Architecture Program Report for Initial Accreditation: APR-IA Professional Master of Architecture Submitted to the National Architectural Accrediting Board April 2013
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The University Of Arizona School of Architecture Architecture Program Report for Initial Accreditation: APR-IA Professional Master of Architecture Submitted to the National Architectural Accrediting Board April 2013 Kathleen Landeen Robert Miller Andrew C. Comrie Ann Weaver Hart Graduate Coordinator Director Senior Vice President for President School of Architecture School of Architecture Academic Affairs & Provost University of Arizona University of Arizona 1040 North Olive Road 1040 North Olive Road 1401 E. University Blvd. Tucson AZ 85721 Tucson AZ 85721 1401 E. University Blvd. Administration Building 712 Administration Building 512 Tucson, Arizona 85721 [email protected] [email protected] Tucson, Arizona 85721 520.621.9819 520.626.6752 520.621.5511 [email protected] Christopher Domin 520.621.1856 Associate Professor Program Chair M.Arch program 1040 North Olive Road Tucson AZ 85721 [email protected] 520.891.8859 ABOR ....................................................................................... Arizona Board of Regents ACSA .........................................Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture AIA ...............................................................................American Institute of Architects BSSBE ..............................Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Built Environments CAPLA .........The College of Architecture, Planning +Landscape Architecture DDBC ...................................................................... Drachman Design-Build Coalition HED ................................................................................................... House Energy Doctor NAAB ...............................................National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc. SLAP .............................................School of Landscape Architecture and Planning SoA ..................................................................................................School of Architecture tenure / track ..........................faculty who are either tenured or on tenure-track UA ....................................................................................................... University of Arizona UAD ...........................................................................University of Arizona, Downtown UHAP .............................................University Handbook for Appointed Personnel http://uhap.arizona.edu/ GLOSSARY APR-IA: M.ARCH University of Arizona School of Architecture 1. Institutional Support and Commitment to Continuous Improvement 1-1 | Identity and Self Assessment 5 1-1.1 History and Mission 5 1-1.2 Learning Culture and Social Equity 9 1-1.3 Response to the Five Perspectives 14 1-1.4 Long-Range Planning 22 1-1.5 Self-Assessment Procedures 22 1-1.6 recent responses to self-assessment 33 1-1.7 strategic plan 39 1-2 | Resources 39 1-2.1 Human Resources & Human Resource Development 39 1-2.2 Administrative Structure & Governance 69 1-2.3 Physical Resources 73 1-2.4 Financial Resources 79 1-2.5 Information Resources 88 1-3 | Institutional Characteristics 90 1-3.1 statistical reports 90 1-3.2 annual reports 92 1-3.3 faculty credentials 92 2. Educational Outcomes and Curriculum 2-1 | Student Performance 93 2-1.1 overview 93 2-1.2 student performance criteria 94 2-2 | Curricular Framework 98 2-2.1 regional accreditation 98 2-2.2 curriculum 98 2-3 | Evaluation of Preparatory/Pre-professional Education 102 2-3.1 M.ARCH III eligibility 104 2-3.2 M.ARCH II eligibility 104 2-3.3 M.ARCH II advance placement (M.Arch I) 104 2-3.4 ADMISSION MATERIALS REQUIRED, all applicants 104 2-3.5 International applicant requirements 105 2-3.6 PLACEMENT 105 2-4 | Public Information 106 2-4.1 Statement on NAAB-Accredited Degrees 106 2-4.2 Access to NAAB Conditions and Procedures 106 2-4.3 Access to Career Development Information 106 2-4.4 Public Access to APRs and VTRs 106 2-4.5 ARE Pass Rates 106 3. Progress Since the Last Site Visit 3-1 | Summary of Responses to the Team Findings 107 3-1.1 Responses to Conditions Not Met 107 3-1.2 Responses to Causes of Concern 110 3-1.3 responses to IN Compliance NOTES 110 3-2 | Summary of Responses to Changes in the NAAB Conditions 112 4. Supplemental Information CONTENTS page 3 Institutional Support and Commitment to Continuous Improvement Institutional Support and Commitment to Continuous Part Improvement 1-1 | Identity and Self Assessment 1-1.1 HISTORY AND MISSION 1-1.1.1 the University Founded in 1885 by an act of the thirteenth Territorial Legislature, the University was created with an appropriation of $25,000 but no land (thus 1 setting a precedent of legislative support that has followed the institution to this day). The first building was erected in 1891 and provided classrooms and living quarters for thirty-two students and six faculty members. That original building and the area immediately to the west are listed in the National Register of Historic Places and have become the heart of the campus. Old Main is being renovated in 2013-14 by a former faculty member of the School into the President’s and Admissions offices. The University of Arizona is the Land Grant University for the State. The first Baccalaureate degrees were conferred in 1895, the first Masters in 1903, and the first Doctorates in 1922. In 1915, the University reorganized into three Colleges; additional colleges followed regularly up to 2005. The College of Architecture was created in 1964. The University now offers 119 undergraduate, 127 master’s, 92 doctoral, 4 specialist, and 3 first- professional degree programs through 16 Colleges and 19 Schools. In AY 2010-2011, 6195 Baccalaureate, 1569 Masters, 445 Ph.D.s, and 368 first- professional degrees were awarded. The University of Arizona is one of the top 25 research universities in the nation (12th among public universities; 24th among all institutions in research and development funding: $565,292,000 in FY2009).1 It is one of sixty-two institutions recognized by the Association of American Universities.2 1 Center for Measuring University Performance, “The Top American Research Universities, 2011 Annual Report,” http:// mup.asu.edu/research2011.pdf 2 Association of American Universities, http://www.aau.edu/about/default.aspx?id=5474&terms=university+of+arizona Part One Institutional Support and Commitment to Continuous Improvement Enrollment in Fall 2012 set a record at 40, 223 (approximately 75% undergraduate); students from every state and 111 foreign countries attend. The University currently employs 12,053 faculty and staff members.3 The University is comprised of the Tucson campus, grown from the original 40 acres of the 1890’s to 387 acres and 184 buildings, including the Arizona Health Sciences Center with the University Medical Center and University Physicians. It reaches people throughout the state via the Science and Technology Park; the Cooperative Extension Service; the Phoenix campuses, including a new medical school (under construction); and UA South, a branch campus in Sierra Vista. 1-1.1.2 The College As a leader in sustainable design, planning, and management for arid regions, The College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA) helps advance the University’s devotion to environmental sustainability, entrepreneurialism, and health. As a professional college, its Core Mission is the training of architects, landscape architects, and urban planners to work effectively in the severe local conditions and to transport this knowledge to less extreme places. As a campus leader in community engagement, CAPLA advances the University’s historic land grant mission through design and planning assistance to diverse communities throughout the state. CAPLA is the smallest college at the University of Arizona; the School is the largest unit in the College. Strategic Vision: CAPLA is developing a new model of education for next-generation design professionals and scholars, teaching sustainability and built environment research. Our alumni will become leaders in sustainable design and planning by addressing major challenges facing humankind and the biosphere, including energy and water conservation, urban infrastructure, health care, and the preservation of cultural heritage and natural ecosystems. Through a multi-college center in downtown Tucson (UAD), we offer a twenty-first century, urban counterpart to the UA’s traditional agricultural experiment station, embracing the region as a laboratory for urban sustainability. Core Values + Principles: Our college is at the crossroads of the design professions. We serve society and search for new knowledge through teaching, scholarship, and public service. CAPLA embodies an ethic of self-reliance, integrity, stewardship, and community engagement. We strive: à To Integrate: establishing strategic partnerships among disciplines, communities, professions, and institutions. à To Experiment: fostering an environment of discovery through 3 Arizona Board of Regents, http://factbook.arizona.edu/2011-12 APR-IA: M.ARCH University of Arizona School of Architecture interdisciplinary laboratories, both natural and controlled. à To Apply: educating students to be professionals in a global context. à To Engage: reaching out and interacting beyond the university, thus contributing to the region on which we draw. à To Inform: communicating our findings through academic, professional, and community venues. à To Partner: building relationships with alumni and the professions, as well as public and private sectors, including