Morgan’s Architecture and Environmental Design program prepares students to become critical thinkers about the forces that affect their daily lives (private sphere) and the urban environment (public sphere), thereby, equipping them with the tools to solve the design challenges of the built environment.
The mission, therefore, is to introduce critical analysis by which students can visualize and represent, graphically and verbally, detailed evaluation and assessment of architecture and the built environment. Design choices need to be informed — learning to think critically is one of the ways that students can make informed design decisions.
At the end of their matriculation students will have a foundation of critical thinking regarding architecture, city and regional planning, landscape architecture, and construction management. Graduates will have the knowledge, skills and ability to solve complex problems in the professional world. In addition, students will be prepared for enrollment in any academic program at the graduate level.
The Bachelor of Science in Architecture & Environmental Design (BSAED) program is an important and meaningful part of the Institute of Architecture & Planning (IAP). The BSAED is a four-year pre-professional degree program structured to integrate planning and design elements of the built and natural environment with the professional ability to produce a meaningful response to the changing needs of urban society patterned by a wide cultural background. The program content is based on a comprehensive examination of issues in design and the built environment.
In an effort to fulfill the mission of the undergraduate program, the BSAED has required 125 credit hours for completion of core, concentration, and general education courses. The first four (4) semesters of courses offered in the undergraduate program define two years of knowledge attainment and skills building in environmental history, visual graphics, design and planning theory, research and problem solving, report writing, and public presentation techniques and general education studies. The final four (4) semesters are an advanced exploration of design and planning primarily through lecture and studio courses and on-site field work.