Art and Architecture
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Architecture Faculty: Diane M. Armpriest (Program Coordinator), Matthew T. Brehm, Bruce T. Haglund, Frank R. Jacobus, Anne L. Marshall, Sherry McKibben (Boise), Wendy R. McClure, Phillip G. Mead (Architecture Program Coordinator), Román Montoto, Brian F. Sumption. Interior Design Faculty: Miranda S. Anderson, Rula Z. Awwad-Rafferty, Shauna J. Corry (Interior Design Program Coordinator). Adjunct Faculty: Gary Austin,, C. Brian Cleveley, Stephen R. Drown, Tom Gorman. Affiliate Faculty: John R. Smith. Visiting Faculty: Ken Carper. Lecturers: Robert Thornton.
Art and Design Faculty: Delphine Keim Campbell, Frank A. Cronk, Jill Dacey, David F. Giese, Lynne Haagensen, Sally G. Machlis, Gregory Turner-Rahman, William P. Woolston (Program Coordinator), Joseph R. Zeller. Adjunct Faculty: Roger H. Rowley. Affiliate Faculty: John A. Larkin, Marilyn Lysohir, Jon Ochs, Miles Pepper, Melissa Rockwood.
Landscape Faculty: Gary Austin, Rula Awwad-Rafferty, Stephen R. Drown (Program Coordinator), Elizabeth Graff, Toru Otawa. Affiliate Faculty: Donald H. Brigham II.
Virtual Technology and Design Faculty: Professor Brian F. Sumption (Program Coordinator). Assistant Professor: John Anderson. Lecturers: Kevin Allen; Kelly Anderson. Senior Instructor: C. Brian Cleveley.
The combined B.S.Arch & M.Arch degrees constitute a five-plus professional degree program accredited by the national Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) and is designed to prepare students for a professional career in architecture. The professional program includes courses in architectural design, history and theory of architecture, environmental control, structures, materials and methods of construction, urban theory, and professional practice. The B.S.Arch. can be completed after fulfilling the requirements of the fourth year. Qualified students may work toward completion of both the B.S.Arch. & M.Arch. requirements during their fourth, fifth, and sixth years, receiving both degrees upon completion of the curriculum. They may apply for graduate status while taking fourth-year studio (Arch 454) (application deadline is February 1). Graduate students must be classified as such at least in their fifth and sixth years.
Transfer students with prior four-year non-professional bachelor's degrees in architecture may be accepted into the M.Arch. program based on their transcripts.
In the United States, most state registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit US professional degree programs in architecture, recognizes two types of degrees: the Bachelor of Science in Architecture and the Master of Architecture. A program may be granted a six-year, three-year, or two-year terms of accreditation, depending on its degree of conformance with established educational standards.
Masters degree programs may consist of a pre-professional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree, that, when earned sequentially, constitute an accredited professional education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.
The four-year, B.S.Arch pre-professional degree, where offered, is not accredited by NAAB. The pre-professional degree is useful for those wishing a foundation in the field of architecture, as preparation for either continued education in a professional degree program, or for employment options in fields related to architecture.
Computer Technology. Students in the professional programs of architecture and interior design are required to have their own computer and appropriate software for use in their studies. Specific technology requirements as well as guidelines and recommendations are posted on each program's web site.
Fees & Expenses. Architecture and Interior Design are both professional programs, a designation enjoyed by programs whose graduates require a license or a comprehensive professional qualifying exam to practice. The architecture and interior design professional programs have special needs for which the State Board of Education has granted approval to charge a professional fee to students on a semester basis over and above general tuition and fees. This fee is used to directly support technology and computing for students and faculty, supplement operating budgets, hire temporary faculty, support the college's visual and design resource centers, cover professional accreditation costs, and partially support student field trips and guest lecturers.
Idaho Urban Research and Design Center (IURDC). The University of Idaho's Idaho Urban Research and Design Center is located in Boise. The program offers 4th year and graduate Architecture and Landscape Architecture students an opportunity to live, work, and study in an urban environment. The students' work centers on urban architecture, urban design, and community planning, often with neighborhoods and cities in the Treasure Valley. The IURDC offers outreach, education, and research projects with local design professionals, agency staffs and non-profit organizations.
Graduate students can apply to complete their fifth and sixth years of study in Boise, Idaho, where the College of Art and Architecture maintains a design studio and offers support courses. This option allows students to complete their graduate project in an urban setting, work on funded research and community service projects, and simultaneously pursue internship opportunities with local architectural firms.
The art curriculum at UI leads to a B.A., B.S.Art Ed., or B.F.A. with a major in studio art degrees. This curriculum provides a broad base from which students may pursue a number of different career options. Students are required to complete a core of courses (the art core) designed to ensure an understanding of the historical and theoretical bases of art and design, while developing general competency in various media.
The B.F.A. degree is designed for those students who wish to develop professional careers in studio art and design. Requirements for the degree are stringent, and include intense involvement in studio work in the senior year, closely monitored by all faculty members, culminating in the development of a portfolio and written statement in support of a professional exhibition. Because the B.F.A. degree is a professional degree, often preparatory to pursuit of a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree, students must maintain a minimum 2.75 GPA.
The B.S.Art Ed. degree is designed for those students intending to pursue a career of teaching in the public schools. In addition to the studio course requirements, students take a range of courses in the College of Education that lead to teacher certification. The B.S.Art Ed. is a rigorous degree specializing in studio art and design.
The B.A. degree with a major in art is designed to ensure a broad, liberal education with an emphasis in art. Students pursuing this degree must meet the B.A. degree requirements listed in the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences section of this catalog.
The Art and Design program offers two graduate degree programs: M.F.A. and M.A.T.
Graduate students are assigned studio space in the programs's Graduate Art Studio (GAS House), as space and individual requirements permit. Priority is given to full-time graduate students.
Admission requirements for the M.F.A. include a minimum grade-point average of 2.80 and an undergraduate degree in a studio area, or its equivalent as determined by the Art and Design program graduate faculty. Fewer than 60 credits in studio courses, and 12 in art history (or criticism, theory, or history in a related field) at the undergraduate level is considered a deficiency. Applicants with these deficiencies who are admitted to the M.F.A. program may be required to include deficiency course work as part of their graduate program. Deficiency courses are required but do not count towards satisfying degree requirements.
Admission to the M.A.T. degree requires an approved undergraduate degree, or its equivalent as determined by the Art and Design program graduate faculty, at least 20 credits of undergraduate art course work, and a minimum grade-point average of 2.80. Fewer than 20 credits in art courses at the undergraduate level is considered a deficiency. Applicants with these deficiencies who are admitted to the M.A.T. program may be required to include deficiency course work as part of their graduate program. Deficiency courses are required but do not count towards satisfying degree requirements.
All applicants for the graduate programs are required to present a comprehensive portfolio of work, a written statement of goals or intent, and three letters of recommendation. Portfolios may be in slide or CD form, 20 clearly labeled slides or images in a PDF file, and must include a postage-paid return envelope.
Art and Design is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).
Landscape architecture is a design profession dedicated to the stewardship of the natural and cultural environment. Professional practice is diverse with career opportunities in the traditional landscape architecture firm, the design/build industry, interdisciplinary planning, engineering or architecture firms, urban, regional and national public agencies as well non-governmental organizations such as land and watershed trusts.
Landscape architects practice design and land planning at several landscape scales including the larger, regional context, the community and neighborhood scale and the site scale. Project types may include: stormwater design and green infrastructure planning, national and international scale landscape planning, landscape preservation, golf course design, botanic and public garden design, community design and the residential landscape, eco-resort design, national and international land planning, habitat preservation and restoration, urban design and public space, landscape interpretation and cultural preservation, campus design, zoo design, landscape art and computer assisted landscape modeling and visualization. Landscape architects preserve, restore and heal, working to regenerate and foster positive landscape change, restoring older established communities, urban riparian corridors and historic landscapes. Some also work with caregivers in the design of therapeutic landscapes for health and education facilities. In all of these circumstances and opportunities, the landscape architect considers the significance of the larger bioregional context and the use of sustainable processes and materials that contribute to the regeneration of the landscape and regional culture. Wherever people and landscape connect, landscape architects engage in interdisciplinary, cross-cultural efforts to create "place" and preserve the integrity of the landscape.
Landscape architectural education at the University of Idaho is enhanced by the ecology of the Inland Northwest landscape and the academic diversity of a land grant institution. Set within the scenic Palouse Hills ecoregion of the Columbia Plateau and the Palouse watershed, the University of Idaho provides a rich context for studying landscape architecture from a bioregional and watershed perspective. The College of Art and Architecture, the home of the Landscape Architecture program, provides many opportunities for collaboration with students and faculty in architecture, arts and humanities and the social sciences. Landscape architecture students also take courses in the College of Natural Resources and the College of Engineering. Students in the program learn that any design intervention must consider the influence and the critical character of the larger landscape and that transdisciplinary collaboration is important to successful professional practice.
As of Summer 2010, the Landscape Architecture program will offer two new degrees: the pre-professional Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture (B.S.L.A.) and the Master of Landscape Architecture (M.L.A.) - the terminal professional degree. The program's current professional Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (B.L.Arch.) and the academic Master of Science (M.S.) degree will be offered until the end of Fall Semester 2011 at which time they will be discontinued. To achieve the accredited professional degree a freshmen student must complete a program that is a total of 5+ years in duration which includes both the B.S.L.A. and the MLA. Students applying to the undergraduate landscape architecture program for Summer 2010 and beyond will apply for the B.S.L.A. program. Once an undergraduate B.S.L.A. obtains senior standing, the student may apply for and be admitted into the graduate level M.LA. professional program while in the process of completing the undergraduate program. In accordance with College of Graduate Studies requirements, these students must have a 3.0 GPA in order to be considered for admission to the M.L.A. Transfer students admitted to this seamless program are placed in accordance with their academic qualifications. Depending on the transfer student's background this may require up to five years of study.
The landscape architecture professional program, in accordance with the standards for accreditation by the national Landscape Architecture Accrediting Board (LAAB), includes courses addressing the various scales of the landscape architectural design from site to community and regional scale, the history and theory of landscape architecture and related disciplines, landscape representation and media, landscape construction methods and materials, sustainable planting design, water conservation, grading and drainage and stormwater design, landscape theory, geographic information systems (GIS) and professional practice. The B.S.L.A. degree can be completed after fulfilling the requirements of the fourth year. Landscape architectural education at the University of Idaho is enhanced by the ecology of the Inland Northwest landscape and the academic diversity of a land grant institution. Set within the scenic Palouse Hills ecoregion of the Columbia Plateau and the Palouse watershed, the University of Idaho provides a rich context for studying landscape architecture from a bioregional and watershed perspective.
Once admitted to the M.L.A program, qualified students may work toward completion of both the B.S.L.A.. & M.L.A. requirements during their fourth and fifth years, and final semester, receiving both degrees upon completion of the curriculum. Students apply for graduate status while taking fourth-year studio (LArc 453) (application deadline is February 1). Landscape Architecture students must be classified as graduate status to participate in the fifth and sixth years of the program.
Transfer students with baccalaureate degrees in a program other than landscape architecture may be admitted, based on their transcripts, into the M.L.A. program, normally for a three-year period with a minimum of 45 graduate level credits and 85 credits overall. The Landscape Architecture program encourages students with undergraduate degrees in Landscape Architecture and in other disciplines to apply to the M.L.A. program and values their contribution.
Most state registration boards in the United States require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. (The landscape architecture program at the University of Idaho has been accredited for over 36 years.) The national Landscape Architecture Architectural Accrediting Board (LAAB), accredits first professional degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The University of Idaho B.L. Arch. will continue until the end of fall semester 2011 as an accredited first professional degree. The M.L.A. will become the accredited professional terminal degree program in the interim period.
The four-year, B.S.L.A. pre-professional degree, while required of all students entering the M.L.A. degree program at the University of Idaho without an undergraduate degree, will not be accredited by LAAB. Should a student choose to complete only the B.S.L.A. degree they will find it useful as a foundation for the field of landscape architecture, as preparation for continued education in a professional degree program elsewhere, or for employment as a non-licensed landscape designer.
Computer Technology Requirements. Students entering landscape architecture at the University of Idaho are required to have their own laptop computer and appropriate software for use in their studies. Specific technology requirements as well as guidelines and recommendations can be linked at the program's web site.
Fees & Expenses. Landscape Architecture is a professional program, a designation enjoyed by programs whose graduates require a license or a comprehensive professional qualifying exam to practice. Landscape Architecture has been granted approval by the State Board of Education, along with other professional programs in the College of Art and Architecture, to charge a professional fee to students on a semester basis over and above general tuition and fees. This fee is used to directly support technology and computing for students and faculty, supplement operating budgets, hire temporary faculty, support the college's visual and design resource centers, cover professional accreditation costs, and partially support student field trips and guest lecturers.
International Study. All students in the program are normally required to participate in a semester-long, landscape architecture, international study program (Students are encouraged to work closely with their faculty advisor in planning for these programs as there are several options.) International study abroad program is subject to national and international conditions that may impact the college's ability to offer or facilitate a program.
Program options and opportunities. The University of Idaho's Idaho Urban Research and Design Center is located in Boise. The program offers graduate Architecture and Landscape Architecture students an opportunity to live, work, and study in an urban environment. The students' work centers on urban design, and community planning, often with neighborhoods and cities in the Treasure Valley. The IURDC offers outreach, education, and research projects with local design professionals, agency staffs and non-profit organizations. Graduate students can apply to complete a year of study in Boise, Idaho after being admitted to the M.L.A program. Other options include a Moscow campus based comprehensive, interdisciplinary studio with graduate students in Art and Design, Architecture and Interior Design and Bioregional Planning and Community Design as well as faculty-directed off-campus community engagement.
All landscape architecture students in both the B.S.L.A. and the M.L.A. program will work with their advisor to select an elective track that supports their specific interest in one of the project scales of the profession of landscape architecture. These normally include the site scale, neighborhood and community scale and the urban or bioregional scale. These electives may be chosen from the natural and social sciences as well as the humanities and the arts and will assist in gaining skills and knowledge that support the graduate studio or thesis.
Field Trips. All B.S.L.A. landscape architecture majors are required to take part in two field trips in the third or fourth year of the program. These three to five day trips are usually to Northwest cites such as Portland, Seattle and San Francisco. Often one of these trips is substituted by a visit to the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) national conference when the meeting is held in the western region of the country.
The majority of studio projects serve as the core of the college's outreach mission with students collaborating with professionals or University of Idaho design students on service learning projects for communities in the state and region.
Faculty work with students to assist them in finding summer internships with public agencies and private firms.
All M.L.A. students engage in research with a faculty advisor as a component of their graduate thesis or final project.
The Virtual Technology and Design (VTD) program offers a B.S. degree, which emphasizes an interdisciplinary education, through a curriculum that integrates computer technology with the art and science of design.
The program recognizes the demand for design professionals who have the knowledge and skills necessary to conceive and construct electronically mediated solutions for an array of issues that give form and substance to our daily activities. As electronic media increasingly intersects with human interaction, the quality of access to information, services and the opportunity to participate fully in our communities of tomorrow hinge in part on the kinds of solutions imagined and environments planned by these "virtual" architects. The virtual designer serves both defined and yet to be defined industries. They bring a unique combination of visual, spatial and technical skills to problems that range from the need to interactively visualize complex information systems to the multi-dimensional modeling requirements of virtual environments for entertainment, educational or commercial applications.
The VTD student is a person excited by the possibilities of combining design with technology. Like other design students, inquiry, discovery and building creative solutions that responds to human needs intrigues them. However, they are more intrigued by the possibility of designing in a digital realm rather than with bricks and mortar or more traditional media. They want to build, but build and use virtually.
Graduates of the program will be prepared with the intellectual and management tools, as well as the technical and design skills, required of professionals who wish to contribute as leaders in the electronic media and design communities. Their understanding of the implications of electronically mediated information, communication and virtual environments on human activities will enable them to significantly influence the quality of every day life.
Computer Technology
All Virtual Technology and Design majors are required to have their own laptop computer and appropriate software available for use in all VTD classes. Specific technology requirements as well as guidelines and recommendations are posted on the VTD web site at www.caa.uidaho.edu/vtd.
Courses
See Part 6 for courses in Architecture (Arch), Art (Art) Interior Design (ID), Landscape Architecture (LArc), and Virtual Technology and Design (VTD). See the section on "Fees and Expenses" in Part 2 for the architecture dedicated fee.
Professional Architecture Program: B.S.Arch. & M.Arch.
The Professional Program is a six-year seamless program that involves fulfilling the requirements of both the B.S. Arch. and the M.Arch. concurrently.