Number & Title of Course: ARPL722, Practice Management, 3 credits.

Course Description: Explores effective management of architectural projects, practices and careers -- marketing, finance and accounting, staffing, law, organizational structure, professional development, risk management, negotiation, standard contracts.

Course Goals & Objectives (list): The purposes or goals of the course are to:  Convey the core issues involved in the business of providing architectural services, as well as the history of the profession and its context in the real estate industry.  Introduce students to the idea of best practices and give them a reason to avoid poor practice (through participation in a moot court).  Introduce students to the profession and the value of its institutions for networking  Make sure that all students understand the Intern Development Program. At the conclusion of the course, students will understand…  The issues underlying what they will likely observe and experience during architectural internship  The need and basic techniques for managing themselves, their time, and their capital.  Professional ethics, and when and how to apply them appropriately.  Risk, its value and its management.  The possible career options and paths open to them and the relative merits of each.

Student Performance Criterion/a addressed (list number and title): B.7. Financial Considerations C.3. Client Role in Architecture C.4. Project Management C.5. Practice Management C.6. Leadership C.7. Legal Responsibilities C.8. Ethics and Professional Judgment C.9. Community and Social Responsibility

Topical Outline (include percentage of time in course spent in each subject area):  General Concepts, Initial Employment (25%): Tasks, roles, politics, law, business, agreem’ts  Small Project Practice (30%): Startup, marketing, people, work, time, IT, money, ethics, risk  Large Project Practice (15%): Firm Growth, A101, 201, B101  Perspective (30%): Negotiation, ADR, History of Profession, Careers, IDP, ARE, Office Visit

Prerequisites: None

Textbooks/Learning Resources - Required: Pressman, Andy, Professional Practice 101, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons. 2006. ISBN: 978- 0471683667 Course Blackboard site: https://blackboard.cua.edu “Project Management” (3A-D) and “Practice Management” (4A-B) from The EPC “You and Your Architect” AIA Contract Documents Software, Student Edition (free to students) at

Offered: Spring and summer; annually

Faculty assigned: Barry Yatt, FAIA (F/T), Spring 2014 Kate Frankfelter, M.Arch, Esq, (P/T) Summer 2013, 2014 David Trascz (P/T), Spring 2013