These five strategies, developed cooperatively with members of our academic community, will guide us through the next five years:
In the United States, most registration 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 professional degree programs in architecture offered by institutions with U.S. regional accreditation, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture, and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted an eight-year, three-year, or two-year term of accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established educational standards.
Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may require a preprofessional undergraduate degree in architecture for admission. However, the preprofessional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.
The University of Colorado Denver offers the following NAAB-accredited degree programs:
The Master of Architecture’s most recent NAAB visit was in 2023 and the program was granted a full eight-year accreditation.
The Design Fabrication Lab at the College of Architecture and Planning supports the exploration of ideas through the physical investigation and manipulation of materiality. Both a model shop and a laboratory, the lab was named to express the seriousness and rigor with which students explore ideas of making.
The Design Fabrication Lab at the College of Architecture and Planning supports the exploration of ideas through the physical investigation and manipulation of materiality. Both a model shop and a laboratory, the lab was named to express the seriousness and rigor with which students explore ideas of making.
Thirty miles from Denver, you’ll find a mountain—but not one made of granite or shale. This one has earned the moniker “Tire Mountain” and is made up entirely of rubber. For two students in the College of Architecture and Planning (CAP), that garbage pile became the inspiration for their senior capstone project.