MARCH 2013 REVISED JULY 2013 ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM REPORT NAAB VISIT FOR AccreDitation Patricia Seitz Master of Architecture Program Head / Program Coordinator Professor of Architecture Email: [email protected] Phone: 617.879.7677 Paul Hajian Chair - Architecture Department Professor of Architecture Email: [email protected] Phone: 617.879.7652 Jenny Gibbs Associate Dean of Graduate Programs Email: [email protected] Phone: 617.879.7181 Maureen Kelly Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Email: [email protected] Phone: 617.879.7365 Dawn Barrett President Email: [email protected] Phone: 617.879.7100 MASSachuSETTS COLLege OF Art AND DESIGN ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM REPORT 2013 ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM Report 2013 MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN / ARCHITECTURE / MARCH 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Part ONE (I) - INSTITUTIONAL Support AND COMMITMENT to CONTINUOUS Improvement 4 Section 1: Identity and Self-Assessment 4 I.1.1 History and Mission 4 I.1.2 Learning Culture and Social Equity 18 I.1.3 Responses to the Five Perspectives 22 I.1.4 Long Range Planning 28 I.1.5 Self-Assessment Procedures 40 Section 2: Resources 48 I.2.1 Human Resources and Resource Development 48 I.2.2 Administrative Structure and Governance 69 I.2.3 Physical Resources 74 I.2.4 Financial Resources 92 I.2.5 Information Resources 95 Section 3: Institutional and Program Characteristics 101 I.3.1 Statistical Reports 101 I.3.2 Financial Reports 106 I.3.3 Faculty Credentials 107 Section 4: Policy Review 112 Part TWO (II) - EDucationaL OutcomeS AND CurricuLUM 116 Section 1: Student Performance - Educational Realms and Student Performance Criteria 116 II.1.1 Student Performance Criteria Matrix 116 SPC Realm A: Ordering Systems, Cultural Diversity, and Applied Research 119 SPC Realm B: Sustainability, Site Design, and Financial Considerations 119 SPC Realm C: Project Management and Ethics and Professional Judgment 120 Section 2: Curricular Framework 121 II.2.1 Regional Accreditation 121 II.2.2 Professional Degrees and Curriculum 126 II.2.3 Curriculum Review and Development 136 Section 3: Evaluation of Preparatory/pre-Professional Education 138 Section 4: Public Information 141 II.4.1 Statement on NAAB-Accredited Degrees 141 II.4.2 Access to NAAB Procedures and Conditions 141 II.4.3 Access to Career Development Information 142 II.4.4 Public Access to APRs and VTRs 143 II.4.5 ARE Pass Rates 143 Part THREE (III) - PROGRESS SINCE THE LAST SITE VISIT 144 Section 1: Summary of Responses to the Team Findings 144 III.1.1 Responses to Conditions Not Met 145 III.1.2 Responses to Causes of Concern 154 Section 2: Summary of Responses to Changes in the NAAB Conditions 157 Part Four (IV) - SUPPLementaL INFormation 158 Section 1: Course Descriptions 158 Section 2: Faculty Resumes 190 Section 3: Visiting Team Report (VTR) from the previous visit 222 Section 4: Catalog (or URL for retrieving online catalogs and related materials) 222 LIST OF APPENDICES 224 Appendix A: College Strategic Plan 2010-2013 225 Appendix B: Social Equity and Learning Culture Policies and URLs 246 Appendix C: Examples of Studio Assessment Documents 256 MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN Architecture Department Architecture Program Report for 2013 NAAB Visit for Accreditation Master of Architecture Track I: 102 credit hours Track II: Pre-professional degree plus 60 credit credit hours Submitted to: The National Architectural Accreditation Board, March 1, 2013 PART I: INSTITUTIONAL SUPPOrt AND COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN / ARCHITECTURE / MARCH 2013 SECTION 1: IDENTITY AND SELF-ASSESSMENT I.1.1 HISTORY AND MISSION History of the college and its position in the context of 21st Century Higher Education Founded in 1873, MassArt has a 140 year legacy of leadership as the nation’s first and only independent public college of art and design, as well as the first art college in the United States to grant a degree. Pursuing its historic mission, MassArt provides broad access to a high quality professional arts education accompanied by a strong general education in the liberal arts. MassArt enjoys a national and international reputation for the excellence of its 263 member faculty, studio-based curriculum, and facilities, all in service of the college’s mission to prepare students to participate in the creative economy as artists, architects, art historians, designers and art educators who contribute to the well being of society. MassArt’s founders dared to imagine a better future for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and believed the path to it lay in creativity, innovation and the practical application of art and design skills. Their goal in establishing the Massachusetts Normal School, opened in 1873, was to produce drawing teachers, then required in schools throughout the Commonwealth, while at the same time training professional artists, designers and architects. True to its history, MassArt continues to envision expanded public educational opportunities with the development of advanced and professional degrees. MassArt is part of the Massachusetts public higher education system and is governed by Massachusetts General laws. In addition, the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (DHE) has broad academic, fiscal and human resources policy and planning responsibility for the state’s public higher education systems. The college has its own eleven member board of trustees, nine of whom are appointed by the governor, one is an elected alumnus and the other an elected student representative. The college and the legislature implemented a new funding model for public higher education in 2004—an annual state appropriation, tuition retention and the authority to establish enrollment targets and tuition rates for in-state and non-resident students. This partnership has provided MassArt with the ability to set a bold new visionary campus master plan and capital campaign for the next decade. The American Council on Education praised the new model, noting that MassArt is one of the few public colleges creatively responding to the future challenges of funding public higher education in the United States. In 2007 Governor Deval Patrick signed into law an act officially changing the college’s name from Massachusetts College of Art to Massachusetts College of Art and Design. The addition of “Design” to the college’s formal title reflects more accurately its full range of programs and considerable impact on the region’s creative industries. In 2010 the governor signed a bill creating a state university system from the nine state colleges thus joining 45 other states in the US that already have made the transition to a state university system. MassArt, though now a university, retains its existing name. In 2011 Dawn Barrett was named MassArt’s eleventh president. She was inaugurated on October 18th, 2012 in a day of pageantry and celebration that highlighted the legacy of the school. The ceremony brought greetings from the governor, the mayor of Boston, local congressmen, as well as presidents from the local arts and design schools including Ted Landsmark from the Boston Architectural Center. As the former Dean of Architecture and Design Division of the Rhode Island School of Design and Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at RISD, President Barrett brings deep experience in architectural education and a commitment to the professional development of scholars and practitioners of design. President Barrett is a member of the National Association of Art and Design Commission on Accreditation (NASAD), a visiting evaluator for the American Landscape Association Accreditation Board (LAAB), and trustee of the Penland School of Crafts (2009-2012). Her contributions to the fields of design and education herald a renewed and increased commitment to the architecture program and a recognition of the significance of accreditation and the development of graduate studies on campus. 4 ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM REPORT 2013 PART I MassArt’s institutional accreditation status is granted by two bodies: the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). MassArt’s next accreditation visit, a joint visit will be requested, is scheduled for 2015-2016. MassArt’s faculty and staff, with the exception of non-unit employees, are all members of one of four statewide unions represented on campus: Massachusetts State College Association (MSCA) for salaried and adjunct faculty and librarians teaching in the college’s day program; Division of Graduate and Continuing Education (DGCE) for adjunct faculty teaching in the areas of graduate and continuing education; Association of Professional Staff (APA); and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). The college offers 1,769 undergraduates the BFA in 21 disciplines: animation; architectural design; art education (four tracks); art history; ceramics; fashion design; fibers; film/video; glass; graphic design; illustration; industrial design; studio for interrelated media (SIM); metals; painting; photography; printmaking; and sculpture. Graduate students number 147 and matriculate in degree programs leading to the Master of Fine Arts, Master of Architecture, Master of Arts in Teaching and Master of Science in Art Education and approximately 510 students in certificate programs and classes in professional and continuing education. The college offers an array of public programs, including exhibitions, lectures and events, professional