Architecture-SLOs

Upon completion of the B.Arch. degree program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate creative architectural problem-solving and design. 
• Demonstrate an understanding of structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing concepts. 
• Demonstrate an understanding of historical and contemporary architectural ideas. 
• Demonstrate an understanding of leadership and collaboration in architectural practice.

Upon completion of the MArch. degree program, students should be able to: 

• Demonstrate creative architectural problem-solving and design. 
• Demonstrate an understanding of structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing concepts.
• Demonstrate an understanding of historical and contemporary architectural ideas. 
• Demonstrate an understanding of leadership and collaboration in architectural practice.

Upon completion of the MS degree program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate the ability to apply the appropriate research methods for given situations.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze quantitative and/or qualitative research results for validity and generalizability.
• Identify, formulate, and analyze the research problem.
• Synthesize research information and communicate, in written and/or graphical form, the research findings.
• Synthesize research information and communicate, in verbal form, the research findings

Upon completion of the MS degree program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of key historical trends in evolution and development of the planning, design, and construction professions.
• Demonstrate the ability to apply the appropriate research methods for given situations. 
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze quantitative and/or qualitative research results for validity and generalizability.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze quantitative and/or qualitative research results to apply appropriate controls.
• Demonstrate an understanding and application of expert knowledge at the Ph.D. level in (at least) one of the divisional sub-areas of the college in a) written and b) oral communication.
• Indicate an understanding and application of (at least) one of the existing methodological traditions in their area(s) of concentration at the Ph.D. level.
• Indicate the ability to a) conceive and plan, and b) implement and disseminate a substantive, novel research project in their area(s) of concentration. This includes developing a prospectus; where appropriate, developing a funding stream; collecting data; analytically developing “new knowledge;” and making this new knowledge accessible via publication and presentation.

Upon completion of the certificate program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate understanding of construction documents and their use.
  
• Demonstrate understanding of fundamental knowledge of construction project management practices.
• Demonstrate oral and written communication skills appropriate for the construction industry.

Upon completion of the MS degree program, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of construction management principles and practices.
  
• Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of construction management principles and practices.
  
• Demonstrate critical thinking and creativity within current research topics in the construction industry.
  
• Demonstrate effective professional oral and written communication.

Upon completion of the BS program, students should be able to do the following:

• Create written communications appropriate to the construction discipline
• Create oral presentations appropriate to the construction discipline
• Create a construction project safety plan
• Create construction project cost estimates
• Create construction project schedules
• Analyze professional decisions based on ethical principles
• Understand construction quality assurance
• Understand construction project control processes
• Analyze methods, material and equipment used in construction projects 
• Apply basic surveying techniques for construction layout and control
• Understand different methods of project delivery and the roles and responsibilities of all constituencies involved in the design and construction process.
• Understand construction accounting and cost control
• Understand the legal implications of contract, common and regulatory law to manage a construction project 
• Understand the basic principles of sustainable construction
• Understand the basic principles of structural behavior
• Understand the basic principles of mechanical, electrical, and piping systems                                                                             

Upon completion of the GC degree, students should be able to do the following:

• Demonstrate a comprehension of data systems & digital design, in relationship to main spatial, structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing notions in architectural design.
• Demonstrate a basic application of BIM knowledge in BIM and Computer Applications courses.          

Upon completion of the Environmental Design program, students should demonstrate professional skills working as part of an interdisciplinary team to:

• Identify and evaluate conditions of the built environment through research, fieldwork, and documentation.
• Formulate and present valuable recommendations for issues related to community development and the built environment.

Upon completion of the Environmental Design program, students should demonstrate an understanding of the various professional and institutional roles and processes that shape the built environment.

Upon completion of the Environmental Design program, students should  demonstrate understanding of historic preservation planning concepts and techniques:

• Identify, research, and document historic structures through projects and assignments.
• Understand tax credits and incentives for rehabilitation of historic structures through projects.

Students completing the Bachelor of Interior Design Program must demonstrate

• Design Process Skills in all aspects of the design process for creative problem solving including:
  
• The ability to apply space planning techniques throughout the design process.
  
• The ability to apply knowledge and skills learned to solve progressively complex design problems.
  
• The ability to apply knowledge and skills learned to identify and define issues relevant to the design problem.
  
• The ability to apply knowledge and skills learned to synthesize information to generate evidence based design solutions.
  
• The ability to apply knowledge and skills learned to use precedents to inform design concepts or solutions.
  
• The ability to apply knowledge and skills learned to explore and iterate multiple ideas.
  
• The ability to apply knowledge and skills learned to design creative and effective solutions.
  
• Student work demonstrates the ability to apply knowledge and skills
  learned to execute the design process: pre-design, quantitative and qualitative programming, schematic design, and design development.

Students completing the Bachelor of Interior Design Program must demonstrate Human Centered Design Skills. Interior Designers apply knowledge of human  experience and behavior to designing the built environment including:

• Understanding theories related to the impact of the built
  environment on human experience, behavior, and performance.
  
• Understanding the relationship between the natural, built, virtual, and technological environments as the relate to the human experience, wellbeing, behavior, and performance.
  
• The ability to: gather and apply human-centered evidence.
  
• The ability to: analyze and synthesize human perception and behavior patterns to inform design solutions.
  
• The ability to: apply human factors, ergonomics, inclusive, and universal design principles to design solutions.
  
• The ability to: apply wayfinding techniques to design solutions.
  

Students completing the Bachelor of Interior Design Program must demonstrate Communication Skills including:

• Effectively expressing ideas and their rational in oral communication.
  
• Effectively expressing ideas developed in the design process through visual media: ideation drawings and sketches.
• Effectively expressing project solutions using a variety of visual communication techniques and technologies appropriate to a range of purposes and audiences.
  

Students completing the Bachelor of Interior Design Program must demonstrate application of Design Elements & Principles Skills including:

• Understanding the elements and principles of design, including spatial definition and organization.
  
• Demonstrating the ability to explore a range of two- and  three dimensional design solutions using a variety of media.
  
• Effectively applying the elements and principles of design and related theories throughout the interior design curriculum to two-dimensional design solutions.
• Effectively applying the elements and principles of design and related  theories throughout the interior design curriculum to threedimensional design solutions
  

Students completing the Bachelor of Interior Design Program must demonstrate knowledge of Light and Color Skills and the application of the principles and theories of light and color in relation to environmental impact and human wellbeing including:

• Having an awareness of a range of sources for information and research about color.
  
• Demonstrating an understanding of color terminology.
  
• Demonstrating an understanding of color principles, theories, and systems.
  
• Demonstrating an understanding of color in relation to materials,  textures, light, and form.
• Demonstrating the ability to appropriately select and apply color to support design concepts.
• Demonstrating the ability to appropriately select and apply color to multiple design functions.
  

Students completing the Bachelor of Interior Design Program must complete design solutions that integrate furnishings, products, materials and finishes and must demonstrated an understanding of how furnishings, objects, materials and finishes work together to support the design intent.

Students completing the Bachelor of Interior Design Program must  demonstrate Construction skills including interior construction and its  interrelationship with base building construction and systems including:

• Demonstrating an understanding that design solutions affect and are impacted by vertical and horizontal systems of transport and circulations such as stairs, elevators, or escalators.
  
• Demonstrating an understanding of the formats, components, and accepted standards for an integrated and comprehensive set of interior construction documents.
  

Students completing the Bachelor of Interior Design Program must demonstrate knowledge of Regulations and Guidelines skills wherein interior designers apply laws, codes, standards, and guidelines that impact human experience of interior spaces including:

• Demonstrating the ability to apply federal, state/provincial, and local codes including fire and life safety.
  
• Demonstrating the ability to apply barrier-free and accessibility regulations and guidelines.

Upon completion of the core couses required in the first year of the ID Graudate program, students will be able to:

• Analyze outcomes for interior design principles and practices specific to:
  • Environment and Human behavior.
  • Theories of Interior Design.
• Demonstrate technical knowledge of interior material specification and consruction methods.
• Upon completion of the program, graduates will be able to identify, formulate and analyze research questions and/or design program in interior design.
• Communicate research results/evidence based design sloutions to a scientific audience in both raphic, written and verbal form.

Graduates of the Masters in Landscape Architecture program should be able to demonstrate:

• Creative problem solving in design, planning, and project management at various scales and applications.
• Knowledge and skills in conceptual design, project and design phasing, natural and cultural systems, and public policy and regulations.
• Critical thinking skills through development of design projects and written project descriptions.
• Written, verbal, and visual communication skills through both hand and computer graphics at various levels from sketching to final renderings.
• Technical knowledge of construction documentation/details, construction materials, site grading/engineering, and methods through incorporation of these in-design projects.

Upon completion of the MLAS degree program, students should be able to demonstrate:

• Creative problem solving when asked design-related questions on the comprehensive exam.
  
• Knowledge and skills in conceptual design, project and design phasing, natural and cultural systems, and public policy and regulations are some general areas in which MLAS students demonstrate creative problem solving.
• Critical thinking skills on comprehensive exam questions. Questions regarding the development of design projects and strategies employed to address complex problems afford the opportunity to demonstrate critical thinking skills.
• Communication skills through both hand and computer graphics at various levels from sketching to final renderings.
• Technical knowledge of construction documentation/details, construction materials, site grading/engineering, and methods as appropriate in exam questions.

Upone completion of this MS  degree program students should be able to:

• Create a development plan that incorporates business principles in a construction project plan.
• Understand legal conceps about Master the application of construction-related laws and regulations.
• Build leadership skills pertinent to construction management.
• Understand business development procedures relevant to construction managers.
• Understand lean management best practices as applied to construction projects.
• Understand basic accounting and financial management principles.

Graduates of the MUD degree program should be able to demonstrate:

• A1 Urban Design Knowledge:
  
  • Urban Theory and Frameworks.
  • Real Estate Development and Economics.
  • Real Estate and Planning Law.
  • Implementation Methods.
  • Mobility and Accessibility.
  •  Cultural Heritage and Historic Preservation

• A2 Urban Design Skills:
  • Urban Design Tools.
  • Three-Dimensional Creativity.
  • Agency and Engagement.

• A3 Urban Design Values:
  • Critical Insight.
  • Sustainability and Resiliency.
  • Ethics.

Graduates of the PhD dgree program, should be able to demonstrate:

• Students demonstrate an understanding of key historical trends in evolution and development of the planning, design, and construction professions.
• Students demonstrate the ability to apply the appropriate research methods for given situations.
• Students demonstrate the ability to analyze quantitative and/or qualitative research results for validity and generalizability.
• Students demonstrate the ability to analyze quantitative and/or qualitative research results to apply appropriate controls.
• Students should demonstrate an understanding and application of expert knowledge at the Ph.D. level in (at least) one of the divisional sub-areas of the college in 
  • Written and 
  • Oral communication.
• Students should indicate an understanding and application of (at least) one of the existing methodological traditions in their area(s) of concentration at the Ph.D. level.
• Students should indicate the ability to a) conceive and plan, and b) implement and disseminate a substantive, novel research project in their area(s) of concentration. This includes developing a prospectus; where appropriate, developing a funding stream; collecting data; analytically developing “new knowledge;” and making this new knowledge accessible via publication and presentation.

Upon completion of the degree program, students should be able to demonstrate:

• The required KNOWLEDGE for the planning disicipine as guided by the Planning Adviisory Board (PAB) as follows:
• A1 General Planning Knowledge
  • Purpose and meaning of planning
  • Planning thoery
  • Planning law
  • Human settlement and history of planning
  • The future
  • Global dimensions of planning
• The required SKILLS for the planning discipline as guided by the Planning Advisory Board (PAB) as follows:
• A2 Planning Skills
  • Research
  • Written, oral and graphic communication
  • Quantitative and qualitatie methods
  • Plan creation and implementation
  • Planning process methods
  • Leadership
• The required VALUES for the planning discipline as guided by the Planning Advisory Board (PAB) as follows:
• A3 Values and Ethics
  • Professional ethics
  • Governance and participation
  • Sustainability and environmental quality
  • Growth and development
  • Social Justice

Upon completion of the related required courses, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate a critical understanding of resilient practices in architectural design, interior design, and construction.
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of resilient practices in planning and urban design.

Upon completion of the certificate program, students should be able to demonstrate:

• Understanding of social, economic, environmental, and cultural impacts of housing on communities, and nations
• Understanding of legal principles relevant to real estate and real-estate projects