Hi, need your help I am a registered Architect in the State of Ohio, I achived this by meeting the State requirement of experience, i also have about 95 credit hours , what i would like to do is find an accredited DL university that could take my 20 years of experience and schooling and structure a Bachelor degree that would suite me. My ultimate goal is a Master degree from Kent State U. or Cleveland State U. Thanks
Might want to take a look at the "Big 3" http://www.excelsior.edu http://www.tesc.edu http://www.cosc.edu Lawrie Miller's site is also a very good resource: http://www.geocities.com/ba_in_4_weeks/
Hi Aalva, I do not know a whole lot about architecture programs, but here goes. I will assume you are interested in the urban planning master degrees. It appears they require an undergrad in any field along with some prerequisite areas of study. The fastest bachelor degree path is probably applying your previously earned credits and either using your license and experience to put together portfolios and/or testing out of familiar material to fill out requirements at one of the 'big 3' (Excelsior, TESC, COSC). Also, if you do not meet the prerequisites, you should consider taking courses/tests now since you need some more credits anyway. It shouldn't be hard to do this in 6 months or less, unless you are not close to meeting the prerequisites. On that note, it might be worth it to find out in advance if the schools in question will waive any or all of the prerequisites if the applicant is a registered architect. Good luck, Tony
Thanks Tony for the info, i am in the process of gathering information from the 3 universities that you suggested, once again thanks!
I do not know a whole lot about architecture programs, but here goes. I will assume you are interested in the urban planning master degrees. It appears they require an undergrad in any field along with some prerequisite areas of study. The fastest bachelor degree path is probably applying your previously earned credits and either using your license and experience to put together portfolios and/or testing out of familiar material to fill out requirements at one of the 'big 3' (Excelsior, TESC, COSC). Also, if you do not meet the prerequisites, you should consider taking courses/tests now since you need some more credits anyway. It shouldn't be hard to do this in 6 months or less, unless you are not close to meeting the prerequisites. On that note, it might be worth it to find out in advance if the schools in question will waive any or all of the prerequisites if the applicant is a registered architect. Good luck, Tony [/B][/QUOTE]
I don't believe that Exselsior does its own portfolio assessment. Pretty sure your best bet is TESC followed by COSC. If someone accepts a registered architect designation as 30 credits you may already have enough for a degree.
If I understand Excelsior's information correctly, they outsource portfolio assessment to places like TESC and COSC: "Q: How can I get credit for my work/life experience? A: Excelsior College does not award credit directly for life experience. However, you can validate your college-level knowledge through...Portfolio-Based Assessment (in collaboration with several accredited colleges)." (Source: http://www.excelsior.edu/la_faqs.htm)
One of the little mysteries in the 15th edition of Bears' Guide is the New Graduate School of Architecture in Muncie, Indiana. Their literature looked pretty good to us, and they were originally made known to us by a licensed architect who apparently did his Master's there without benefit of a Bachelor's. But wait. I just searched, and they are now listed on the state of Indiana's "Defunct Schools" site (which is, itself, an interesting site with a lot of history and untold stories. I wish every state had one of these): http://www.state.in.us/cope/defunct/
