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Established in: 1898
Accredited by: Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (LAAB)
Degrees offered:
Teaching Focus:
- Design
- Site Engineering
- Sustainable Issues
- Human and Cultural Aspects
- From Site to Regional scale
Description:
Landscape Architecture is a design profession that applies artistic, cultural, ecological, scientific, and technical knowledge to the planning, design, and management of the landscape. It requires an understanding of natural and social processes, a creative imagination, technical expertise, and a commitment to protect and improve the quality of the physical environment for optimum human use and enjoyment. Resource conservation and stewardship of the environment is a central focus of the profession.
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Established in: 1935
Accredited by: Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA)
Degrees offered:
Teaching Focus:
- Design Education and Pedagogy
- Design Theory and Application
- Historic Preservation and Conservation of the Built Environment
- Sustainable Design
- Visual Communication and Technology
- Indoor Environmental Quality
Description:
Interior design is a multi-faceted profession in which creative and technical solutions are applied within a structure to achieve a built interior environment. Interior designers combine knowledge, creativity, problem solving skills, and aesthetic vision to develop safe, functional, aesthetically pleasing environments that meet the needs of the client. Specialized knowledge includes programming, design analysis, space planning, interior construction, building codes, materials, furnishings, and equipment.
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Established in: 1946
Accredited by:
Planning Accreditation Board (PAB)
Degrees offered:
Teaching Focus:
- Urban Policy and Governance
- Community and Economic Development and Methods
- Land Use and the Environment Planning
- Transportation Planning
- Environmental and Sustainable Development
- Globalization and Urbanization
- Technology and Development
Description:
Urban and regional planning deals with aspects of design and regulation of the uses of space that focus on the physical form, economic functions, and social impacts of the urban environment and on the location and flow of different activities within it. It stimulates creative and systematic approaches for addressing and resolving the physical, economic, and social problems of towns, cities, and larger regions.
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Established in: 1948
Accredited by: American Council for Construction Education (ACCE)
Degrees offered:
Teaching Focus:
- Construction Project Management
- Sustainable Built Environment
- Housing
- Construction Management Information Systems
- Lean Construction
- International Project Management
Description:
Construction management (CM) is a profession of both the management and technological aspects of the construction industry.
CM students take classes in management, contracts, finance, estimating, scheduling, project management, real estate, structural design, accounting, building codes, business law, safety, and materials. They are provided opportunities to receive real world experiences through a well established internship program.
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