<p>Number & Title of Course: ARPL722, Practice Management, 3 credits.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>Prerequisites: None</p><p>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 </p><p>Offered: Spring and summer; annually</p><p>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</p>