NDSU架构
NDSU's Department of 体系结构 is almost a hundred years old. We offer outstanding professional education in 体系结构 in the true 赠地 spirit, while preserving a strong base of community values, a clear focus on contemporary challenges related to the design of built environments and landscapes, and stewardship for future generations in our region and around the world. 作为一个相互联系的社区, 我们拥抱多样性, and constantly seek an inclusive 学习 environment, where we rise to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. From our state of the art facilities, to our student organizations and familial studio culture, and the surrounding community culture, the NDSU Department of 体系结构 and Landscape 体系结构 offers a distinctive experience for students and faculty members alike.
任务
The Department of 体系结构 is committed to the University’s mission of a student-focused, 赠地, 研究型大学. 我们提供教学, 学习, and research environment that is dedicated to two principles: design excellence and strong leadership. Graduates are dedicated to finding solutions to regional, national and global challenges. 我们的研究, 有创意的, and grant activity address a broad spectrum of design issues that hold currency with today’s students, 专业人士, 和公民. We serve our students with cutting-edge technology, innovative research and 有创意的 works, and professional advising in collaborative studio environments. 进一步, we meet or exceed the requirements of our accrediting body: The National Architectural 认证 Board (NAAB).
项目/部门愿景
We aspire to be the leading professional programs in the Upper Midwest region, 专业人士认可, our scholarly and 有创意的 accomplishments and our students who historically become 有创意的 designers, 行业领导者, 创新的思想家.
How will NDSU help launch your design career in architecture?
We feel that the following are critical for launching your design career at NDSU:
- Our goal is to expose our students to the shared values of our discipline and profession through their efforts both inside and outside the classroom: good design; environmental stewardship and professional responsibility; equity, 多样性, and inclusion; knowledge and innovation; leadership, 协作, and community engagement; and lifelong 学习 [from the 2020 NAAB Conditions for 认证 – a shared mission by all accredited architecture schools].
- Our goal is to make good use of your time as a student: our five-year professional Master’s of 体系结构 degree is intense and efficient – our students work hard to complete their education in this time-frame, but our retention and graduation rate is high, 通常在2的90%左右nd 毕业年份.
- A five-year program translates for most students to five years of tuition, making for efficient use of your financial resources.
- Our entry point to the professional program at the beginning of the 2nd year makes for a highly collaborative environment for 2nd-5th year, a model of the kind of collaborative support that you find in the profession.
- Our technology resources are state-of-the-art, and available to all students in the professional program, 没有现收现付网关.
- We build in travel opportunities, with tuition-supported visits to large American cities, and with optional opportunities for travel abroad with 体系结构 faculty members.
- With our professional 咨询委员会, we have a strong connection to those whose shoulders we stand on, our alumni and allies who offer support, 智慧, and networking opportunities regularly.
- Our historic facilities in Downtown Fargo place our students in a thriving 有创意的 and intellectual environment.
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Why is architecture important in the 21st century?
体系结构 has always been a mashup of the art, technology and aspirations of a particular place and time. 目前, modern technology and material science allow us to build much of what we can visualize, 和建筑师, 客户, and our partners in the design and construction industry are making important contributions as we face the enormous challenges ahead for our planet, at both the global and local scale. 体系结构 places value on those aspects of our lives that build strong communities through good design – pride of place, 健康的环境, 人人享有, 经济机会. “Thinking globally and acting locally” are the scales that architects embrace, 因为我们渴望进入21世纪st century planet a welcoming place for all who inhabit it.
