Architecture

At UMA, you'll study architectural graphics, design communication, history of architecture, construction techniques, and portfolio development, along with selected areas in art. Our curriculum emphasizes a creative and behavioral design approach, and compares to and often exceeds the highest established national standards for student work and architectural training.

Degree Offered: BA
Offered on Augusta Campus

UMA/ARC's mission: We Engage Community.  Having completed 19 community based projects in the last 4 years, our goal is to educate and empower students to engage their communities, investigate and analyze the built environment, and propose creative design solutions based in the core value of designing with intention for the betterment of human habitation.

 

As a student of Architecture, you'll learn to analyze the needs of others, translate creative ideas into physical designs, and develop the interpersonal tools to articulate solutions. Our program is based on the behavioral and conceptual approaches to design, which is often overlooked in other professional or pre-professional curriculums. Our approach perceives an architecturally designed space as an environmental setting in which the space itself supports and encourages the highest and best satisfaction of the activity for which the space was originally designed. A classroom, for example, can help a student learn and a teacher teach simply by the way it is designed, its acoustics, color, textures, and all the other elements that make up an architecturally design space.


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Skills You'll Acquire

As a student of Architecture, you'll learn to analyze the needs of others, translate creative ideas into physical designs, and develop the interpersonal tools to articulate solutions. Listed below are some representative skills and abilities you can anticipate acquiring.

 

CommunicationProject Development
  • Presenting ideas effectively
  • Writing proposals
  • Accurate observation and recording
  • Presenting information in 2D-3D formats
  • Understanding human needs
  • Comparing/contrasting ideas
  • Using space effectively
  • Working as a team member
  • Evaluating site potential
  • Motivating groups/individuals
  • Planning
  • Attending to details
  • Establishing timelines
ArtisticTechnical
  • Understanding art as a cultural & social phenomenon
  • Using light effectively
  • Aesthetic awareness
  • Drafting/technical drawing
  • Thinking creatively
  • Building models
  • Using graphics equipment
  • Understanding materials (brick, steel, concrete, glass, wood, masonry)
  • Understanding graphic communication
  • Utilizing computer software
  • Demonstrating artistic awareness

Careers You Can Seek

Our B.A. degree in Architecture can serve as a foundation for many diverse career paths. The selected list below offers a few options that may be available to you.

ArtsBuilding/Construction
  • Interior Designer
  • Display Designer/Manufacturer
  • Art Installer/Transporter
  • Building Contractor
  • Furniture Designer/Cabinetmaker
  • Building Inspector*
  • Landscaping Assistant
  • Architect*
  • Restoration Architect*
  • Landscape Architect*
  • Custom Framer
  • Computer Graphics Designer
  • Theater Set Designer*
  • Ship Carpentry/Design
BusinessPublic Sector/Educational
  • Real Estate Sales
  • Sign Shop Owner
  • Land Developer
  • Shop Foreman/woman
  • Kitchen & Bath Designer
  • City Engineer*
  • County Planner*
  • Trade Show Director
  • Woodworking Instructor*
  • Community Extension Agent
  • Technical Writer*

* Professional Baccalaureate or graduate level study is generally required for these occupations.