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2012 Uo Naab University of Oregon School of Architecture & Allied Arts Architecture Program Report for 2013 NAAB Visit for Continuing Accreditation. Bachelor of Architecture (231 quarter credits) Master of Architecture III (non-architecture degree + 144 quarter credits)* Master of Architecture II (pre-professional degree + 81 quarter credits)* Year of the Previous Visit: 2007 Current Term of Accreditation: Six-year term, focus evaluation in 2010 *Beginning in 2012-13, the titles and credits for the Master of Architecture program change to: Master of Architecture, Track I (non-architecture degree + 144 quarter credits)* Master of Architecture, Track II (pre-professional degree + 87 quarter credits)* Submitted to: The National Architectural Accrediting Board Date: September 7, 2012 Program administrator: Michael Fifield Interim Head of the Department of Architecture [email protected] (541) 346-3656 Chief administrator for the academic unit in which the program is located: Francis Bronet Dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts [email protected] (541) 346-3631 University of Oregon Architecture Program Report September 2012 Chief academic officer of the institution: James C. Bean, Senior Vice President and Provost University of Oregon [email protected] (541) 346-3186 President of the Institution: Michael R. Gottfredson, President University of Oregon [email protected] (541) 346-3036 Individual submitting the Architecture Program Report: Christine Theodoropoulos Former Head of the Department of Architecture [email protected] (541) 346-3656 Name of individual to whom questions should be directed: Michael Fifield Interim Head of the Department of Architecture [email protected] (541) 346-3656 iii University of Oregon Architecture Program Report September 2012 Table of Contents Part One. Institutional Support and Commitment to Continuous Improvement 1. Identify & Self Assessment 1. History Mission 2. Learning Culture and Social Equity 3. Responses to the Five Perspectives 4. Long Range Planning 5. Program Self Assessment 2. Resources 1. Human Resources and Human Resource Development 2. Administrative Structure and Governance 3. Financial Resources 4. Physical Resources 5. Information Resources 3. Institutional Characteristics 1. Statistical Reports 2. Annual Reports 3. Faculty Credentials 4. Policy Review Part Two. Educational Outcomes and Curriculum 1. Student Performance Criteria 2. Curricular Framework 1. Regional Accreditation 2. Professional Degrees and Curriculum 3. Curriculum Review and Development 3. Evaluation of Preparatory/Pre-professional Education 4. Public Information 1. Statement on NAAB-Accredited Degrees 2. Access to NAAB Conditions and Procedures 3. Access to Career Development Information 4. Public Access to APRs and VTRs 5. ARE Pass Rates Part Three. Progress Since Last Site Visit 1. Summary of Responses to the Team Findings a. Responses to Conditions Not Met b. Responses to Causes of Concern 2. Summary of Responses to Changes in the NAAB Conditions iv University of Oregon Architecture Program Report September 2012 Part Four. Supplemental Information Appendix 01 Course Descriptions Appendix 02 Faculty Resumes Appendix 03 Matrix of Teaching Assignments Appendix 04 2007 Visiting Team Report (VTR) Appendix 05 2010 Focused Evaluation Report and Focused Team Report Appendix 06 Response to the Offsite Program Questionnaire Course Catalog v University of Oregon Architecture Program Report September 2012 This page is left blank intentionally. vi University of Oregon Architecture Program Report September 2012 Part One (I) — Institutional Support and Commitment to Continuous Improvement I.1 Identity and Self-Assessment I.1.1. History and Mission HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTITUTION The University of Oregon (UO) is the state’s flagship institution offering nearly 300 comprehensive academic programs and is home to more than 25 research centers and institutes. The main campus is located in Eugene, an energetic college town. The department also has facilities at UO Portland. The University and the cities of Eugene and Portland are ideal host communities for an architecture program with a longstanding commitment to sustainability and community engagement. The UO was established in 1872 by an act of the Oregon Legislature. Four years later, on October 16, 1876, the institution formally opened its doors to 177 students with an initial curriculum limited entirely to classics and science. Today, the university has developed a comprehensive mission covering a broad spectrum of instruction and research. The UO is one of seven universities within the Oregon Department of Higher Education and is administered by the Oregon University System. It offers both breadth and depth in the liberal arts, sciences and professional programs. Students are inspired by a faculty of prominent scholars and work side by side with eminent researchers involved in breakthrough discoveries. Both students and faculty members reach out to make connections that serve communities from small local groups to large international organizations. The UO is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is designated by the Carnegie Foundation in the top tier “very high research activity” category. In the fall of 2011, there were 24,447 students enrolled, including 3,816 graduate students. The student/faculty ratio is 19:1, with 973 full-time and 481 part-time faculty members engaged in teaching, research, and administration. When the university opened in 1876, it was situated on a barren knoll in an all but treeless pasture on 17 acres of land. Since that time, more than 2,000 varieties of trees have been planted to create an arboretum of evergreens and flowering species. More than 100 sculptures and other fine art works are installed on the campus grounds and buildings. The current campus is situated on 295-acres with more than 60 major buildings and the second largest library in the Pacific Northwest. These buildings represent the changing building culture of more than a century. Deady and Villard Halls are designated National Historic Landmarks and still play key roles on the campus today. During the first half of the 20th century, Ellis Lawrence prepared a campus plan and designed several distinguished buildings for the university while serving as the first dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts (A&AA). Since Lawrence’s time, numerous buildings on the university campus were designed by architecture alumni including several recent additions, such as the 2003 Lillis Business Complex, the 2004 Living Learning Center, the 2005 Many Nations Long House, the 2010 Matthew Knight Arena, Jaqua Academic Center and Ford Alumni Center, as well as the White Stag Block, a LEED Gold adaptive reuse project in downtown Portland that opened its doors in 2008 as the new home of the Portland Architecture Program. PROGRAM HISTORY Ellis F. Lawrence established the School of Architecture and Allied Arts in 1914. Lawrence was a prominent Portland architect who had been trained at M.I.T. While the architectural curriculum initially incorporated many tenets of M.I.T.’s Beaux Arts pedagogical system, Lawrence’s involvement in the Arts and Crafts movement set the stage for transformation. The break with the Beaux Arts tradition was fully realized in 1922 when Walter Ross Baumes Willcox became the head of the architecture curriculum. Willcox remained in this position until 1947. The curricular structure that Willcox developed emphasized noncompetitive, individualized education with an emphasis on student self-direction and motivation. It became an exemplar for the development of independent and progressive architectural curricula. Distinguished visitors, including Bernard Maybeck, Erich Mendelsohn, and Frank Lloyd Wright, 1 University of Oregon Architecture Program Report September 2012 complemented the maverick intellectual character of the school as it developed under Lawrence and Willcox. Both Lawrence and Willcox died in 1947, and Wallace Hayden was chosen to carry on the tradition as the new head of the architectural curriculum. Student enrollment increased exponentially during the post-war period, and the centralized administration of the school became unwieldy. Accordingly, in 1964, each curricular area within the school became a department with its own head and administrative staff. The Interior Architecture Program has been part of the Department of Architecture since that time. The first head of the architecture department was Donlyn Lyndon, of the prominent firm Moore Lyndon Turnbull Whitaker. Lyndon and his immediate successors, Robert Harris and Wilmot (Bill) Gilland, had studied under Jean Labatut at Princeton in the late 1950s. In the late 1960s, Harris and Gilland developed a curriculum that could adapt to the pressures of a large enrollment, allow a shift from an open to a selective admissions system, and accommodate limited budgets while maintaining the principles of noncompetitive studio education and individual development. The graduate options for the first professional degree were also introduced during this period. The revamped curriculum preserved the Willcox spirit by allowing virtually a free choice of support coursework and vertically structured studios after the introductory term. During the 1970s, there were two strong influences on the school: a number of faculty had worked in Philadelphia with Louis I. Kahn, and another group had been at UC Berkeley during the seminal years of design methodologies development. As a result,
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