<p>how is it?
and,what about the archi programme of washington uni-st louis and yale?</p>
<p>well i dont have first experience with them, i can tell you some basic info from reading some of the older posters/architects on here:</p>
<p>USC : a 5 year B.Arch (professional degree), portfolio required, pretty well regarded in california - yet would face stiff competition in NYC or the east coast area where USC arch grads might not be as well known (by known i mean represented, and firms might not have seen many grads as say, cornell et al).</p>
<p>WashU St. Louis : 4 year B.S.Arch (non-professional), portfolio not required unless applying for a scholarship. a relatively well known and good school, you would certainly still receive a great education, although im not really qualified or knowledgeable enough to make statements on the specifics of it. </p>
<p>Yale : 4 year, B.A. (i think) in architectural studies. obviously not a professional or pre-professional track degree program, so portfolio is not required. i think your accepted in the college as a freshman and they dont care about your major until second year. i know a junior arch studies major at yale now and he quite enjoys it and says the quality of the program is good. yale’s graduate school of architecture would certainly be more recognized. </p>
<p>i hope that was helpful, im in this process of looking for schools myself. from what iv heard on here a lot of it depends on what kind of architecture your looking to get into, and taking into account what part of the world you’ll be practicing.</p>
<p>USC students do well in Manhattan offices.</p>
<p>wa…thank you both;-) that’s really helpful
it seems a lot of people interested in archi.though the future maybe not that good,there are still so many people persuing dreams here<em>0</em></p>
<p>the process of looking for schools is really tiring,especially archi has so many kinds of programme…what kind of degree programme do you want to take，RyanMac？
what’s the difference between B.Arch and B.S.Arch?</p>
<p>no problem at all. i dont know what i want to do either, i just want to go to get the best education in architecture that i can. so whether thats a ba, bsarch, or barch, i dont know which one would suite me best…as of yet. it feels like too much pressure :-p</p>
<p>a B.Arch is a professional degree. that is, once you graduate with one, you can go into a practice and get a job. although i know theres some 2 year training period or something before your a “full” architect? im not very well versed in that kind of stuff, so someone like cheers could help you out more with that. the point is that you can practice with a B.Arch. its a professional degree. i think all b.arch programs are either 5 or 6 years. examples of schools which offer a B.Arch: Rice, USC, Cornell, Syracuse, RISD, UMiami, Cooper Union, SCIA, Cal Poly-San Luis Obsipo, Notre Dame, Carnegie Mellon, and there are many many others. </p>
<p>a b.s.arch is a bachelor of science in architecture. its like getting a B.S. with a concentration in architecture. its a four year degree, and you would have less design classes than someone whos studying for a B.Arch. you need to go to grad school and get a M.Arch after receiving one before you can practice. hence it being a non-professional degree, you are not a designated “professional” with one as you cannot go directly into practice. </p>
<p>from what i gather around here, there are pros and cons to both - it just depends on what you want out of your education, and what kind of education you want (and therein lies the “hard part” :-p)</p>
<p>If you want to know the difference between the degrees, count up the number of semesters of intense (half day/four days week) design courses.</p>
<p>Ryan…the pressure to have to decide is a big factor itself in the decision as to which path to take. For those who are not 100% sure, a BA/BS is an appropriate path. It doesn’t require the same kind of committment at age 17 to a specific degree program. That is one reason on the “pro” side for a BA. As you say, there are pros/cons of both. And as cheers says, there are big differences in both, and just on the number of design studios, understandably as one is a professional degree program and one is not. But for one who can’t decide, the BA is often an appropriate path, as it doesn’t force you to decide yet.</p>
<p>i heard that there seems 5 year training period before getting a license…i’m not sure.maybe that’s not correct…</p>
<p>do you mean that a bs/ba+m.arch = b.arch?(on the both sides of “=” are the things they learn) in an other word,once one gets a b.arch,he won’t learn much new things in a m.arch?</p>
<p>and,if one has a ba/bs archi programme in a good uni,is it much easier for him to get into the m.arch programme in the same uni?</p>