College of Architecture

College Requirements

All grades of I (incomplete) that are not otherwise changed within one academic year of the date awarded will automatically convert to F. Any student who receives any grade of D+ or below in a design studio cannot advance to the next level studio. A grade of D+ or lower cannot be used toward graduation. A grade of I is lower than D+. To repeat a course more than one time, a student must have written permission from the dean.

Courses in the college are generally sequential and must be taken in the correct order. They may not be skipped, doubled up, or otherwise taken out of sequence. Most of the courses are offered only in the proper semester and are therefore unavailable, if missed, until the next year.

Students taking first-year courses and wishing to continue their studies will be evaluated at the end of the Spring semester for placement in second year. Permission to enroll in second year will be based on a review of design portfolio and overall performance in first year courses.

During the sixth semester, when students are enrolled in Architecture Design Studio VI (ARCH 3501)), a general review of each student's work in design is made to evaluate progress and to determine the appropriate degree programs they should follow (the four-year Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design or five-year Bachelor of Architecture). In conjunction with the sixth semester review, students should develop a degree plan with their academic advisors. The degree plan lists courses taken and must show that students have completed the degree requirements for the first three years of the curriculum before registering for fourth-year architecture courses.

All student work may be retained permanently by the college. Students are encouraged to photograph their work before submitting in order to have a record of it for their portfolio.