Architectural Technology

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BS Degree - Code #1452

Matthew DiRado, Program Coordinator
Email Address: diradoma@alfredstate.edu

Our four-year Bachelor of Science in architectural technology program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive architectural education. While the two-year AAS degree in architectural technology offers a broad range of skills this four year program continues the course of study, by combining a wholistic perspective of the built environment with an applied technical knowledge of construction systems and materials acquired throughout a four-year studio sequence.

All architecture degree programs share course work across the first two years, while the BS and BArch have some shared course work in the third and fourth years. This alignment demands the AAS and BS in architectural technology are required to meet the same NAAB "Student Criteria” and “Program Criteria” that apply to the BArch program. The BArch program is the only fully-accredited undergraduate first professional architecture degree program in the SUNY system.

Advantages

Broad exposure gives students the ability to be conversant with and/or seek employment within the architectural field, and also in related professions that engage the built environment.

The degree may be accepted for credit toward professional licensure in New York State.

Alfred State offers multiple study abroad options through our signature 10-week semester study abroad program (offered in conjunction with Sant’Anna Institute in Sorrento, Italy) and other programs offered in conjunction with SUNY partners. To learn more, see www.alfredstate.edu/study-abroad.

All students in both the architecture and interior design programs are required to purchase a computer before the beginning of the second year in addition to other equipment. Typically the costs of these purchases can be covered using financial aid. Please consult a financial aid counselor for further details. Laptop specifications are available at alfredstate.edu/required-laptops.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

• Comprehend architecture as being accountable to humanity's need for safe, affordable shelter, for dignified ways of living and for offering corresponding symbolic meaning - and the ability to produce designs infused by this understanding.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the evolution of architectural ideas (and associated principles, strategies, and devices) throughout history and of how these were marshaled by architects in the service of certain intended purposes, as well as the ability to apply such ideas in the student's own designs.
• Demonstrate knowledge of strategies for infusing design generally, and structural expression particularly, with poetic dimensions that help to transform environments - that would otherwise be merely good functionally and of sound construction - into inspiring and uplifting places.
• Demonstrate knowledge of sustainability, construction technology, and integrated project delivery.
• Demonstrate the ability to take on/participate constructively in urban renewal/social innovation projects that seek to serve the common good.
• Info management (computer and research skills appropriate to degree level and type).
• Written and oral communication (appropriate to degree level and type).
• Critical thinking (problem solving, reasoning skills appropriate to degree level and type).

Continuing Education Opportunities

Occupational Opportunities

• Architect (after successfully meeting state requirements)
• Construction manager
• Building inspector
• 3-D modeler/animator
• Computer illustrator
• Detailer
• Specification writer
• Estimator
• Model builder

Employment Statistics

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Entrance Requirements/recommendations

Transfer Students

Prior to studio placement within the architectural technology BS program, applicants from schools or programs with which Alfred State College does not have an active an articulation agreement, must submit a comprehensive academic portfolio for review. This portfolio will include examples of student work, course syllabi, assignments, and grade reports and will evaluated along with the student’s overall grade point average and studio course grades.

Students applying for transfer from schools with which Alfred State College has an existing and active articulation agreement (Erie CC, Finger Lakes CC, Dutchess CC, Onondaga CC, Orange County CC) may submit a condensed design portfolio. 

Alfred State College uses SlideRoom to collect portfolio details, which will guide all students—new or transfer— through the process of assembling the correct materials for the portfolio.

Graduation Requirements

Architectural Technology - BS Degree

TYPICAL EIGHT-SEMESTER PROGRAM

First

ARCH	1184	Design Fundamentals 1	4
FNAT	2333	Survey of Design	3
FNAT	1303	Architectural History I	3
MATH	1034	College Algebra of Functions	4
COMP	1503	Freshman Composition	3
			17

Second

ARCH	2394	Design Fundamentals 2	4
ARCH	2014	Computer Visualization	4
	xxx3	Gen Ed/LAS Elective (Hist of West Civ)	3
MATH	2043	College Trigonometry	3
PHYS	1024	General Physics I	4
			18

Third

ARCH	3104	Design Studio 1	4
ARCH	3014	Construction Technology 1	4
ARCH	3003	Environmental Controls 1	3
	xxx3	Gen Ed/LAS Elective (Social Science)	3
MATH	1063	Technical Calculus I	3
			17

Fourth

ARCH	4304	Design Studio 2	4
ARCH	4014	Construction Technology 2	4
CIVL	4103	Structures I	3
ARCH	4013	Municipal Codes & Regulations	3
SPCH	1083	Effective Speaking	3
			17

 

Fifth

ARCH	5306	Design Studio 3	6
	xxx3	Gen Ed/LAS Elective (Foreign Language)	3
FNAT	5303	Architectural History II	3
	xxx3	Gen Ed/LAS Elective - Upper Level	3
			15

Sixth

ARCH	6306	Design Studio 4	6
	xxx4	Gen Ed/LAS Elective	4
	xxx3	Gen Ed/LAS Elective (Humanities)	3
CIVL	5213	Foundations and Concrete	3
			16

Seventh

ARCH	7306	Design Studio 5	6
ARCH	7003	Environmental Controls 2	3
	xxx3	Gen Ed/LAS Elective	3
	xxx3	Gen Ed/LAS Elective - Upper Level	3
	xxx3	Gen Ed/LAS Elective - Upper Level	3
			18

Eighth

ARCH	8306	Design Studio 6	6
ARCH	8003	Professional Practice	3
	xxx3	Gen Ed/LAS Elective	3
	xxx3	Gen Ed/LAS Elective (Am. Hist. or Other World Civ)	3
			15

Be advised that a prior felony conviction may impede a student's ability to participate in an internship and/or to receive licensure.