduating
class are not eligible for freshman admission to the School of Architecture or
to the University.
The freshman application procedure is initiated by designating the University
of Texas at Austin as a recipient of SAT or ACT scores. All students are
required to submit an entrance examination score regardless of high school
class rank. When scores are received from the testing agency, the
Office of
Admissions sends the student a freshman application form to be completed and
returned with an official high school transcript showing class rank. To be
considered for admission to the School of Architecture, applicants should
specify 909200 as their major code on the application. All application
materials must be submitted to the Office of Admissions by the deadline to
apply for admission to the University for the fall semester; this date is given
in General Information.
Applicants to the dual degree program offered
with the Plan II Honors Program must meet an earlier deadline.
Students currently enrolled in other University degree programs who wish to
enroll in a degree program in architecture must submit a Change-of-Major
Application to the associate dean for undergraduate studies, School of
Architecture, by March 1 to be considered for admission for the following fall
semester. To be considered for change-of-major admission, the student must have
completed at least thirty semester hours of University coursework and must have
a University grade point average of at least 3.00.
Students applying to transfer from other universities to the School of
Architecture should use 909200 as their intended major code in completing the
Application for Transfer Admission to the University. All application materials
must be submitted to the Office of Admissions by the deadline to apply for
admission to the University for the fall semester; this date is given in
General
Information. To be considered for transfer admission to the
School of Architecture the applicant must have completed at least thirty
semester hours of college coursework and must have an overall grade point
average of at least 3.00 on a four-point scale.
The School of Architecture considers students for admission once a year, for
the following fall semester. A student who is admitted for the fall semester
may enroll in the preceding summer session, provided the student asks the
Office of Admissions to change his or her admission date from fall to summer.
An admitted student who is unable to attend in either the summer session or the
fall semester must reapply for admission to enroll at a later time. A student
may not enter the School of Architecture in the spring semester.
Transfer students with design studio credit from another school must submit
samples of their architecture work to the associate dean for undergraduate
studies before they may register for a design studio. On the basis of this
work, the associate dean determines the level at which the student enters the
design sequence and assigns credit toward the Bachelor of Architecture if
appropriate. Transfer students must also meet all requirements prescribed for
the degree, including those described in the sections "Registration for
Advanced Architectural Design Courses" and "Third-Year Portfolio Requirement."
Additional information is available from the School of
Architecture.
The Bachelor of Architecture degree program is structured around a core of nine
semesters of design coursework and normally requires five years of study; the
dual degree program with architectural engineering normally requires six years.
Only one studio may be taken at a time, and few are offered in the summer.
Design studios are open only to students accepted into an architecture degree
program. To complete the professional degree, students without transfer credit
in architectural design should plan to be in residence ten semesters from the
time they are admitted and enrolled in Architecture 310K.
The Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies degree program normally
requires four years of study. Since this program includes five semesters of
design coursework, students without transfer credit in architectural design
should plan to spend at least six semesters in residence.
General Information
gives information about registration, adding and
dropping courses, transfer from one division of the University to another, and
auditing a course. The
Course Schedule, published before registration
each semester and summer session, includes registration instructions, advising
locations, and the times, places, and instructors of classes. The Course
Schedule and General Information are sold at campus-area bookstores.
They are also published on the World Wide Web and are accessible through the
registrar's Web site, http://www.utexas.edu/student/registrar/.
Students should carefully verify that they have completed all course
prerequisites, should consult the staff of the associate dean for undergraduate
studies before registering, and should be sure to include in the semester's
work the courses that are prerequisites for those to be taken in later
semesters.
Students must register each semester for at least twelve semester hours of
coursework prescribed for an architecture degree. Registration for fewer hours
must be approved by the staff of the associate dean for undergraduate
studies.
To register for advanced design courses, a student seeking the Bachelor of
Architecture degree must have completed all of the work prescribed for the
preceding years, with the exception of electives, and must satisfy the
third-year portfolio requirement. The student must have a University grade
point average of at least 2.50 and must meet the prerequisite for each
course.
All students, whether continuing in or transferring to the School of
Architecture, must obtain written authorization from the office of the
associate dean for undergraduate studies to enter advanced architectural design
courses. Authorization is gained by submitting to the faculty a satisfactory
portfolio. This portfolio should include the student's best work completed in
design and visual communication courses. Supplementary material that will
provide useful information to the reviewing committee in evaluating the
student's progress toward the Bachelor of Architecture degree may also be
included. The portfolio is submitted by continuing students during the second
semester of the third year and by transfer students before registering.
Guidelines for submission of the portfolio, including the submission deadline,
are provided to first-semester third-year students; they are also available
from the office of the associate dean.
The reviewing committee, at its discretion, may require a student to take
additional coursework before being permitted to register for advanced design
courses or may require the student to undertake specific courses in the fourth
and fifth years.
In the School of Architecture, the office of the associate dean for
undergraduate studies is responsible for providing information and advice to
undergraduate students. An important aspect of the advising system is the
third-year portfolio requirement described above. The student should also
consult the sections "Sequence of Work" and
"Degree Audit" in this chapter.
Students are required to furnish their own drawing equipment and supplies.
Instructors will provide information about necessary supplies at the beginning
of each semester. The School of Architecture provides studio space for design
and drawing courses, and certain technical and audiovisual equipment is
available for loan to students for classroom use. Valid student identification
is required. Students are liable for damage or loss of equipment on loan to
them and for delay in its return.
All student work is the property of the School of Architecture. Work not
retained is usually returned to the student after it has been reviewed.
To progress in the Bachelor of Architecture or the Bachelor of Science in
Architectural Studies degree program and to qualify for graduation, a student
must earn a grade of C or better in all of the following courses, which
are required for the degree: (1) all design courses: Architecture 310K, 310L,
320K, 520L, 530T, 560R (three sections), 560T; (2) design theory courses:
Architecture 231T, 350R; (3) all construction courses: Architecture 415K, 415L,
435K, 435L, 335M; (4) all visual communication courses: Architecture 311K,
311L, 221K, 361T; (5) environmental control courses: Architecture 334K, 334L;
and (6) the professional practice course, Architecture 362.
In addition, the student must have a University grade point average of at least
2.50 to enroll in any design course.
Before registering, students should consult the associate dean for
undergraduate studies about their plans for employment in addition to their
scholastic work. Students should keep the associate dean informed of subsequent
changes in the number of hours required by their employment. If a student is
employed by the University, the number of hours of work required by the
student's employment must comply with the quantity of work rule given in
General Information.
All students must fulfill the general requirements for graduation given in
chapter 1. Students in the School of Architecture must also fulfill the
following requirements.
- The University requires that the student complete in residence at least
thirty semester hours of the coursework counted toward the degree. In the
School of Architecture, these thirty hours must be in the major or in a field
closely related to the major as approved by the dean.
- A candidate for a degree must be registered at the University either in
residence or in absentia the semester or summer session the degree is to be
awarded and must file an application for the degree in the office of the
associate dean for undergraduate studies. Students are encouraged to file the
application at the beginning of the semester or summer session of graduation;
they must file it by the deadline given in the official academic calendar.
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