AAS in Architecture
Northampton Community College
Key Information
Campus location
Bethlehem, USA
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 semesters
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
USD 2,535 / per semester *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Aug 2024
* Northampton County PA: $2,535 Monroe County PA: $3,990 Other PA County: $5,325 Out of State/Country: $7,410. Additional fees may apply
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Introduction
Merge your artistic and technical skills into a career that can impact entire communities and change the way people experience and move through life! Architecture is an art that has far-reaching effects and is constantly changing with technological advances. If you are ready to dive into a field that combines both creativity and engineering, find out more about the architecture major at NCC.
You'll experience coursework that combines a mixture of academics, design, and advanced computer technology as you dream up residential and commercial design projects. Your passion for creating will be fueled as you learn how to build stylish structures that are also safe and functional. NCC's architecture program is a member of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, ensuring that the program is current with trends in the field. Our faculty consists of practicing, registered architects who are members of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
NCC students have transferred to: Drexel University, Florida Atlantic University, Lehigh University, Penn State University, Temple University, University of Arizona, University of Maryland, University of Miami, University of Michigan
Admissions
Curriculum
Northampton's program is a member of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, ensuring that the program is current with movements in the field. Our faculty consists of practicing, registered architects who, as members of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), are on top of developments in both architectural education and practice.
The Architecture Department has an active chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), which provides our students with leadership opportunities at the local and national levels. The AIAS also offers social activities and field trips that enhance your architecture studies.
Opportunities for practical experience include a five-credit community design studio taking place in a community-wide environment. This capstone project gives students hands-on experience in the field. In addition, students who qualify may choose to complete a three-credit professional internship and apply their practical office experience to their education for credit. Students will work under the direction of an employer with a professional degree in architecture. Arrangements will be made through the architecture department. Both the community design and internship learning experiences are of great value when they graduate either enter the profession or transfer to a Bachelor degree program.
"Real-World Community Learning"
Northampton's architecture program offers a 5 credit capstone community design studio which takes place in a community-wide environment giving you "hands-on" learning opportunities.
Professional Internship
Students who qualify may choose the option of a three-credit professional internship and apply their practical office experience to their education for credit. Students will work under the direction of an employer with a professional degree in architecture. Arrangements will be made through the architecture department. Both the community design and internship learning experiences will prove to be of great value when they graduate either enter the profession or transfer to a Bachelor's degree program.
First Semester
- COLS101College Success
- ARCH100Architectural History I - Antiquity to 1870
- ARCH101Architectural Graphics I
- ARCH110Architecture Design Studio I
- ENGL101English I
- MATH140College Algebra
Second Semester
- ARCH121Architectural Graphics II
- ARCH150Architecture Design Studio II (Digital)
- ARCH155Architectural History II - 1870 to Present
- ENGL151L English II
or
ENGL151R English II
or
ENGL151TEnglish II - MATH145Trigonometry
ENGL151: *see note
Third Semester
ARCH204Design & Analysis of Structural Form
ARCH210Architecture Design Studio III
ARCH214Architectural Materials & Methods of Construction I
ARCH215Advanced Digital Analysis
CMTH102Introduction to Communication
Fourth Semester
ARCH250Architecture Design Studio IV
ARCH254Architectural Materials & Methods of Construction II
General Education Elective (SIT or SSHB)
Elective
Note: ARCH200 Interior Design Professional Internship (3 cr. optional elective) offered Fall, Spring, Summer 1, and Summer 2 semesters. Please see an advisor.
*Students have a choice of ENGL151L (Literature option), ENGL151R (Report Writing), or ENGL151T (Technical Writing). Contact your advisor for guidance.
- For the General Education Elective, students must select one course from the list of approved courses in one of the following categories: Social Science: Societies and Institutions over Time (SIT) or Social Science: Scientific Study of Human Behavior (SSHB).
- Completion of ENGL151L satisfies the Diversity and Global Awareness (D) requirement for this program.
- Completion of both ARCH210 and ARCH250 satisfies the Writing Intensive (WI) requirement for this program.
- Computer competencies are included in various courses in this program. Thus, completing the program automatically satisfies the computing requirement for this program.
- ARCH200 Professional Internship (3 cr. optional elective) offered Fall, Spring, Summer1, and Summer 2 semesters.
Program Outcome
Graduates of the program will be able to:
- Use abstract design ideas to interpret design information while investigating alternative outcomes based on research and analysis.
- Use a diverse range of media to think about and convey architectural ideas including writing, speaking, drawing and model making (both hand and digital media).
- Gather, access, record and comparatively evaluate relevant design information as part of the process of investigation.
- Examine and comprehend history and precedent and make informed choices regarding the incorporation of same into architecture and urban design projects.
- Identify parallel and divergent ideas and traditions of architecture and urban design influenced by the social, cultural, historical and philosophical determinants of a global society.
- Comprehend the technical aspects of design, systems, materials and principles of building structure and be able to apply that comprehension to architectural solutions.
- Respond to site characteristics including zoning, topography, vegetation and watershed in architecture and urban design projects.
- Prepare drawings and models illustrating and identifying the assembly of materials, systems and components for building design and structure.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the NCC program will be prepared for transfer into an accredited five-year Bachelor of Architecture Professional Program leading to a three-year internship and NCARB Examination to practice architecture. NCC Students have transferred to 30 different universities.
Future Career Paths
- Architect
- Building Inspector
- Architectural Technician
- Architectural/Building Sales