switching major to architecture ? please help

hawkswim09
Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:44:37 +0000

architecture majors who are in a 5 yr program don’t have to go for their masters, but yes, if you have a 4 yr BS/BA in architecture, you do have to go for your masters.

architecture is however, just as challenging, as any major in college, if not more. you hear of archies staying up all night and that the lights in the architecture buildings never get turned off. While this may be a little exaggeration, it is not far from the truth, and usually students need a passion in architecture to continue doing it. I have been told however, if you have great time management that you don’t have to pull all-nighters (or at least much less).

as far as class, every semester there is a design/studio class which accounts for twice the credit of a normal class because it meets in 4 hr blocks usually. there are also arch. history classes, structure classes, usually calc 1 and 2 and basic mechanical physics.