Hey guys, havent been on here for a while. I hope everyone is doing well. I am looking into the career pathway of an architect now, can someone suggest any good schools here in Southern California. As you know, I completed a bachelors in business at UOP last year. Does anyone know of any part time architect programs out here? Thank you.
Hi Shawn - From the way you've phrased your question it sounds like you are interested in a classroom-based program. Is that correct? If not, then why does the school need to be in S. California?
The NCARB, the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, has a helpful set of pages on Studying Architecture. It looks like the only reliably clear path to licensure as an architect in in most situations, for a student studying in the U.S., includes graduation from a program accredited by the NAAB, the National Architecture Accrediting Board. This would be a specifically "professional" program like B.Arch. or M.Arch. rather than, say, a B.A. in Architecture or an M.S. in Architectural Studies, which are "non-professional." Here are the 10 schools with NAAB-accredited professional programs in California.
Academy of Art University (San Francisco, CA): online M.Arch (WASC / NAAB accreditation): “…87-unit M. Arch program (Track II) for applicants with an undergraduate degree in a field other than architecture.” Academy of Art University: Online Architecture School, Online Architecture Schools
