Architecture Program Report Accredited Architecture Degree Programs Bachelor of Architecture Master of Architecture Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture 3360 South State Street Chicago, IL 60616 President John Anderson Provost Alan Cramb Dean Wiel Arets Associate Dean Robert Krawczyk [email protected] 312 567 3230 March 1, 2013 Architecture Program Report For Professional Degree Programs in Architecture Table of Contents Part One - Institutional Support and Commitment to Continuous Progress 1.1 Identity and Self-Assessment 1.1.1 History and Mission 1.1.2 Learning Culture and Social Equity 1.1.3 Response to the Five Perspectives 1.1.4 Long-Range Planning 1.1.5 Self-Assessment Procedures 1.2 Resources 1.2.1 Human Resources and Human Resource Development 1.2.2 Administrative Structure and Governance 1.2.3 Physical Resources 1.2.4 Financial Resources 1.2.5 Information Resources 1.3 Institutional Characteristics Statistical Reports 1.3.1 Statistical Reports 1.3.2 Annual Reports 1.3.3 Faculty Credentials, also see 4.3 Part Two – Educational Outcomes and Curriculum 2.1 Student Performance Criteria 2.2 Curricular Framework 2.2.1 Regional Accreditation 2.2.2 Professional Degrees and Curriculum 2.2.3 Curriculum Review and Development 2.3 Evaluation of Preparatory / Pre-professional Education 2.4 Public Information 2.4.1 Statement on NAAB-Accredited Degrees 2.4.2 Access to NAAB Conditions and Procedures 2.4.3 Access to Career Development Information 2.4.4 Public Access to APRs and VTRs 2.4.5 ARE Pass Rates Part Three – Progress Since the Last Team Visit 3.1 Summary of Responses to the Team Findings 3.1.1 Responses to Conditions Not Met 3.1.2 Responses to Causes of Concern 3.2 Summary of Responses to Changes in the NAAB Conditions Part Four – Supplemental Information 4.1 Description of Policies and Procedures for Evaluating Student Work 4.2 Course Descriptions 4.3 Matrix for Faculty Credentials 4.4 Faculty Resumes 4.5 2007 Visiting Team Report 4.6 IIT Bulletins URL 4.7 Reponses to Offsite Program Questionnaire 4.8 Student Performance Criteria Matrix - BArch 4.9 Student Performance Criteria Matrix - MArch 4.10 Minors and Specializations 4.11 Facility Floor Plans 4.12 Administrative Organizational Chart Part One – Institutional Support and Commitment to Continuous Improvement 1.1.1 History and Mission Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) has a long and respected history of educating students from throughout the world for increasingly complex roles in engineering, science, and technology. Armour Institute of Technology and Lewis Institute, the academic predecessors of IIT, were founded in the 1890s with missions to educate first-generation Americans of modest means and social position. In 1890, when advanced education was often reserved for society's elite, Chicago minister Frank Wakely Gunsaulus delivered what came to be known as the "Million Dollar Sermon." From the pulpit of his South Side church, near the site IIT now occupies, Gunsaulus said that with a million dollars he could build a school where students of all backgrounds could prepare for meaningful roles in a changing industrial society. Inspired by Gunsaulus' vision, meatpacking entrepreneur Philip Danforth Armour, Sr. (1832-1901) gave $1 million to found Armour Institute. When Armour Institute opened in 1893, the institute offered professional courses in engineering, chemistry, architecture and library science. The estate of hardware merchant and investor Allen C. Lewis, who envisioned a “school where men and women could secure an education to fit them for their life-work and to be a service to their community and a credit to their country”, established Lewis Institute in 1895. Lewis Institute was located on the west side of Chicago and offered liberal arts as well as science and engineering courses. By the 1920s, both institutions were recognized for producing highly qualified engineers, scientists, and business leaders who made valuable contributions to Chicago’s economic development. The depression dealt a hard blow to each institution, leading their boards to effect the merger of Armour Institute with Lewis Institute in 1940, creating Illinois Institute of Technology. This merger strategically repositioned IIT to support a growing economy and the emerging technologies of World War II. The new IIT played a major role in the education of officers for the war effort, which led to the development of extensive ROTC programs in the post- war era. With the creation of the GI Bill at the close of World War II, university enrollment soared between 1945 and1960, preparing thousands of young men and women for leadership roles in the rapid expansion of the post-war economy. The Armour Research Foundation, known today as IIT Research Institute, also expanded rapidly to meet military research needs. During this period, IIT faculty members and alumni made many important contributions to the modern economy, including the cell phone, Linksys, Pentium chip, electro-optical night vision equipment and magnetic recording. Between 1949 and 1969, the university expanded its academic programs by adding design, law, and business to its existing programs in engineering, science, architecture, and psychology. The Institute of Design, founded in 1937 as the New Bauhaus by Lazlo Moholy- Nagy, merged with IIT in 1949. The Institute of Design has grown into the largest full-time graduate-only highly specialized design program in the U.S., with students from around the world. In 1969, IIT became one of the few technology-based universities with a law school when Chicago-Kent College of Law, founded in 1887, became an integral part of the university. Stuart School of Business was added in 1969, with a gift from the estate of Lewis Institute alumnus and Chicago financier Harold Leonard Stuart. Midwest College of Engineering, founded in 1967, joined the university in 1986, forming the nucleus for IIT's Rice Campus in west suburban Wheaton. The Center for Professional Development was established in 2002 to consolidate and focus our continuing education and technology programs. This mix of colleges, institutes, schools and centers reflects our continuing evolution in response to the needs of society and industry. Institutional Support and Commitment to Continuous Improvement 1 - 1 Today, IIT is a private, Ph.D.-granting research and teaching university with 7,738 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs including programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, design and law. One of the 16 institutions that comprise the Association of Independent Technological Universities (AITU), IIT offers exceptional preparation for professions that require technological sophistication. Through a committed faculty and close personal attention, IIT provides a challenging academic program focused by the rigor of the real world. IIT is currently comprised of 9 colleges and institutions, one research incubator and 30 research centers and institutes. Armour College of Engineering Chicago-Kent College of Law College of Architecture College of Psychology College of Science and Letters Institute of Design Institute for Food Safety and Health School of Applied Technology Stuart School of Business University Technology Park By the end of the twentieth century, as more community colleges and public universities began to attract first-generation students, administrators and the Board of Trustees recognized the need to reevaluate the university’s mission and role in higher education. In 1993, President Lewis Collens and the university’s Board of Trustees convened The National Commission for IIT to ensure preparedness to meet the educational and research needs of the 21st century. Against a backdrop of fiscal challenges, The National Commission recommended a bold agenda for increasing institutional quality, rebuilding the university’s Main Campus, and creating a new inter- professional program to differentiate the university in an increasingly competitive higher education market. The National Commission members, led by Trustees Robert Galvin and Robert Pritzker, helped shape the recommendations for increased quality and renewal of Main Campus. In 1996, Robert Galvin and Robert Pritzker each committed $60 million to the $250 Million IIT Challenge Campaign that launched the implementation of The National Commission recommendations. Since1995, responding to the National Commission recommendations, IIT has significantly expanded its national and international undergraduate recruiting base. The current undergraduate student body now reflects this strategic effort. 21% of the 2012 freshman class are from other states and territories, and 16 percent are international students representing 66 nations (as identified by country of citizenship). Among the undergraduates, 93 percent are full-time students and 59 percent live on campus. IIT is currently a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC). In fall 2012, IIT will enter the “exploratory” year of transition to NCAA Division III competition. This move is directly related to increasing IIT’s stature by competing with peer institutions and improving the quality of campus life through a commitment to growing the athletic programs of the university. The university has five campuses in the city of Chicago and surrounding suburbs. Main Campus is located 3 miles south of the Chicago Loop on 120 acres that were redeveloped