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The School of Architecture and Community Design emphasizes architecture and community design proficiency, technical competency, and applied research that constitute thorough preparation for practice into the 21st century. The school seeks to create environments in which students and faculty can: experience and appreciate the poetry of architecture; study the myriad forms of community and human habitat; understand how past designs can inform future possibilities; master the technologies necessary to create a sound, ecological world; develop a vision of what such a world might be; assume leadership roles in helping achieve this vision. The school also aims to increase the general understanding of environmental design through undergraduate education courses, public events and exhibitions, and dialogue about emerging issues and it develops and transmits new knowledge through advanced certificate programs and continuing education programs.
The School of Architecture and Community Design (SACD) and the Florida Center for Community Design and Research (FCCDR) were both established in 1986 to study, promote, and educate both students and citizens in the field of sustainable community design and development.
Students enrolled in one of the Architecture degree programs or employed in the Florida Center bring with them diverse educational and professional experiences in a variety of disciplines from anthropology and geology to biology and engineering. Together, they create an ambience in which varied aspects of design, planning, development, history, culture, economy and the environment are explored as one comprehensive entity within a framework provided by one of the world's most comprehensive professions: architecture.
The program leading to the accredited Master of Architecture degree is intended for students who have a completed baccalaureate degrees in non-architectural majors or with a pre-professional undergraduate major in one of the design professions. The comprehensive and rigorous curriculum prepares graduates for a full range of professional activities. The course of study emphasizes urban architecture and related topics to take advantage of its diverse metropolitan setting in Florida’s Tampa Bay.
Accreditation and Licensure
Applicants for architectural licensure in Florida, and most jurisdictions in the United States, normally must have:
earned a professional degree from a School accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB),
completed the Intern Development Program (IDP), and
passed the Architecture Registration Examination (ARE).
According to the 2004 edition of the NAAB Conditions and Procedures: “In the United States, most state registrations 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 US professional degree programs in architecture, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of architecture, the Master of Architecture, and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted a 6-year, 3-year, or 2-year term of accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established educational standards.
Masters degree programs may consist of a preprofessional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree, when earned sequentially, comprise an accredited professional education. However, the preprofessional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.”
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