The Architecture Department Today
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Overview
The university currently offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and one doctorate in six colleges including the College of Architecture and Environmental Design or CAED.
The CAED is divided into 5 departments:
- Architectural Engineering
- Architecture
- City and Regional Planning
- Construction Management
- Landscape Architecture
The Architecture department is accredited by the Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), and offers both Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) and Masters of Science in Architecture (MS-Arch) degrees. The undergraduate program is a five-year program.
Industry Influence
A popular statistic is that about one in twenty architects in the United States, and one in five in California, are graduates of Cal Poly, although we haven't been able to verify this.
Rankings
The journal DesignIntelligence has continually ranked the architecture program among the top 10 in the nation in its annual edition of "America's Best Architecture & Design Schools. More specifically, Cal Poly's undergraduate architecture program placed sixth in 2007, fourth in 2008, third in 2009, and again third in the 2010 ranking after Cornell and Syracuse University.
Class Locations
Core Architecture classes are currently held in the following locations:
