<p>I know Iowa State has a construction engineering program. It is more rigorous than the typical construction management programs. However being a construction project manager is not nearly as defined a professional position as an architect, lawyer, or professional engineer. People arrive at this position with many different types of degrees. Among the senior PM’s in our firm we have people with degrees in architecture, civil engineering, structural engineering, accounting, construction management, and even a couple who came up through the union ranks as carpenter’s foremen.</p>
<p>The key is to get an entry level position and then learn on the job. We hire promising students at the end of their sophomore year, and they typically have a job offer before the start of their senior year. This is where a good school with connections can help.</p>
<p>Sorry to hijack the thread but I want to be an architect and structural engineer too. When I leave college and get some experience i want to open a partnership firm that does both architecture and structural engineering with my brother whose currently doing a BS in Civil Engineering but I want to do both architecture and civil engineering still as i researched and worked in both fields to see what they were about and both interested me. But what I want to know i if i should do a B.Arch and MS in Structural engineering or a BS Civil and M.Arch.
also i my preference between to two is architecture a little more and and I only have to get licensed in architecture as i could work under my brother for Civil. so can anyone suggest which way to go</p>
<p>I’m not sure why that would be harder. 5 years of architecture with 2+ years of engineering vs. 4 years of engineering with 3 years of architecture. Where do you plan to look for your first job? Architecture or engineering?</p>
<p>well what ever state i decide to get licensed in as an architect(probably New York or California depends on which school i get into) but i won’t stay for long as i plan to go back to my home country after I get some architecture work experience and do which ever job comes first</p>
<p>A couple of thoughts - find out what the licensing process is in your home country. For non-regulated / non-licensed professions it is fairly straightforward, there probably is some government organization you submit an inch or two of paperwork and six months later get the equivalency paperwork. In my birth country (somewhere in Europe) both Civil Engineering and Architecture have a lot of steps to get the above done - even for things like years of education (in a lot of places in Europe and the Middle East a Civil Eng degree is 5 years, and a US BS degree won’t do it on its own - an MS will). To make things even more entertaining, if your home country uses construction techniques drastically different than those in the US, i.e. mostly concrete instead of mostly metal/wood etc, again things may be interesting.</p>
<p>Architecture licensing can be just as complicated for various reasons, again, depending on the country. Due to the 5+ year Arch nature it is a bit easier than Civil Engineering but again it all boils down to specific countries. </p>
<p>Foreign diploma equivalency is a nasty business - a friend graduated with a BS CE from a good US school, returned home, only to be told that he had to enroll in the last ONE or TWO years at the local Technical University to make up some of the coursework. Having serious unemployment among engineers there is part of the reason…</p>
<p>Having done a Civil Engineering degree back there myself the coursework is not quite the same as here (as I said, a lot more emphasis on concrete, and depending on what one’s area of specialization is, the differences are even more pronounced).</p>
<p>Well in my country for architecture and civil engineering once you get NAAB and ABET accredited degrees they will grant your license you just have to read a few books about building codes and what not and then do a written exam to get licensed. so accreditation and licensure will not be a problem for me.</p>
<p>Yes it’s possible. Attend a university that offers both structural engineering and 5-year architectural degrees, and double-major. Be sure both programs are accredited by your state and/or professional accreditation agencies, so that you obtain separate Professional Engineer and Architect licenses from that state. I know several people who double-majored in this manner, however they practice now only as structural engineers working at AE firms.</p>