Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning Department of Architecture ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM REPORT FOR SPRING 2013 NAAB VISIT FOR CONTINUING ACCREDITATION Program Type: Master of Architecture Option 1 (pre-professional degree + 46 graduate credits) Option 2 (non-pre-professional degree + 104 credits) Previous year of accreditation: 2007 Current term of accreditation: Six years Submitted to the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) on September 7, 2012 PART ONE (I): INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT+I.1. IDENTITY & SELF ASSESSMENT + I.1.1. History and Mission Architecture Program Benefits the University through Teaching, Scholarship, and Service 2 Leadership University Jo Ann M. Gora, PhD, President Ball State University (BSU) Contact: (765) 285-5555 / [email protected] Terry King, PhD, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Ball State University (BSU) Contact: (765) 285-1333 / [email protected] College Guillermo Vásquez de Velasco, PhD, Dean College of Architecture and Planning (CAP) Contact: (765) 285-5861 / [email protected] Department Mahesh Daas, LEED AP, DPACSA, Chair ACSA Distinguished Professor Department of Architecture (DoA) Contact: (765) 285-1904 / [email protected] Walter T. Grondzik, PE, Associate Chair Department of Architecture (DoA) Contact: (765) 285-2030 / [email protected] Joshua R. Coggeshall, RA, M.Arch Program Director Department of Architecture (DoA) Contact: (765) 285-2028 / [email protected] Individual submitting the architecture program report: Mahesh Daas Name of individual to whom questions should be Directed: Mahesh Daas Ball State University Architecture Program Report. Submitted to NAAB, September 7, 2012 PART ONE (I): INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT / I.1. IDENTITY & SELF ASSESSMENT / I.1.1. History and Mission 3 Table of Contents PART ONE (I): INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT .................................................................... 5 I.1. IDENTITY & SELF ASSESSMENT ...................................................................................................... 5 I.1.1. History and Mission ................................................................................................... 5 I.1.2. Learning Culture and Social Equity .......................................................................... 13 I.1.3. Response to the Five Perspectives........................................................................... 17 I.1.4. Long-Range Planning ................................................................................................ 31 I.1.5. Self-Assessment Procedures .................................................................................... 33 I.2. RESOURCES ................................................................................................................................. 35 I.2.1. Human Resources & Human Resource Development ............................................. 35 I.2.2. Administrative Structure and Governance .............................................................. 55 I.2.3. Physical Resources ................................................................................................... 62 I.2.4. Financial Resources .................................................................................................. 88 I.2.5. Information Resources ............................................................................................. 97 I.3. INSTITUTIONAL AND PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................. 105 I.3.1. Statistical Reports .................................................................................................. 105 I.3.2. Annual Reports ...................................................................................................... 109 I.3.3. Faculty Credentials ................................................................................................. 110 I.4. POLICY REVIEW ......................................................................................................................... 118 I.4.1. Policy Review ......................................................................................................... 118 PART TWO (II). EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AND CURRICULUM ............................................................... 119 II.1. STUDENT PERFORMANCE – EDUCATIONAL REALMS & STUDENT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA . 119 II.1.1. Student Performance Criteria ............................................................................... 119 II.2. CURRICULAR FRAMEWORK ...................................................................................................... 122 II.2.1. Regional Accreditation .......................................................................................... 122 II.2.2. Professional Degrees and Curriculum ................................................................... 123 II.2.3. Curriculum Review and Development .................................................................. 129 II.3. EVALUATION OF PREPARATORY/PRE-PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ......................................... 129 II.4. PUBLIC INFORMATION ............................................................................................................. 131 II.4.1. Statement on NAAB-Accredited Degrees ............................................................. 131 II.4.2. Access to NAAB Conditions and Procedures......................................................... 135 II.4.3. Access to Career Development Information......................................................... 135 Ball State University Architecture Program Report. Submitted to NAAB, September 7, 2012 PART ONE (I): INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT / I.1. IDENTITY & SELF ASSESSMENT / I.1.1. History and Mission 4 II.4.4. Public Access to APRs and VTRs ............................................................................ 135 II.4.5. ARE Pass Rates ...................................................................................................... 135 PART THREE (III). Progress Since Last Site Visit ......................................................................................... 136 Summary of Responses to the Team Findings [2007] ..................................................................... 136 PART FOUR (IV): SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION .................................................................................... 143 Courses ............................................................................................................................................ 143 Course Descriptions ........................................................................................................ 143 Faculty ............................................................................................................................................. 200 Faculty Resumes ............................................................................................................. 200 Visiting Team Report 2007 (VTR) From The Previous Visit ............................................................. 232 Catalog ............................................................................................................................................ 232 Responses to the Offsite Program Questionnaire .......................................................................... 232 Note: Because of the multidimensional nature of many of our activities, certain events are mentioned more than once under different headings. Effort has been made to reduce redundancies without limiting the potential non-lineal review of this document. Ball State University Architecture Program Report. Submitted to NAAB, September 7, 2012 PART ONE (I): INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT / I.1. IDENTITY & SELF ASSESSMENT / I.1.1. History and Mission 5 PART ONE (I): INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT I.1. IDENTITY & SELF ASSESSMENT I.1.1. HISTORY AND MISSION When natural gas was first struck in September 1886 fifteen miles north of Muncie, it brought an economic boom to the Muncie region. Soon after the discovery of the natural gas reserves, the Ball brothers of Buffalo, New York, chose Muncie to establish a glass jar manufacturing plant. With economic prosperity came the need for the establishment of many institutions to support community development. A few prominent citizens of Muncie formed what could now be called a nonprofit organization with the purpose of funding a university. They named it the Eastern Indiana Normal University. In 1899, the first building was built. From that time, until 1918, the university went through periods of operation and closures, name changes and affiliation changes. Eastern Indiana Normal University started with 15 faculty members and 250 students. However, due to dwindling enrollment and difficult financial conditions, the university closed in 1901. For a brief period of two years the institution was called Palmer University, then it closed again in 1904. The university was renamed in 1905 as Indiana Normal School and College of Applied Science. The turning point for the university came in 1918, on the fifth attempt to revive the university. The Ball brothers purchased and deeded 64.6 acres of land and property to the state of Indiana, a gift duly accepted by the Board of Trustees. The board approved that a “Muncie Auxiliary” (later named Eastern Division of Indiana State Normal School) be opened on behalf of the Indiana State Normal School of Terre Haute. By 1922, the school was