Architecture Program Report for 2016 NAAB Visit For: Continuing Accreditation
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MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY School of Architecture Architecture Program Report for 2016 NAAB Visit for: Continuing Accreditation Bachelor of Architecture 152 semester credits Year of the Previous Visit: 2010 Current Term of Accreditation: 6 years Quoted in full from decision letter: At the July 2010 meeting of the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), the board reviewed the Visiting Team Report (VTR) for the Mississippi State University School of Architecture. As a result, the professional architecture program: Bachelor of Architecture was formally granted a six-year term of accreditation. The accreditation term is effective January 1, 2010. The program is scheduled for its next accreditation visit in 2016. Submitted to: The National Architectural Accrediting Board Date: September 07 2015 Name and contact information* for the following: Program Administrator: Michael A. Berk AIA | F.L. Crane Professor Director - School of Architecture Mississippi State University | P.O. Box AQ 899 Collegeview St | Giles Hall Mississippi State, MS 39762 – USA [email protected] Tel. 662.325.2202 | Fax. 662.325.8872 Web http://www.caad.msstate.edu/caad_web/sarc/home.php Chief administrator for the academic unit in which the program is located: Jim West AIA Dean – College of Architecture, Art, and Design P.O. Box AQ Mississippi State, MS 39762 662.325.2202 [email protected] Chief Academic Officer of the Institution: Jerome A. Gilbert PhD. Provost and Executive Vice President P.O. Box BQ 3501 Lee Hall; 262 Lee Boulevard Mississippi State, MS 39762 662.325.3742 [email protected] President of the Institution: Mark E. Keenum PhD. President P.O. Box 6018 Lee Hall, Suite 4000 Mississippi State, MS 39762 (662) 325-3221 [email protected] Individual submitting the Architecture Program Report: Michael A. Berk Director - School of Architecture with additional support of: Jassen Callender, Associate Professor and Director of the 5th Year Program (Text Report) Justin Taylor, Assistant Clinical Professor (Web + Hyperlinks) Name of individual to whom questions should be directed: Michael A. Berk Director - School of Architecture * Contact information must include a physical address for FedEx or other overnight delivery services. Table of Contents Section Page Section 1. Program Description I.1.1 History and Mission 1 I.1.2 Learning Culture 7 I.1.3 Social Equity 9 I.1.4 Defining Perspectives 11 I.1.5 Long Range Planning 14 I.1.6 Assessment 14 Section 2. Progress since the Previous Visit Program Response to Conditions Not Met 17 Program Response to Causes of Concern 18 Program Response to Change in Conditions (if applicable) 21 Section 3 Compliance with the Conditions for Accreditation I.2.1 Human Resources and Human Resource Development 22 I.2.2 Physical Resources 81 I.2.3 Financial Resources 95 I.2.4 Information Resources 100 I.2.5 Administrative Structure & Governance 107 II.1.1 Student Performance Criteria 112 II.2.1 Institutional Accreditation 126 II.2.2 Professional Degrees & Curriculum 127 II.3 Evaluation of Preparatory Education 132 II.4 Public Information 133 III.1.1 Annual Statistical Reports 134 III.1.2 Interim Progress Reports 136 Section 4 Supplemental Material [NOTE: Blue text below is hyperlinked; full-size format can be found on p.136] 136 • COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 01 - NAAB Course TEMPLATES - Course Descriptions FOLDER 02 - MSU Catalog Information – Architecture FOLDER • STUDIO CULTURE POLICY 01 - S|ARC Studio Culture Policy.pdf 02 - S|ARC Studio Culture Oath 2015-2016.pdf • SELF-ASSESSMENT POLICIES AND OBJECTIVES 01 - S|ARC Assessment Docs FOLDER 02 - MSU Assessment Docs FOLDER 03 - ARE Pass Rates – NCARB FOLDER • ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICIES For Students (e.g., cheating and plagiarism) 01 - HONOR CODE – MSU FOLDER • INFORMATION RESOURCES POLICIES Including Collection Development 01 - S|ARC Resource Collection Policy and Plan FOLDER • EEO/AA INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (faculty, staff, & students) 01 - WEB LINK to AA/EEO Policies - MSU.doc 02 - SIGNED EEO/AA Statement by MSU President .pdf 03 - Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy HRM 0303 .pdf • HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES FOLDER LINK 01 - SABBATICAL Leave for Faculty Members AOP 1306 MSU.pdf 02 - LEAVE With or Without Pay HRM Policy 60201 MSU.pdf 03 - EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT - HRM - MSU .pdf • FACULTY APPOINTMENT and PROMOTION & TENURE policies, procedures, and criteria 01 - MSU Policies & Faculty Handbook FOLDER 02 - S|ARC Promotion + Tenure Policies FOLDER • OFFSITE PROGRAM QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE 01 - MSU Jackson Center - 5th Year Program .pdf • SARC FIELD TRIP PROGRAM 01 - Field Trip PROGRAM .pdf Section 1. Program Description (limit 15 pages) I.1.1 History and Mission A brief history of the institution, its mission, principles, and place in 21st century education Mississippi State University began as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi, one of the national land-grant colleges established under the Morrill Act of 1862. It was created by the Mississippi Legislature on February 28, 1878 to offer training in "agriculture, horticulture and the mechanical arts . without excluding other scientific and classical studies, including military tactics." The college received its first students in the fall of 1880. In 1926, the college received its first accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). By 1932, when the legislature renamed the college as Mississippi State College, it consisted of the Agricultural Experiment Station (1887), the College of Engineering (1902), the College of Agriculture (1903), the School of Industrial Pedagogy (1909), the School of General Sciences (1911), the College of Business and Industry (1915), the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service (1915), and the Division of Continuing Education (1919). By 1958, when the legislature again renamed the college “Mississippi State University” (MSU), the Graduate School had been organized (1936), doctoral degree programs had begun (1951), the School of Forest Resources had been established (1954), and the College of Arts and Sciences had been created (1956). The School of Architecture admitted its first students in 1973; the College of Veterinary Medicine, its first class in 1977; and the School of Accountancy was established in 1979, completing the basic academic structure. In addition, the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, operating ten branch stations throughout the state, conducts research in a variety of areas and assists in the University's teaching and service function. Finally, the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service offers programs and services to the people of the State through campus and county offices and personnel. Supporting the academic and educational programs of the University are the Mitchell Memorial Library (with branch libraries) and the Thad Cochran Research and Technology Park. Today MSU forms part of a cohesive town-university community with the growing agricultural- commercial-industrial town of Starkville. Located in the eastern part of north-central Mississippi, it is 125 miles northeast of Jackson and 23 miles west of Columbus; it is served by Highways 82, 12 and 25, and by feeder air service through the Golden Triangle Regional Airport 14 miles east. MSU also operates an off-campus, undergraduate and graduate degree-granting center in Meridian with an additional program center located at the Stennis Space Center near the Gulf Coast. In cooperation with the U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, the College of Engineering offers the Master of Science degree to qualified students in Vicksburg. The mission of MSU is “to provide access and opportunity to students from all sectors of the state's diverse population, as well as from other states and countries, and to offer excellent programs of teaching, research, and service. Enhancing its historic strengths in agriculture, natural resources, engineering, mathematics, and natural and physical sciences, Mississippi State offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate programs; these include architecture, the fine arts, business, education, the humanities, the social and behavioral sciences, and veterinary medicine. The university embraces its role as a major contributor to the economic development of the state through targeted research and the transfer of ideas and technology to the public, supported by faculty and staff relationships with industry, community organizations, and government entities. Building on its land-grant tradition, Mississippi State strategically extends its resources and expertise throughout the entire state for the benefit of Mississippi's citizens, offering access for working and place-bound adult learners through its Meridian Campus, Extension, and distance learning programs. Mississippi State is committed to its tradition of instilling among its students and alumni ideals of diversity, citizenship, leadership, and service. (Updated 10/16/2009 – MSU Web) ________________________________________________ 1 MSU is a comprehensive, doctoral-degree-granting university offering a wide range of opportunities for learning and growth; vigorous and expanding contributions in research, discovery, and application; and a variety of expert services. MSU is designated by the Carnegie Foundation as a Doctoral/Extensive institution for the Advancement of Teaching and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award