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Policy and Programming Report


Proposed Professional Education
Prepared by Donna Card Charron, Ph.D., French Heritage Society

Assumptions

1. Both certificate and non-certificate programs.
2. Cooperative relationships with existing professional organizations and institutions of higher education.
3. No duplication.
4. Provide appropriate facilities with required teaching tools.

Resources

  • Washington University School of Architecture
  • Architectural Technology Program, Meramec Community College
  • Cosand Business Center, City of St. Louis
  • AIA Continuing Education
  • Ranken Technical College

    Market

    A large and growing market exists nationwide, regionally, and locally as various professions increasingly require licensing programs and continuing education programs for architectural arts practitioners.

    Architects: Each state regulates architects. Eight states already require continuing education. Missouri to start in 2005-2006.

    AIA requires continuing education of 18 hours each year.

    University of Oklahoma is a repository of credits for courses taught in any state.

    AIA selects “providers” of courses. Requirements for each provider is to offer a seminar and record credits.

    Engineers: Similar move to require continuing education and state licensing. Will increase the demand for quality continuing education manifold.

    Developers: Architects want to communicate design principles to developers. No widespread movement to codify developer education program.

    Contractors: An affiliation with the Association of General Contractors.

    Designers: Landscape, Interior, & Graphics.

    Content

    Strong interest in a wide variety of fields. Our approach would probably be collection driven.

  • Preservation/conservation/restoration methods
  • Materials
  • Techniques
  • Products
  • Socio-polio-economic environments:
  • Tax credits, historic and otherwise, Urban renewal law, planning, local, state, federal funding structures. Grants.
  • Physical environments: Air quality, water quality, wildlife, wetlands. Ecology
  • Professional interfacing: coordination among architects, engineers, financiers, lawyers, government officials, designers, planners, etc.
  • Hands-on, how to.
  • Building History
  • Art History

    Formats

    Very open, lectures, workshops, seminars, field trips, experiments, research projects.

    Faculty

  • Core on-staff faculty
  • Adjunct Faculty – practicing professional
  • Visiting Scholars/Experts/Specialists
  • Apprenticeships
  • Internships


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    • Last updated on February 16, 2005